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Public Service
11/20/17

Celebrating the Legacy of a Public Service Legend

Commentary: Donald F. Kettl

It was a treat to step away from the “you can’t make it up” headlines last week to attend the Nov. 9 symposium celebrating former ...
Public Finance
11/13/17

Truth, Integrity, and Budgeting: the Volcker Alliance Grades the States

Commentary: William Glasgall

Here we are, more than five months into fiscal 2018 for most states, and all 50 finally have enacted budgets. That it took so long to get ...
Public Service
11/9/17

Volcker Alliance Calls for Rethinking Effective Government

Press Releases

In honor of Paul A. Volcker’s accomplished life of public service and his 90th birthday, the Volcker Alliance held a daylong symposium at the ...
Public Finance
11/2/17

Volcker Alliance Grades Fifty US States on Budget Practices and Transparency

Press Releases

The Volcker Alliance today released a new report examining and grading the budgeting and transparency practices of all fifty US ...
Structural Reforms
10/5/17

New Research Analyzes the Size of Government Since the 1980s

Press Releases

New research published by the Volcker Alliance provides a new level of clarity about the size and composition of the federal government ...
Financial Regulation
9/26/17

Experts Warn Treasury Against Plan to Roll Back Bank Regulation

Commentary: Gaurav Vasisht

In its response to the Treasury Department’s Report, A Financial System that Creates Economic Opportunities: Banks and Credit Unions, ...
Public Service
9/19/17

Anthony Foxx Joins the Board of the Volcker Alliance

Press Releases

The Volcker Alliance announced today that Anthony Foxx has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Foxx, who served as the United States Secretary ...
Government Services
9/6/17

What the health care debate teaches us about gerrymandering

Commentary: Thomas W. Ross

As the bitter debate over healthcare unfolded in Washington this summer, it’s no coincidence the prominent voices for moderation and compromise ...
Public Service
9/5/17

Volcker Alliance and Partnership for Public Service Launch Civil Service Reform Initiative

Press Releases

The Partnership for Public Service and the Volcker Alliance, two nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations focused on helping build a high-performing, ...

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