September 8, 2009
    
MEDIA CONTACT: Nick Massella
202-994-3087; massella@gwu.edu

"GOING FOR BROKE? THE FISCAL FUTURE AFTER THE ECONOMIC CRISIS"

EVENT: GW's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and School of Media and Public Affairs, both part of the University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, present "Going for Broke? The Fiscal Future After the Economic Crisis."

This all-day symposium brings together former directors of the Office of Management and Budget, and of the Congressional Budget Office, along with experts from across the federal government, think tanks, and academe to provide an independent assessment of the challenges facing federal budgeting in the next decade and to discuss some viable policy alternatives.

WHEN:  Friday, Sept. 18, 2009; 8:15 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

WHERE:  
The George Washington University
Media and Public Affairs Building, Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st NW, First Floor, Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom Metro Station (Orange and Blue lines)

RSVP: RSVP to tspppa@gwu.edu by September 14. Media may RSVP to Nick Massella at massella@gwu.edu.

SCHEDULE:

8:15 - 9 a.m. - Continental Breakfast and Check-In

9 - 10:15 a.m. - Morning Keynote Address "The Economic and Budget Outlook"
-Doug Holtz-Eakin, former director, Congressional Budget Office

10:30 a.m. - Noon - Concurrent Sessions

Health Policy
-Jeffrey Levi (moderator), executive director, Trust for America's Health
-Christine C. Ferguson, J.D., research professor, Department of Health Policy, GW's School of Public Health and Health Services
-Iris J. Lav, senior advisor, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Education
-Dylan Conger (moderator), assistant professor of public policy and public administration, The George Washington University
-Jennifer King Rice, professor, University of Maryand
-Martin Orland, director of evaluation and policy research, WestEd
-John D. Musso, executive director, Association of School Business Officials International

Noon - 1 p.m. - Lunch

2:30 p.m. - Panel of Past Office of Management and Budget Directors
-Phil Joyce (moderator), director of the Trachtenberg School's Doctoral Program and professor of public policy and public administration, The George Washington University
-James McIntyre
-James Miller
-James Nussle
-Charles Schultze
 
2:45 - 4 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions

The Financial Sector and Fiscal Sustainability
-Marvin Phaup (moderator), research professor, TSPPPA
-Maya Macguineas, president, Committee for a Responsible Budget 
-Charles Taylor, project director, Financial Reform Project, Pew Charitable Trust

State and Local Issues
-David Brunori (moderator), research professor of public policy, The George Washington University
-Scott Pattison, executive director, National Association of State Budget Officers
-Nick Johnson, director of the State Fiscal Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
-Joe Henchman, tax counsel and director of state projects, Tax Foundation

Paying for the Future-Tax Policy
-Joe Cordes (moderator), associate director, GW's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and a professor of economics, public policy and public administration and of international affairs.
-Diane Lim Rogers, chief economist, Concord Coalition
-Eric Toder, assistant fellow, Urban Institute/Brookings Institution Joint Tax Policy Center, former deputy assistant secretary for Tax Analysis for Department of Treasury

4 - 5:30 p.m. Closing Panel, "The Role of the Media in the Fiscal Future"
-Frank Sesno (moderator), director, GW's School of Media and Public Affairs
-Jaime Zapata, deputy assistant secretary, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Labor
-Jeannine Aversa, economic writer, Associated Press
-Neil Irwin, financial reporter, The Washington Post

5:30-6 p.m. Reception

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