Donald F. Kettl
E-mail: kettl@umd.edu
Potomac Chronicle
- The Poisoned Bill
- State budget cuts are undermining national health reform.
- Devolution? What's That?
- Right now, federalism means the feds are running the show.
- Imbalance of Powers
- The feds aren't just handing out money -- they're redistributing clout.
- When the Well Runs Dry
- The stimulus won't last forever. That's worth remembering.
- After the Stimulus Ends
- States and localities face problems a rising economy won't solve.
- Tackling Taxophobia
- We can't keep pretending tax increases are a fatal disease.
- A Time for Strings
- We need to stimulate state and local economies. We also need to keep close watch on what we're stimulating.
- Obama and the States
- President Bush promised governors a close relationship and didn't deliver. Can states trust the reassuring words of his successor?
- The Disaster Tripwire
- The tough choices on emergency response are gradually migrating to Washington.
- FEMA Falls into Array
- We haven't heard a lot about botched disaster response this year. There's a reason for that.
- College of Chaos
- We all know there's something wrong with our rules for electing a president. But fixing it has proved impossible.
- Water Wars and Peace
- The Great Lakes states and provinces sign on to protect their greatest resource -- and need only a rubber stamp from the feds.
- Katrina Plus Three
- There's a lot to learn from the great storm of 2005. We're a little slow putting it to work.
- Real ID and Reality
- States can fume about the federal identification law -- or they can find ways to cope with it.
- Hamilton and Jefferson Revisited
- The states and feds started fighting about banking law in 1789. They're still at it.
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Events & Webinars
- High-Performance Government - Building "Better, Faster, Cheaper"
- June 20, 2013
- Nationally, six straight years of revenue declines have put enormous pressure on state and local governments, nevertheless, some are thriving. Standard & Poor's, the credit-rating agency, reports that it issued more bond upgrades than downgrades in 2012.
- Health Care Reform is Here: Are You Ready for the Rush?
- June 27, 2013
- The Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act are in full swing. With the influx of people who will be applying for benefits and the ACA requirement for online enrollment, it is more important than ever to verify the identities of those accessing benefits up front.
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