Donald F. Kettl
E-mail: kettl@umd.edu
Potomac Chronicle
- Tired of Tin-Cup Politics
- A new group of urban leaders wants a strategy based on success, not on pleading for help.
- Looking For a Real Crisis: Try Medicaid
- Social Security may be running out of money, but at least it's a single coherent program. Medicaid is a monster with countless heads.
- Good Deed, Punished
- A noble notion to limit state contractors from contributing to political campaigns put New Jersey crosswise with the feds.
- Special Dilemma
- The feds are promising to help with special education costs. They've been making that promise for the past 30 years.
- The Pain Principle
- When state legislators move up to the U.S. Congress, they seem to forget their roots.
- More than the Flu
- This fall's vaccine shortage was an early warning of more serious trouble in the nation's public health systems.
- House of Loopholes
- The more tax cuts Congress passes, the more trouble states and localities will have making ends meet.
- Domestic Duel
- If you look behind the headlines, the presidential campaign is very much a clash of domestic ideology.
- Preempting Washington
- State regulators need to work together if they want to keep the feds from moving in on them.
- Radical Federalist
- When it comes to relations between the states and Washington, the Reagan era is still going on.
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- Modest Mandate Relief
- The federal anti-mandate law is almost 10 years old. It hasn't worked any miracles, but it hasn't been a total loss, either.
- Polar Campaigning
- Centrism is smart presidential politics. But it's ideological zeal that dominates the state electoral scene these days.
- On the Brink of Brac
- Cutting back on military bases makes economic sense--unless you happen to live near one.
- Unconnected Dots
- State and local governments aren't being let in on the national homeland security strategy. That may be because there isn't one.
- Uncivil Disunion
- States Won't Find It Easy To Resolve The Gay Marriage Issue. The Federal Government Could Make The Task Even Harder.
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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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