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Empowering bureaucrats helps governments and citizens

Mar 31, 2025
Empowered bureaucrats can make decisions that will lead to better and more efficient service for citizens, according to Dan Honig, author of “Mission Driven Bureaucrats: Empowering People To Help Government Do Better.”  In a Policy Talk at the Ford...
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Moynihan says "anti-DOGE" efforts boosted efficiency in Pennsylvania

Mar 27, 2025 Route 50
States have varying approaches to boosting government efficiency. Route 50 turned to the Ford School's Don Moynihan to analyze Pennsylvania's method of increasing efficiency after they recognized their state's processing systems fell behind other...
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DOGE cuts are hurting Social Security benefit distributions - Herd

Mar 27, 2025 TIME
In a recent article from TIME Magazine, the Ford School's Pamela Herd was quoted as an expert on public policy as the network searched for an explanation on delayed Social Security benefits. Herd stated, "People are waiting for hours to get through...
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We have too much faith in the law - Moynihan

Mar 23, 2025 Financial Times
Current government operations under the Trump administration are pointing to signs of democratic backsliding. The Ford School's Don Moynihan has stated that Americans have put too much faith in the law. Quoted in an article from the Financial Times,...
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Morenoff calls for Michigan state prison reform

Mar 23, 2025
The Ford School's Jeff Morenoff advocated for legislation that would reduce long sentences for incarcerated people in Michigan. In an opinion piece published in the Detroit Free Press, Morenoff explained that Michigan's average prison sentence...
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The Trump administration is erasing DEI from history - Moynihan

Mar 22, 2025 The Daily Beast
The Ford School's Don Moynihan spoke with The Daily Beast and commented on the removal of government history from various agency websites, specifically targeting topics involving DEI or POC and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. "It's this sort of...
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Stange comments on cuts to education research funding

Mar 21, 2025 Bridge Michigan
Following the recent executive order designed to dismantle the Department of Education, the Ford School's Kevin Stange spoke with Bridge Michigan about what this means for education research. Strange shared that his biggest concern is the fate of...
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Hausman questions nuclear power use as a solution to cutting emissions

Mar 19, 2025 The Baltimore Banner
The Baltimore Banner spoke to the Ford School's Catherine Hausman asking for her predictions on the future of nuclear energy. The article noted that a recent study concluded the U.S. would have to increase nuclear output by nearly five-fold to meet...
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Parthasarathy on AI running the government

Mar 13, 2025 Al Jazeera
Shobita Parthasarathy, Ford School professor, says "These workers have real expertise and a nuanced understanding of the issues, which AI does not. AI does not, in fact, ‘understand’ anything." So, she says,  “It’s a very bad idea" to use AI to run...
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Jacob: Trump cuts to the Department of Education are "slash and burn"

Mar 12, 2025 Click on Detroit
“There’s really very little thought going into what to cut, when to cut, and how much to cut. It’s kind of slash and burn,” said the Ford School's Brian Jacob on the major funding and employment cuts happening across the Department of Education and...
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Why DOGE may advocate for a government shutdown - Moynihan

Mar 11, 2025 Wired
“A shutdown is aligned with the goals of DOGE,” said Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the Ford School speaking with Wired. The network turned to Moynihan for insights regarding the federal employee firings taking place through DOGE's...
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Stevenson on uncertainty around tariffs

Mar 9, 2025 Meet the Press
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economists, talked about the continuing uncertainty around tariffs. She said, "Uncertainty is terrible but certainty that we have huge tariffs is also terrible." Stevenson added, "Trump can't guarantee how...
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Moynihan on disruption caused by DOGE

Mar 9, 2025 ABC News
Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, said the DOGE cuts at agencies created by Congress "is implementing an unprecedented scale of disruption.” Rather than just shrinking the government in ways conservatives have long advocated, these efforts by...
Don Moynihan
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Cavaillé on why inequality is hard to solve

Mar 7, 2025 Rhodes Center
Charlotte Cavaillé, Ford School professor, talked with Mark Blyth about politics of inequality. Cavaillé characterized liberals and conservatives who see inequality as "the two outraged groups are not outraged about the same thing so that precludes...
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The strategy behind Trump's executive orders - Lowande

Mar 6, 2025 The Oklahoman
The Ford School's Kenneth Lowande recently presented at the University of Oklahoma's annual Teach-In conference. There, Lowande was asked to comment on the power of the president and why Donald Trump has upheld a strategy of implementing countless...
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Lowande on English as US official language: "Their goal is branding"

Mar 5, 2025 McClatchy News
Kenneth Lowande, Ford School professor, explains why the Trump administration made English the official language of the US by saying, "The point of these actions is to show you that President Trump stands for people speaking English.” It is not...
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Moynihan on DOGE employees' government salaries

Mar 4, 2025 Wired
Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, spoke about reports of DOGE employees receiving six-figure salaries from government agencies. He said, "It does seem worth understanding what these employees are being paid, especially if they are being paid...
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Lowande on presidential powers: Is the system collapsing?

Mar 1, 2025 NTV Germany
Kenneth Lowande, Ford School professor, talked impacts of the Trump administration and expansion of presidential powers. Lowande discussed the breaking of norms, saying, "Their goal is to change the rules of American government that have existed for...
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Hausman discusses eliminating fossil fuel subsidies

Feb 27, 2025
A bill has been proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate or reduce many tax breaks and exemptions currently offered to fossil fuel companies, including oil, gas, and coal. The Ford School's Catherine Hausman was recently featured...
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The reality of DOGE's mediocre savings - Stevenson

Feb 25, 2025
The Ford School's Betsey Stevenson recently spoke with Bloomberg, highlighting the false assertions of government saving increases made by DOGE. DOGE claims it has saved the government around $55 billion in spending through a wave of federal firings...
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Shaefer's Rx Kids program set to expand to Kalamazoo

Feb 23, 2025 WOOD
Following huge success in its first year, the child healthcare support program Rx Kids is set to expand from Flint into Kalamazoo. Luke Shaefer, professor at the Ford School and the program's co-director stated, "We see families reporting that they...
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