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Impact of Cutbacks in Government on the Washington Area and Beyond

Thursday, July 20th, 2017

Tuesday, July 25, 2017  5:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Conference room 483, Congressional Budget Office

2nd & D Streets, SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20515

Metro: Federal Center Station (entrance around the building)

Panelists:                                                                                                             

Ms. Jeannette Chapman, Deputy Director and Senior Research Associate at the Stephen S. Fuller Institute, George Mason University

Dr. Gregory Acs, Director, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute

Light refreshments will be served at 5:45 pm, and the seminar begins at 6:00 pm. The seminar is free but please email Mel Sacks at MelSacks@verizon.net for reservations.

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4/4 Seminar: Changes in the Media

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017

Changes in the Media and How Newspapers Can Survive in the Current Landscape

Tuesday, April 4, 2017  5:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Suite 1200 East, American Public Transportation Association

1300 I Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005

Metro: McPherson Square (14th St. exit)

Panelists:                                                                                           

Mizell Stewart III, President, American Society of News Editors

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Evening seminar on CFPB 12/6/16

Thursday, December 1st, 2016

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Issues and Outlook

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 5:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Americans for Financial Reform, 1620 L Street NW, 11th floor, Washington, DC 20006

Metro: Farragut North Station

Panelists:                                                                                                              

Gynnie Robnett, Payday Campaign Director, Americans for Financial Reform

Christina Stacy, Research Associate, Urban Institute

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Panel Discussion: Transportation Priorities in Congress

Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

Tuesday, June 7, 2016  5:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Suite 1200 East, American Public Transportation Association

1300 I Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005

Metro: McPherson Square (14th St. exit)                  

Panelists:                                                                                                             

Patrick Fuchs, Staff, Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation

Allison Cullin,  Staff, Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation

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5/31 talk on panel surveys @BLS

Thursday, May 12th, 2016

Ruben Bach of the Institute for Employment Research, in Nuremberg, Germany, will present “Does Participating in a Panel Survey Change Labor Market Behavior?” and his discussant will be John Czajka, of Mathematica. The event, also sponsored by DC-AAPOR and the Washington Statistical Society’s Methodology Section, will be Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from 12:30 to 2pm, at the Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center (Room 8), 2 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington DC 20212.

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Researching U.S. Trade Policy Using Library of Congress Resources

Monday, March 30th, 2015

Thursday, 9th April 2015 from 10:00 to 11:30 am

Registration: email Bonni Blarcom at bobl@loc.gov

If you have questions, please call: (202) 707-7934 or (202) 707-3156

Request ADA accommodations five days in advance by calling (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov

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Economics of Cyber Attacks and Security

Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Economics of Cyber Attacks and Security
Thursday, March 26, 2015 5:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Conference room 483, Congressional Budget Office
2nd & D Streets, SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20515
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SGE Evening Seminar: Tax Reform Proposals

Monday, December 23rd, 2013

Panel:

Dr. Thomas Hungerford, Senior Economist and Director, Tax and Budget Policy, Economic Policy Institute

Dr. Diane Lim, Chief Economist, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Thursday, January 16, 2014  5:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
(light refreshments will be served)
Wellstone conference room, 3rd floor.
1333 H St, N.W. (between 13th and 14th Streets.)
Washington, DC20005

(Metro: McPherson Square Station)
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SGE Evening Seminar: How Political Donations Influence Economic Decisions

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Panel:
Bob Edgar, President and CEO, Common Cause
Paul S. Herrnson, Director, Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University of Maryland at College Park

Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. (Refreshments 5:45 p.m.)
Conference Room, Common Cause, Room 900, 9th Floor
1133 19th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20036
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June 22, 2011 Seminar: Budget Priorities for the New Congress

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Panel:
Dr. James R. Horney, Vice President for Federal Fiscal Policy,
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Dr. Heather Boushey, Senior Economist, Center for American Progress (more…)

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