BPC Podcast
Episodes
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Flaws in the federal budget process have become self-evident over the past decade, with delayed federal funding and government shutdowns turning into an annual tradition. These concerns have escalated this fiscal year; while 5 of the federal government’s 12 appropriation bills were enacted on time, unfortunately agreement could not be reached on the remainder. This led to the partial government shutdown that has been in place since December 21st, affecting approximately 800,000 federal employees and many federal programs.
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Currently, just two-fifths of first time full time students graduate from college with a bachelors degree in four years. On top of that, tuition prices continue to climb, debt levels swell, and student outcomes remain stagnant. Is there a need for oversight and accountability of higher education institutions? BPC's Senior Policy Analyst Kenny Megan sits down with Professor Robert Kelchen from Seton Hall University to discuss this issue.
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Brad Townsend staff of BPC’s American Energy Innovation Council talks U.S. competitiveness and technology innovation with Christopher Guith from the U.S Chamber’s Global Energy Institute.
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BPC partnered with the Forum for Youth Investment to examine the potential opportunities and challenges that exist for using evidence in government in 2018. The event featured a discussion of a new technical paper from BPC, Presidential Evidence Initiatives, dissecting the previous two administrations’ approaches to the use of evidence. This is a recording of that conversation.