Blog Entries - May 2009

Campaign Finance Bundling Laws Fail to Measure Up

bryce222@gwu.edu — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Steve Billet, Director of Legislative Affairs at The Graduate School of Political Management talks about new campaign finance laws and why they have not seemed to work.

[video:http://vimeo.com/4905119 350x425]

Supreme Court Trivia- By GSPM Professor Ron Faucheux

bryce222@gwu.edu — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Picking Supreme Court Justices: Presidential Wins, Losses

With President Obama’s appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, it’s a good time to review recent history of Court nominations – and how they ultimately fared. Over the past 50 years, 27 people have been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and of those 19 (70 percent) were confirmed, 3 were rejected, 4 [...]

Tips on Finding Jobs in Politics

bryce222@gwu.edu — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

GSPM Career Services Director Mag Gottlieb talks about how to find a job in politics, her experiences in the field, and her newly released E-Book on careers in politics.

The E-Book can be found here.

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca9FQlCBRWk 350x425]

Great coverage of the lobbying forum!

cushmanc@gwu.edu — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

National Journal Online has a nice video link and a long write-up of yesterday's GSPM-sponsored lobbying forum. You can catch the action on their blog, "under the influence," which covers the DC lobbying industry. Theresa Poulson's entry, "White House's Eisen: K STreet Rules Evolving," tells the story and includes a series of video clips from the event. You can catch the story at http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2009/05/white-house-ethics-adviser-lob.php

Curriculum review

cushmanc@gwu.edu — Sun, 03 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Students who started the political management degree in fall 2008 or later operate under the revised curriculum. Alumni may not have had the chance to review the new curriculum, so here is a quick overview for you.

Why did we reorganize the program of study? Program reviews occur regularly in academia, and it was time for the political management to reflect on recent experience an [...]