I am taking a risk. Where debating the 2018 budget. They are requesting billions of dollars for Immigration Enforcement as well as building a wall. Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. We welcome those who rejoin us on the website. For those inhouse, we ask mobile devices be silenced or turned off as we prepared to begin. For those watching online it, you are welcome to send questions and comments. Eating our discussion this theing is dr. Mo house and, Research Analysis chairman. He testifies frequently before congress about federal programs. His commentary and analysis has publications in and he appears on National Television as well. Scientificallys rigorous National Studies and unanimously finds it that are all programs fail to solve the problems they were designed to address. He serves as a professor at George Mason University where he teaches program evaluation. Please join me in welcoming david. [applause] good morning and welcome. Online, we areu organizing the fede
The mission of the government proliferated to such a degree the government couldnt accomplish all it had to do. We ask it to do it with a lot of restrictions on management, people, money, contracts, that make it almost impossible to get the job done so if you find someone who is getting something done in government, that is a true talent. It is also true as your boss said, the only thing we have close to eternal life on earth is a government program. Once in place, it is very difficult to repeal or eliminate the program. Davids work, rachels work document evaluated programs and though i wouldnt say the logical conclusion is eliminate everything, it is true when subjected to rigorous evaluation methodology, programs not having intended impact, enormous room for improvement. Every president until the 80s had the authority to organize the government and it is high time we reempower administrations with that authority because it is so hard to do it otherwise. Congress at least from the Ove
Occasions for those in house we dd that courtesy to check that our various mobile devices have been silent or turned off as we to begin and those watching online youre welcome to send questions or comments at anytime. Simply emailing speaker at heritage. Org. Discussion this. Orning is doctor mullhausen frequently before ongress on the efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs and hes been featured publications and frequently appears on National Television as well. His book do federal social programs work, reviews rigorous studies that almost unanimously find that they fail social problems they were designed to address. As adjunct es professor where he teaches evaluation and tatistical methods to graduate institutes. Please join me. David . Thank you. Good morning. Heritage e to the foundation. Online, of you welcome to, todays event. Federal ing the government and what needs to be done and how to do it. There are panelists of in of rience with the workings the federal governmen
Our guest serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University where he teaches Program Evaluation and statistical methods to graduate students. Please join me in welcoming david more housing. Clocks good morning and welcome to Heritage Foundation auditorium. For those of you online, we are organizing the federal government that to be done and how to do it. Today we have panelists with extensive experience in the workings of the federal government. Rachel is a Research Fellow in economics. She is leading the Heritage Foundation reorganization project, that is the subject of todays events. She was a senior economist from the staff of the joint economic committee. Donald is the senior scholar at the fund for americans dollars. The served as Ronald Reagans civilservice direct your. During that time, the Washington Post labeled him reagans swift sword. He cut bureaucratic excesses and reduced billions in spending. His new book is a guide to reforming. You can purchase this online. I loo
Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and r Lewis Lehrman auditorium. Of course what those are joining us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. For those inhouse we ask the courtesy to check our various mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepare to begin and, of course, for those watching online you are welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply emailing speaker heritage. Org. Leading our discussion this morning is david muhlhausen. Dr. Muhlhausen is Research Fellow in empirical policy analysis at Heritage Center for data analysis. He testifies frequently before congress on the efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs. His commentary and analyses have also been featured in numerous major publications and he frequently appears on National Television as well. His book review scientifically rigorous National Studies that almost unanimously fine that federal programs fai failed to e the social problems they were designed