National Academy of Public Administration
900 7th Street NW
Meeting Level - Auditorium

Join the National Academy of Public Administration and Public Agenda for a panel discussion on the national debt – the problem and possible solutions – including the results of "The Buck Stops Where?", a poll of D.C. movers and shakers asked about problem, and a look at ways America can rise above the partisan divide that is impeding progress on this issue.

Speakers at this event include Elaine Kamarck and John Castellani. Karmack is on the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She was a White House advisor to President Clinton from 1993-1997, and is the author of "The End of Government As We Know It: Policy Implementation in the 21st Century" and "Primary Politics: How Presidential Candidates Have Shaped the Modern Nominating System."

John Castellani is the President and CEO of the Business Roundtable. He frequently provides news commentary on business and public policy issues, and has appeared on programs including NBC’s "Meet the Press," PBS' "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," Fox News Channel's "Special Report," and CNBC's "Street Signs."

Seating is limited; please RSVP to OurFiscalFuture@napawash.org. Questions? Please call 202-204-3653. "The Buck Stops Where? D.C. Influencers Talk About The National Debt," a Public Agenda study done for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for the Choosing Our Fiscal Future initiative, is online here along with the complete survey results and a Powerpoint with key findings of the research.

The Twitter hashtag for this event is: #Boomer3.0

Live webcast (also available as a recording after the event) at:
http://www.urbaninstitute.org/events/Life-at-55-and-Beyond.cfm

Public Agenda president Ruth Wooden is the moderator of this event at the Urban Institute, co-sponsored by Public Agenda, on evolving roles for older adults, many of whom are approaching or are at what has been considered to be retirement age but, for a variety of reasons, may not be ready to leave the workforce.

Be part of the discussion – in Washington, through our webcast, and online on Twitter (hashtag is #Boomer 3.0) - as distinguished experts explore the labor force, economic, health, and identity issues facing Americans approaching retirement. We’ll look at the diversity of this population and developmental factors affecting older Americans, successful aging, the special circumstances of older minority men and women, policy prescriptions that could improve older Americans’ economic security, and lessons from other nations.

The panelists for this event are: Scott Bass, provost, American University, and founding director of the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts–Boston; Dalmer Hoskins, senior adviser to the Social Security Administration and former secretary general of the International Social Security Association; Richard Johnson, senior fellow of the Urban Institute's Income and Benefits Policy Center; and Sandra Nathan, vice president, workforce development, National Council on Aging.

Click here for details on attending this event. For further information, please contact Simona Combi at the Urban Institute ((202) 261-5709) or Melissa Feldsher at Public Agenda (212-686-6610, extension 50).

That was the title of a panel discussion held at the Urban Institute, with Public Agenda president Ruth Wooden among those considering the deficit (see our fact sheet) and what it will take for the public to become truly engaged on this issue. Wooden is a member of the Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, which last month released a report with questions the public can ask to evaluate the fiscal wisdom of any budget plan. Other panelists included Rudolph Penner, who chaired the Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, and Maya MacGuineas of the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform. Click here to listen to the webcast, posted online for those of you who missed this event.

Guest:

Richard N. Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Author, War of Necessity, War of Choice:
A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars

For more information, please contact Melissa Feldsher at mfeldsher@publicagenda.org

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Guest:
The Honorable David Walker
President & CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation;
former Controller General of the United States

For more information, please contact Shaheen Hasan at shasan@publicagenda.org

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