GSPM Interim Director Lara Brown recently joined the Fox News Channel to discuss President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office. She says that this benchmark, first established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first term, puts too much stress on a system designed to move slowly. Rather than using it as a first report card, Brown says, the first 100 days should be seen as a president's first introduction to Washington and the federal government.
INFLUENCE GAME: Telecom lobbying muscle kills privacy rules
All of our professors bring real-world experience into the classroom, and our Legislative Affairs Program Director Professor Steve Billet is no exception. Before coming to GSPM, Prof. Billet was the head of the AT&T PAC, the telecom giant's political action committee and set up the groups government affairs practice in the European Union.
The Associated Press recently asked Prof. Billet about the telecom industry's successful efforts to defeat an online privacy regulation in Congress.
He said, "the telecom industry's willingness to spend big on lobbying marks 'the difference between them and the Electronic Frontier Foundation guys.'"
Read the full article here.
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