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.
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have been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and of those 19 (70 percent) were confirmed, 3 were rejected, 4 were withdrawn and no action was taken on one of them.
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.
Well, not exactly. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 created something called the Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Employees Program. This new program provides for the cancellation of the remaining balance due on eligible federal student loans after the borrower has made 120 monthly payments (read: those payments you've already made don't count toward the 120) on those loans under certain repayment plans while employed full-time in certain public service fields, including government, military service, public education - the list goes on.
After reading the fine print, it seems that the program is only worthwhile if you plan on staying in a very low paying public service job for at least 10 years. Basically, you must have a very high debt-to-income ratio to wind up with anything left over to be forgiven at the end of 10 years.
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
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.
