Happy Spring (we hope!)

Thursday - March 27
9:30 am - Dr. David Greene -- "Baker Cafe" in the Rotunda Reading Room - 
Transportation Issues in Public Policy -- informal conversation with Baker Fellow 
and noted authority on electric vehicles, Dr. David Greene.  Don't miss it! 

5:30 pm - "The Art of the Watchdog" - Co-author, David Eichenthal, will 
discuss 
and sign his book of the same name of fighting fraud, abuse and corruption in 
government - Toyota Auditorium. David Eichenthal is the former President and 
CEO of the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies. He joined Public Financial 
Management as a Senior Managing Consultant in 2011 to work with state and 
local governments to improve their management and budget performance.
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Also, just in - we will be on a Google Hangout with Harvard IOP on 
Tuesday, March 25 - Noon  - Bring your lunch and meet us in the Toyota for 
this event!  "Improving the Voting Experience: Fostering a more Participatory 
Democracy"

A discussion with John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project, Bipartisan 
Policy Center, and Trey Grayson, Director of the Institute of Politics  
Member, Presidential Commission on Election Administration
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Also, just in from the Institute for Nuclear Security & Dr. Howard Hall

"US Policy on Global Security and Nonproliferation" 
Monday, March 31, 2014 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Tennessee Auditorium, University Center  (NOT THE TOYOTA!!!!!!!!!!)
1502 Cumberland Avenue

You are cordially invited to attend a Distinguished Lecture by Ambassador 
Thomas Countryman, the U.S. Department of State's Assistant Secretary for 
International Security and Nonproliferation.  He will be speaking on global 
security challenges and US foreign policy responses.  
 This event is free and open to the public.  Please remember that public parking 
is available in the Volunteer Hall garage, which is a short walk to the University 
Center.
 Thomas Countryman, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, rank of 
Minister-Counselor, has been Assistant Secretary for International Security and 
Nonproliferation since September 2011.  The ISN Bureau leads the U.S. effort 
to prevent the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, their 
related materials, and their delivery systems.

All of these are ----      Free & open to the public!