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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Bridge to Somewhere: Rethinking American Transportation for the 21st Century

Robert Puentes, June 12, 2008, The Brookings Institution

A Bridge to Somewhere: Rethinking American Transportation for the 21st CenturyRobert Puentes calls on the federal government to empower major metropolitan areas by giving them direct transportation funding and the flexibility to make unbiased decisions between different modes of transportation. The federal government can then maximize performance by committing itself (and the recipients of federal funds) to an evidence-based, outcome driven, and benchmarked way of doing business. Read More

Transportation, Federalism, Highways, Traffic, Environment

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Save to My PortfolioMetro Policy: How the Federal Government Can Empower a Metro Nation

June 12, 2008

Bruce Katz, vice president and director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, unveiled a new framework for improving the federal partnership with states and metropolitan areas—a true Blueprint for American Prosperity—to better leverage the great assets of our metropolitan areas.

Competitiveness, Cities, Federalism, U.S. Economy

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Save to My PortfolioThe Summit for American Prosperity: Washington and Metro Areas Working Together

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Washington, DC

Brookings's Metropolitan Policy Program hosted a national Summit for American Prosperity, which launched the next phase of the Blueprint for American Prosperity: Unleashing the Potential of a Metropolitan Nation, an ambitious, multi-year initiative to build long-term U.S. prosperity by reinvigorating the federal role in promoting the health and vitality of America's metropolitan areas. Read More

Competitiveness, Cities, U.S. Economy, U.S. Economic Growth, Federalism

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Save to My PortfolioThe Summit for American Prosperity

Bruce Katz, Amy Liu, The Honorable. Edward G. Rendell and The Honorable Greg Nickels, June 11, 2008

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioReexamining American Exceptionalism

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

BOOK

Save to My PortfolioIntergovernmental Management for the 21st Century

Foreword by Alice Rivlin., Paul L. Posner and Timothy J. Conlan, December 01, 2007

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioOMB’s Congressional Mandates to Provide Information on Federal Spending

Andrew Reamer, October 22, 2007, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDisengagement From Iraq: Political Cover for Whom?

Peter W. Rodman, July 29, 2007, The Washington Post

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRediscovering Federalism

Pietro S. Nivola, July 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFederal Allocations in Response to Katrina, Rita, and Wilma: An Update

Amy Liu and Matt Fellowes, August 2006, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRetrospective on the Accomplishments of DC Mayor Williams' Two Terms and Challenges for the New Mayor and City Council Leaders

Alice M. Rivlin, July 18, 2006, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia

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Save to My PortfolioLocal and Metropolitan Governance: Lessons from the U.S.

Bruce Katz, April 03, 2006, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBlock Grants: Flexibility vs. Stability in Social Services

Margy Waller, December 2005, Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA New Federal Contribution to the District of Columbia? The Need, Likely Impact, and Some Options

David F. Garrison and Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, November 2005, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhy Federalism Matters

Pietro S. Nivola, October 2005, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Schiavo Case

Thomas E. Mann, 23-Mar-05, The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU)

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHow Federalism Could Spur Bipartisan Action On The Uninsured

Henry J. Aaron and Stuart M. Butler, 31-Mar-04, Health Affairs

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Pietro S. Nivola

Pietro S. Nivola

Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
The Douglas Dillon Chair

Pietro Nivola is a senior fellow and served as VP and director of Governance Studies from 2004-2008. He has written widely on energy policy, regulation, federalism and American politics. His current project is a study of partisan polarization.
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