01/11/2013
What to Expect from President Obama's Second Term - Jan. 17

Paul Light, NYU Wagner’s Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, will lead a  lively and informative exchange on the expectations and goals of President Barack Obama’s second term on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 5:00 p. m. in Washington D.C.

“Executing a Second Term” will feature former presidential advisors Thomas F. McLarty and Kenneth M. Duberstein, read more...

07/13/2012
Prof. Paul Light Makes the Case for a Strong Central Government in New Book

Paul Light, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner, has written an essay for a newly published book. In the piece he contends that, for all the low levels of trust the federal government inspires in contemporary public-opinion surveys, it has played a helpful role in American life, ranging from transportation read more...

02/14/2012
Prof. Light to Testify Before Congress on Federal Reform

NYU Wagner's Professor Paul Light goes before Congress on Wednesday, February 15, to make the case for top-to-bottom reform of the federal government.

His testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Goverment Reform is entitled "Has the Federal Government Become an 'Awful Spectacle,' " read more...

12/01/2011
Paul Light Guest-Edits Special Issue of Public Administration Review

The highly respected Public Administration Review (PAR) has published a special issue on the Federalist Papers guest-edited by Paul Light, Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner, and founding principal investigator of the Global Center for Public Service.

Paul Light has been selected as the 2011 Wurf Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School.

Light, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner, will work on a project dealing with the size and shape of the contract and read more...

07/05/2011
Report Shows Ways to Create a 'High-Performance' Government

Confidence in the federal government's ability to respond effectively to national and international economic and political problems continues to dwindle. Some of these complaints are a clear reaction to political ideology, deepening polarization, and the recent budget battles, but they all reflect a core of reality.

On Tuesday, June 21, a new national blueprint for reform read more...

04/06/2011
Professor of Public Service Paul Light Named to GAO Panel

Paul C. Light, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner, has accepted an invitation from the Comptroller General of the United States, Gene L. Dodaro, to serve on the principal advisory board of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

The GAO is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for read more...