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Lobbying After Federal Service: The Revolving Door, Shadow Lobbying, andCooling Off Periods for Former Government Officials
(2018)
This project is a product of the Bush School of Government and Public Service Consulting Capstone Program. It intends to create a database of post-government employment of senior executive branch officials to increase the ...
Congress, Constituents, and Social Media: Understanding Member Communications in the Age of Instantaneous Communication
(2019)
Building the first database on Congressional use of traditional and social media, this project examined media use by Members in the 115th Congress. The team collected data on the use of both traditional media (franking ...
Mapping the Darkness: Finding Support for Victims of Sex Trafficking in Texas
(2019)
Prosecutors in the Human Trafficking and Transnational/Organized Crime Section, Criminal Prosecutions Division, Texas Office of the Attorney General, face two problems in dealing with victims (and especially child victims):
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Working Even Harder for Our Veterans: Recommendations to Continue Improving Healthcare Access, Resource Allocation, and Accountability
(2017)
Congressman Kevin Brady is committed to fighting for veterans within his district, across the state of Texas, and throughout the United States. So much so that he led the effort to establish a veteran’s clinic in Conroe, ...
Emergency Items of the Governor: An Analysis of the 86th Legislature
(2019)
The 2019 Capstone Scholars analyzed emergency items presented by Governor Greg Abbott at the start of the 86th legislative session. These emergency items include school finance reform and pay raises for teachers, property ...
The Search for Smart Schools: Identifying Texas School Districts’ Best Practices
(2017)
This report outlines findings from the TXSmartSchools.org (TSS) Capstone Team’s mixed methodology study identifying best practices in high performing and cost-efficient school districts. TSS was particularly interested in ...