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  • Testimony posted March 18, 2013 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Business Disaster Reform Act of 2013: Review of Impact and Effectiveness

    Testimony Before the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship United States Senate March 14, 2013 David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Introduction My name is David Muhlhausen. I am Research Fellow in Empirical Policy Analysis in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. I thank Chairwoman Mary Landrieu, Ranking Member James Risch, and the rest of the…

  • Commentary posted February 25, 2013 by Lindsey Burke, David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Don't Let Feds Have Your Children

    No doubt about it, President Obama wants to spend even more on government preschool programs, including a "significant expansion" of the federal Early Head Start program. He called for it in his State of the Union Address, then traveled to Atlanta two days later to second his own motion. Specifically, the president wants Early Head Start to enroll a greater number of…

  • Issue Brief posted January 11, 2013 by John L. Ligon, David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. The Role of GSEs in the Housing Market

    The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the major housing government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), hold dominant positions in the U.S. mortgage market. They have likely passed a mortgage interest rate subsidy of 25–50 basis points to homebuyers through their interventions in the housing market,…

  • Issue Brief posted January 10, 2013 by Lindsey Burke, David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Head Start Impact Evaluation Report Finally Released

    In 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) completed data collection for its third-grade follow-up study of Head Start, a federal preschool program designed to improve the kindergarten readiness of low-income children. Four years later, just before Christmas, the agency finally published the results of the congressionally mandated evaluation. The report’s…

  • Issue Brief posted November 29, 2012 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Fire Grants: Do Not Reauthorize an Ineffective Program

    Senator Joseph Lieberman (I–CT) has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (S. 3254) that would reauthorize the ineffective fire grant program. The amendment is a revised version of the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 550), and it reauthorizes a grant program that has significant shortcomings. Ineffective…

  • Backgrounder posted March 29, 2012 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., Christina Villegas Violence Against Women Act: Reauthorization Fundamentally Flawed

    Abstract: Despite the fact that each state has statutes that punish domestic violence, the federal government intervened in 1994 with the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The Senate is now expected to consider the newest reauthorization of the act—S. 1925—which includes radical changes that greatly alter the original purpose of the law, already problematic in its own…

  • Testimony posted February 16, 2012 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Disaster Response: Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2011

    Before the Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access of the United States House of Representatives Delivered February 16, 2012 Introduction My name is David Muhlhausen. I am Research Fellow in Empirical Policy Analysis in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. I thank Chairman Joe Walsh,…

  • Issue Brief posted February 15, 2012 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Fire Grants: Do Not Reauthorize an Ineffective Program

    FYI: Heritage WebMemos are now called Issue Briefs. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I–CT) filed an amendment to reauthorize the ineffective fire grant program to the federal transportation bill, aptly named the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (S. 1813). The amendment is a revised version of the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 550), and it…

  • WebMemo posted September 12, 2011 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Get Out of Jail Free: Taxpayer-Funded Grants Place Criminals on the Street Without Posting Bail

    For fiscal year 2012, the House Appropriations Committee recommended $357 million for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program (H.R. 2596). Byrne JAG grants, administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), can be used by state and local governments for 29 broad criminal justice purposes, including funding pretrial release services.[1]   The…

  • Commentary posted August 10, 2011 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Are Federal Social Programs Working? No One Knows

    Health, education, welfare ... the federal government spends more than $630 billion annually on hundreds of social programs. How many of them work? No one knows. And that's a problem. Most federal programs have never been evaluated for true effectiveness. And most evaluations that are conducted – and there are many – aren't worth the paper they're written on. They…

  • Testimony posted July 20, 2011 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Drug and Veterans Treatment Courts: Budget Restraint and More Evaluations of Effectiveness Needed

    Testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism of the United States Senate July 19, 2011 Introduction My name is David Muhlhausen. I am Research Fellow in Empirical Policy Analysis in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. I thank Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member Jon Kyl, and the…

  • Backgrounder posted July 18, 2011 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Evaluating Federal Social Programs: Finding Out What Works and What Does Not

    Abstract: Federal social programs are rarely evaluated to determine whether they are actually accomplishing their intended purposes. As part of its obligation to spend taxpayers’ dollars wisely, Congress should mandate that experimental evaluations of every federal social program be conducted. The evaluations should be large-scale, multisite studies to guard against…

  • WebMemo posted July 6, 2011 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Trade Adjustment Assistance: Baucus–Camp Proposal Restores and Solidifies the Stimulus Expansion

    On June 28, Senator Max Baucus (D–MT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, announced that he would hold a “mock” mark up of the South Korea, Colombia, and Panama free trade agreements (FTAs). Unfortunately, the legislation authorizing the South Korea FTA includes a reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program that reaffirms the expansion of the…

  • Special Report posted May 20, 2011 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., Jena Baker McNeill Terror Trends: 40 Years' Data on International and Domestic Terrorism

    Abstract: A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, looking back is as important as looking forward in order to learn from the past and to examine the current and future threats facing the U.S. This survey aggregates international data on global and domestic terrorism from the past 40 years. Combined with new intelligence, this data can better inform U.S.…

  • WebMemo posted May 16, 2011 by David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., James Sherk Trade Adjustment Assistance: Don’t Link the Costly and Ineffective Program to Free Trade Agreements

    The Obama Administration and Congress recently began negotiations on three pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with Colombia, South Korea, and Panama.[1] While these FTAs would boost economic activity and strengthen ties between participating nations, the Administration and many in Congress want passage of the FTAs to be linked to the reauthorization of the Trade…

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