2009-2010 Speaker:
The Honorable
David M. Walker
Former U.S. Comptroller General
7 p.m., Monday, October 19, 2009
Jordan Ballroom, Student Union Bldg.
“Day of Reckoning:
America’s Fiscal Future”
As
Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) from 1998 to 2008 — spanning both Democratic and Republican administrations
— Mr. Walker served as the federal government’s chief auditor. Appointed by President
Bill Clinton and confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate, he was an outspoken,
nonpartisan advocate for addressing the major fiscal and sustainability challenges
facing the country. Today, as President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation,
Mr. Walker is free to work proactively to advocate specific solutions, work to
build strong coalitions, and encourage and engage in grassroots efforts to bring
pressure on Washington to act.
BRANDT FOUNDATION
LECTURE NEWS
In January 2009 Charlotte Twight, Brandt Professor of Free Enterprise Capitalism, returned to the classroom after a productive 2008 sabbatical leave. She is very grateful for the generous support from the John H. & Orah I. Brandt Foundation, the Earhart Foundation, and Boise State University that made such an extended research period possible. This gift of time enabled her to make significant progress on her next book, which focuses on new powers now claimed by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government and their consequences for civil liberties.
