Tiger GPS: Government and Public Service Blog

THE DEAR COLLEAGUE AND BETSY DEVOS by Amber Mann

In 2011, as part of a push by the Obama Administration to address statistics making headlines about college campus sexual assault, then- Vice President Joe Biden announced the “Dear Colleague Letter.” This letter, issued by the Office of Civil Rights, reaffirmed the responsibilities of public schools in instances of on-campus student-to-student sexual harassment and assault […]

VALUE CHAIN AND MID-SIZED FARMERS by Jeffery Wilkins

As mid-sized farming has seen a drastic decline over the past several decades, more local mid-sized farmers have to be creative to maintain sustainability. With increasing support from local towns to create fresh farmers markets for local small town farmers, many of those who would fall in the middle ground of farming, have had nowhere […]

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF NUKES by Lydia Secrest

In the last 20 years, the American political climate has undergone a change even Al Gore could not have predicted. 1997 had us poised at the dawn of a new millennium, full of hope and the dream of a super-technological future that would bring peace and prosperity. We were the kings of the world, as […]

CAN WE ALL AGREE? by Rachael Addis

Climate change is the prime example where science can be used to settle disputes among parties for the common good. Persistent doubt about climate change has made solving the issue ineffective. Rather than argue about what we can’t agree on, what does science tell us that we can all agree on? Fossil fuels (oil, gas, […]