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White House Workshop

Carter Administration - Archive Edition

The Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association Presents:
A White House Workshop
The Carter Administration: Expectations & Realities
Held at The Capitol Hill Club.

Events and popular attitudes often change the plotted course of incumbent administrations. The expectations of the baptismal period give way to the realities of national priorities.

Now, at the midpoint of the Carter Presidency, a definite pattern is beginning to emerge as to its direction and political philosophy. How the White House grapples with national challenges, both in a responsive and innovative manner, is of particular importance to career federal executives whose contributions play a major role in the formulation and implementation of government policies and programs.

To illuminate, assess and analyze White House decisions in the time of domestic and international developments, a panel of some of the most perceptive observers of the Washington scene has been assembled. Included are current presidential aides, noted scholars, well-known journalists, former high-ranking government officials and veteran interpreters of the American governmental system. Among areas explored will be those related to the White House operation and its interaction with Congress and the federal departments, the present political outlook, the press and public policy, revisions within the intelligence community and the national mood.

It is especially appropriate that a White House Workshop be convened shortly after the President's historic decision to resume diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and the release of a constrictive budget designed to combat the rate of inflation. Also, the coming year will be a pivotal period in U.S. affairs since it will serve as a testing time for the 1980 election campaign.

An insight into these and other issues offers federal executives an opportunity to expand personal perceptions regarding the inner working of the Administration and thus better equip themselves for their responsibilities as governmental caretakers and managers.

White House Workshop Speakers & Topics

A White House Overview: Carter at Midpoint: Introduction, Dom Bonafede, Program Facilitator

A New Look at the U.S. Intelligence Community: William Colby, Partner in Washington law firm of Colby, Miller and Haynes, and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

The Uneasy Relationship Between Congress and Carter: Stephen J. Wayne, George Washington University, Professor of Government and author of The Legislative Presidency

The National Mood - How Americans View the Carter Administration: Peter D. Hart, Washington Public Opinion Specialist, Head of Hart Research Associates, Inc.

Carter Through the Eye of Television: Douglas Kiker, NBC-TV Commentator, and former White House Correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune

Setting National Priorities: David Rubenstein, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs on Policy, and former New York Attorney

Press and Public Policy: Joseph Laitin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Treasury Department, and former Assistant White House Press Secretary.

Carter's Domestic Policy Agenda: Richard Nathan, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and former White House Domestic Affairs Advisor

The Carter Administration: Can It Make Government Work?: Frederick V. Malek, Executive Vice President of the Marriott Corporation, and former Presidential Special Assistant and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget

A Backward Glance at the White House: James M. Fallows, Washington Editor of the Atlantic Monthly, and former Chief Speech Writer for President Carter

The White House, From the Inside: Richard Harden, Special Assistant to the President for Information Management, and Director of the Office of Administration

The Carter Administration and Capitol Hill: Henry Hubbard, Newsweek Magazine and Congressional Correspondent

The Contemporary Political Scene: Richard Scammon, Director, Election Research Center, Washington, D.C.

Drafting Constituent Support: Anne Wexler, Assistant to the President for Public Liaison