NEWS & EVENTS

Recent Articles, Editorials and Press Releases:

• Apfel to address evolution, shortfalls of Social Security, The Chautauquan Daily, August 3, 2005
• Seeing the Future, Alcalde, May/June 2005
• Texas Excellence in Teaching: The Winners of the 2005 Texas Exes Teaching Awards, in Their Own Words, Alcalde, March/April 2005
• Kenneth Apfel Crusades for Social Security, LBJ School of Public Affairs, February 15, 2005
• Unneccesary and Unwise, Baltimore Sun, February 7, 2005
• On Social Security, let's cool the talk of a 'crisis', Austin American-Statesman, February 2, 2005
• Will Social Security Enter The Race?, University of Texas at Austin "Think Democracy" Series, July 12, 2004
• Security for Workers on Both Sides of the Border, Austin American-Statesman, September 20, 2003
• One on One with Kenneth Apfel, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Public Employee, November/December 2002
• Retirees Losing a Benefit, Dallas Morning News, August 11, 2002
• New Center for Health and Social Policy Established at LBJ School of Public Affairs, July 9, 2002
• Centex ASPA Hosts Annual Public Service Recognition Awards Banquet, May 8, 2002
• Social Security Stand-Off, Washington Post, April 11, 2001
• Clinton cabinet level official becomes UT Austin professor, On Campus, October 3, 2000

Recent Speeches and Testimony:

• Speech at the Chautauqua Institution, "The Future of Social Security", August 3, 2005
• Testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee on the future of Social Security, May 12, 2005
• Statement to the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on Social Security Privatization, January 28, 2005
• Statement to the National Press Club on Social Security Privatization, January 14, 2005
• "U.S. Aging Policy at a Crossroads: Difficult Choices Ahead," speech delivered to The International Symposium on the Challenges of the New Societies: Implications for Current Social Policies, Valencia, Spain, January 30, 2004
• Statement to OECD Conference on "Transforming Dis[ABILITY] into ABILITY," Vienna, Austria, March 5, 2003
• Addressed Texas Chapter of American Society for Public Administration, Austin, Texas, May 9, 2002
• Addressed Texas Grey Panthers, Austin, Texas, April 28, 2002
• Addressed conference sponsored by Goodwill Industries and the LBJ School/Ray Marshall Center: "Promising Practices, Promising Policies: Inclusion of the Hardest to Serve in the 21st Century Workforce," Austin, Texas, April 23, 2002
• Addressed University of Texas dignitaries and guests at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library: "Future Social Policy Challenges," Austin, Texas, February 25, 2002
• Testimony for Texas House Committee on Human Services regarding the state's Social Security eligibility determination performance, Austin, Texas, February 12, 2002
• Addressed Tejas Club at the University of Texas, January 31, 2002
• Addressed First Unitarian Universalist Church, Austin, Texas, December 16, 2001
• Addressed Austin Downtown Lions Club, November 29, 2001
• Addressed Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management National Conference, Washington, DC, November 2, 2001
• Addressed The Disability Consortium, Austin, Texas, October 27, 2001
• Addressed Texas Chapter of American Society for Public Administration, October 19, 2001
• Addressed The Island Retirement Center, Austin, Texas October 11, 2001
• Addressed Rotary Club of Austin, Texas, September 24, 2001
• Addressed Town and Gown Club, Austin, Texas, September 20, 2001
• Addressed LBJ Interns at The Archer Center: "Social Security in the Context of the New Administration," Washington, DC, June 19, 2001
• Addressed IZA Conference on Pension Reform and Labor Markets: "Strengthening Social Security for the New Millenium," Berlin, Germany, May 21, 2001
• Remarks to Center for Ethical Leadership Conference on "Models of Ethical Leadership for a Changing World": "Lessons Learned in Leading Government Organizations," Austin, Texas, January 2001
• Social Security Administration Oral History: Interview with Former Commissioner Kenneth S. Apfel," Baltimore, Maryland, November 17, 2000
• Addressed National Academy of Public Administration Annual Conference: "Charting the Course in a Time of Transformation at Social Security," National Press Club, Washington, DC, November 15, 2000
• Address to Symposium on Retirement Age and Disability, Washington, DC, September 22, 2000
• Addressed National Academy of Social Insurance: "National Dialogue on SSI Childhood Disability," National Press Club, Washington, DC, March 9, 2000
• Testimony to U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security: "Return to Work Initiatives for People with Disabilities," Washington, DC, March 11, 1999

Recent Publications

• Kenneth S. Apfel and Betty Sue Flowers, eds., Big Choices: The Future of Health Insurance for America's Families (Austin, TX: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, 2005).
• Uncharted Waters: Paying Benefits From Individual Accounts in Federal Retirement Policy, Report of the National Academy of Social Insurance (Download Press Release, Cover, Preface and Chapter 1, Complete Report)
• "Should We Establish a System of Mutual Obligations for Persons with Disabilities?" Transforming Disability into Ability, contributing author in publication published by the European Centre, Vienna 2004
• "US Aging Policy at a Crossroads: Major Choices Ahead", Social Policies in Response to New Society Challenges, contributing author in publication published by IMSERSO, Madrid, 2004
• "Health Insurance for the Uninsured: Time for Action?", LBJ Journal of Public Affairs, Fall 2003

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Addresses:

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address: "Living Up to the Promise of America," Baltimore, Maryland, January 9, 2001
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address: "Dr. King's Highest Calling: Service to Others," Baltimore, Maryland, January 13, 2000
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address: "Whatever Affects One Directly, Affects All Indirectly," Baltimore, Maryland, January 14, 1999

Recent Television Appearances:

• "Social Security for Dummies" Today Show, February 17, 2005
• National Press Club Speech C-SPAN, January 28, 2005
• Marketplace Interview NPR, January 21,2005
• "Squawk Box" CNBC, December 6, 2004
• "Closing Bell" CNBC, December 16, 2004
• NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS, December 16, 2004
• "Street Signs" CNBC, September 28, 2004
• Washington Journal C-SPAN, September 20, 2004

Commencement Speeches:

• Texas Certified Public Manager (CMP) Program Graduation, December 6, 2004
• Commencement Address at Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 20, 2000
• Commencement Address at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, July 2, 1999
• Commencement Address at Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, May 21, 1999

Last updated 14 December 2005