SOCIAL SECURITY & SOCIAL POLICY
Speech at the Chautauqua Institution:
The Future of Social Security, August 3, 2005
Article in The Chautauquan Daily:
Apfel to address evolution, shortfalls of Social Security, August 3, 2005
Testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee on the future of Social Security, May 12, 2005
Big Choices: The Future of Social Security
CHASP and the LBJ Presidential Library hosted a policy symposium, Big Choices: The Future of Social Security, on April 21, 2005. The symposium, third in a five-year series, addressed the issue of Social Security reform. The program included presentations by Professor Kenneth Apfel, former U.S. Social Security Commissioner, John Rother, Director of Policy and Strategy for AARP, Barbara Kennelly, Director of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and other national representatives from the Heritage Foundation and the International Social Security Association. The symposium also featured intergenerational discussion groups with students, Social Security beneficiaries, and health professionals.
For more information, please call Kristine Niemeyer at (512) 232-3423 or email her at kniemeyer@mail.utexas.edu.
Article in Alcalde magazine:
Seeing the Future, Alcalde, May/June 2005
Article on LBJ School of Public Affairs website:
Kenneth Apfel Crusades for Social Security, LBJ School of Public Affairs, February 15, 2005
Op-Ed in Baltimore Sun:
Unneccesary and Unwise, Baltimore Sun, February 7, 2005
Op-Ed in Austin American-Statesman:
On Social Security, let's cool the talk of a 'crisis', Austin American-Statesman, February 2, 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
Article on the University of Texas website:
Will Social Security Enter The Race?, University of Texas at Austin "Think Democracy" Series, July 12, 2004
Statement to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Conference:
"Transforming Dis[ABILITY] into ABILITY," Vienna, Austria, March 5, 2003
Article in American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees publication:
One on One with Kenneth Apfel, Public Employee, November/December 2002
Address to IZA Conference on Pension Reform and Labor Markets:
"Strengthening Social Security for the New Millenium," Berlin, Germany, May 21, 2001
Op-Ed in Washington Post:
Social Security Stand-Off, Washington Post, April 11, 2001
Book excerpt from Social Security and Medicare by Sheila Burke, et. al.:
Creating a Solid Framework for Retirement Security
Social Security Administration Oral History:
Interview with Former Commissioner Kenneth S. Apfel, Baltimore, Maryland, November 17, 2000
Address to 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
Address to 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