PUBLICATIONS, TESTIMONY, SPEECHES, EDITORIALS

Publications, Testimony, Speeches, Editorials

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