Pat Curran

Pat is a writer, editor and general communications professional from Montpelier, Vermont. He works for the university and is on his way to becoming a double Hoya ('14, '19). Pat hopes to use his degree to help improve policy literacy in political communications.

Ending government shutdowns is harder than most think

Government shutdowns are costly and unpopular with the public. Why, then, haven’t legislators adopted any of the proposals to prevent future shutdowns? As it turns out, these proposals would take appropriation powers away from the legislative branch and make it even harder to reach consensus. The 2018-19 government shutdown was a disaster. It suspended critical […]

Rethinking public records in the digital age

If an online equivalent of the pre-digital age White Pages existed, would it be available to anyone who wanted to access it? A controversial policy of the D.C. Board of Elections may give us an answer — or, at least, a similar debate. Two months ago, a minor controversy arose in the comment section of the […]

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