Forum Members



Forum MembersMembership in the Curb Center’s Arts Industries Policy Forum requires only that you work for the U.S. government and have an interest in America’s cultural policy system.

Forum members are not asked to represent the views of their respective agencies or offices.  Their contributions to the Forum discussions typically reflect professional knowledge, informed opinions and publicly available information.  

Exchanging information in a respectful environment supports candid conversation and advances informed government decisionmaking.  Forum meetings are off-the-record and confidential -- no minutes or proceedings are published.  

A letter of invitation is offered to prospective forum members.  As the letter indicates, members would have no fiduciary responsibilities.

Current forum members hail from a myriad of Federal government and Congressional staff and committee offices.  Professional staffs from over two dozen Senate and House offices are forum members, in addition to those from numerous government departments and congressional committees; some of which are listed below.

Defense Department * State Department * Federal Trade Commission * Office of the U.S. Trade Representative * U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary * U.S. Senate HELP Committee * Small Business Administration * U.S. Marine Corps * House Judiciary Committee * Justice Department * National Museum of African American History & Culture * U.S. Patent and Trademark Office * National Endowment for the Arts * Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage * National Air and Space Museum * Federal Communications Commission * Broadcasting Board of Governors * U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation * National Gallery of Art * U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress * House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property * House Committee on Appropriations * National Aeronautics and Space Administration * U.S. Department of Commerce * Institute of Museum and Library Services * House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property * Congressional Black Caucus * U.S. Government Accountability Office * U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee * Senate Committee on Finance * House International Relations Committee

If you want to become a forum member, please contact Paula Cleggett, paula.cleggett@vanderbilt.edu, or 202-216-4368.  


Washington Watch


Select laws, pending legislation, regulations affecting art, media and culture.

Click on the bill number to find details through Thomas (a legislative search engine maintained by the Library of Congress) including information such as bill status, complete bill text and a summary by the Congressional Research Service.

American Recovery and Investment Act
Broadband Stimulus
Network Neutrality
HR 1
S 1

Performance Rights Act
HR 848
S 379

Local Radio Freedom Act
H. CON. RES.49
S. CON. RES.14

Local Community Radio Act of 2010
HR 1147
S 592

Patent Reform
HR 1260
S 515

Internet Freedom Preservation Act
HR 5353

Orphan Works
HR 5889
S 2913

 

Click here for an overview of the Administration’s budget request for arts and cultural agencies.