R Street Institute names Casey Burgat fellow with Governance Project
WASHINGTON (June 13, 2017) – The R Street Institute today announced the addition of Casey Burgat as a fellow with the institute’s Governance Project, where he will research congressional capacity and ways to make the First Branch of government work better.
Casey joins R Street from the Congressional Research Service, where he served in the Executive Branch Operations and the Congress & Judiciary sections. At CRS, he was responsible for responding to congressional requests about federal rulemaking, issues of congressional reform, the president’s role in federal budgeting, federal advisory committees and congressional staffing.
“R Street and the Governance Project have created a space where voices from across the political spectrum—from government operators to academics—can come together to discuss issues of congressional capacity and reform,” Casey said. “I am extremely excited to add my voice and ideas to advance such a vital conversation.”
Earlier in his career, Casey ran a nonprofit in Colorado that focused on developing and enhancing an ethic of community service among high school students, culminating in an immersion trip to rural Guatemala where the students helped local communities construct primary schools.
“We are thrilled to add Casey to our growing Governance Project” R Street President Eli Lehrer said. “His deep knowledge of Congress and federalism nicely complements our work in the field. The slogan of our Governance Project is to ‘Make Congress Great Again.’ Casey is on board to turn this into reality.”
Casey is a graduate of Arizona State University, with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He also has a master’s in political management from George Washington University and currently is pursuing his doctorate in American government from the University of Maryland, with a research focus on congressional staffing.
He lives in Washington’s Navy Yard neighborhood with his wife, Sara, their three-month-old daughter and a monster yellow lab named Yoshi.
