Spencer Brien

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About Spencer Brien

Spencer T. Brien is a visiting faculty member at the Evergreen State College. Dr. Brien's research on fiscal administration spans federal, state and local governments. His recent work examines the impact of federal continuing resolutions on Department of Defense procurement activity. His research has been published in various journals including Public Administration Review, The American Review of Public Administration, Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Finance Review, and the Journal of Public Procurement. His work has been financially supported by the Naval Postgraduate School Acquisitions Research Program and the Department of Defense Office of People Analytics. He has also been quoted in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Prior to entering academia, he worked for eight years as a program analyst for the Internal Revenue Service. Dr. Brien currently teaches state and local tax policy and has also taught courses in public financial management and the economics of state and local government. Specialties: Public finance and budgeting research, evaluation of state and local tax structures, forecasting workforce attrition and migration, econometric analysis Full set of publications and working papers available at: