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Economics Professor Keith Maskus has been named chief economist for the U.S. Department of State. Maskus, a professor of distinction who also was the director of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment — based in Washington, D.C. — this month.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Professor of Distinction Keith Maskus has been named the U.S. Department of State chief economist. Maskus, who was the director of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment, based in the District of Columbia, this month.

Social scientists and health researchers from across Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ and neighboring states will soon have abundant U.S. Census and other federal statistical data available to them in a secure setting at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.