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Taking Law Seriously
By: David Schultz Law matters. It especially matters in public administration and policy. Yet for too many years the public administration profession has ignored the connection between the law how…
Gaining Trust One Flip Chart at a Time
By Larry Schooler It can be exceedingly difficult to convince a member of the public to take part in a public participation process. After all, how do they know that…
Improving Client Outcomes, Reducing Healthcare Costs: Part II
By Shami Dugal This is the second part of an article series on reducing healthcare costs, while ensuring individuals still stay healthy. To read the first part of the series,…
Memos to National Leaders Releases Final Recommendations in Series
Speakers during the November 9, 2012 Memos to National Leaders pose after closing the event on Friday. For more images of Friday’s event, click here, or visit www. memostoleaders.org…
Advancing and Improving Procurement and Contract Management in Government
By: Stephen B. Gordon Executives in the private sector recognized long ago that effective purchasing and supply management can support their number one strategic goal: profitability. In contrast, elected officials…
Improving Client Outcomes, Reducing Healthcare Costs: Part 1
The following article is the first part of a suggested method to reduce healthcare costs and help more people stay healthy. Look for part II next week. This article introduces…
Eighth Annual ICPA Promotes International Cooperation
More than 200 academic experts, public administrators, and private sector managers from 22 countries converged in Hyderabad, India, October 25-27 for the 8th annual International Conference on Public Administration (ICPA).…
The Great Disconnect
By: Sheila Suess Kennedy As another election season comes to a (merciful) close, one lesson is abundantly clear: there is a huge disconnect between the skill sets public offices require…
The Importance of Public Administration in Community Development Scholarship and Practice
By William Hatcher This is the first installment of a monthly column dedicated to exploring the connections between public administration and community development. Through this column, I hope to highlight…
Strategic Management in a Changing Health Services World
By Christine Gibbs Springer The ultimate paradox for public managers today is the inability to forecast the future, yet the necessity to make sense of it in order to survive…
Fishing for a Good Community
My son Domenic loves to go fishing. Since I am not much of a fisherman, when the opportunity came to go fishing on the Rappahannock River with a family…
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