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Early Bird Deadline Nears -For 2014 Annual Conference

Early Bird Deadline Nears -For 2014 Annual Conference

  The ASPA Annual Conference is the premiere event for professionals and scholars in the public administration field. It is where researchers and practitioners meet to exchange knowledge and share…

Pay Gap Between Private, Public Sector Still Exists But Not As Wide

Pay Gap Between Private, Public Sector Still Exists But Not As Wide

The Federal Salary Council, a group of pay experts and union officials chaired by ASPA President Stephen Condrey, in its 2014 report finds that the pay gap between federal and…

International Pedagogy Conference Invites Public Administration Educators

International Pedagogy Conference Invites Public Administration Educators

In 2014, the U.K. Public Administration Committee (PAC) will join with ASPA’s Section on Public Administration Education (SPAE) to host an international conference on pedagogy in public administration. The Annual…

This Gridlock Is Different

This Gridlock Is Different

By Don D. Berglund Introduction  From October 1 to October 16, 2013, the federal government was shut down. Congress failed to pass legislation funding fiscal year 2014, or a continuing…

Demographic Trends and Representative Bureaucracy: Impact on Public Administration

Demographic Trends and Representative Bureaucracy: Impact on Public Administration

By Joseph Adler Introduction  Few will dispute the assertion that governments, especially at the state and local level, are in the business of providing services. How these services are delivered…

Arts-Based Development

Arts-Based Development

By William Hatcher It is often said that the soul of a community is its art— music, festivals, paintings, literature and other forms of creative expression. These activities and artisans…

A Softer, Gentler Future for City Managers and the Data that Support Them

A Softer, Gentler Future for City Managers and the Data that Support Them

By Thomas I. Miller Let’s turn back the clock to 1994. That’s only 20 years, or as biologists refer to it, a generation. I want to challenge you to remember…

Promoting Community Employment Options: The Media Engagement Strategy

Promoting Community Employment Options: The Media Engagement Strategy

By Horace Blake In any local community, the key to citizen engagement is the ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders through available information whether it is internet technology…

DAPA Celebrates Delaware’s Public Servants

DAPA Celebrates Delaware’s Public Servants

By Caitlin Del Collo On December 4, 2013, Timothy’s Riverfront Grille in Wilmington, Delaware served as a sophisticated venue for the Delaware Association for Public Administration (DAPA) 2013 Awards Dinner.…

The Makings of Disaster: Collaboration – Realizing Separation is Only Two Degrees

The Makings of Disaster: Collaboration – Realizing Separation is Only Two Degrees

By Stacey Mann On the afternoon of April 27, 2011, an EF-4 tornado with estimated maximum wind speed of 190 mph traveled through Greene, Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties in Alabama. In…

The Constitution and Corporations: Do Businesses Have a Right to Free Exercise of Religion?

The Constitution and Corporations: Do Businesses Have a Right to Free Exercise of Religion?

By David Schultz Are corporations religious? Do they believe in God? Can they pray? Silly questions perhaps, but they lie at the heart of Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius (Hobby Lobby).…

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