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Recruitment and Retention of Top Talent in Public Service Worldwide
Recruitment and retention of the right staff are two of the major challenges confronting modern organizations as they determine their level of productivity and sustainability. Recruitment determines the quality and…
A Comparison of LGBT Workplace Policies and Religiosity by State
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees working for the federal government have anti-discrimination workplace protections; however, there are no uniform laws governing private and state-level employees. While public attitudes…
The Human Side of Budgeting
Over sandwiches in a local pub, a reporter for the Oregonian newspaper interviewed the city manager and finance director of the City of Trillium. In the midst of the worst…
Providing Access to Preventative Health Care: Child Health and EPSDT
Former South African President Nelson Mandela stated “there can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way it treats its children.” As a nation, children are our…
The Public Budget
If the public were asked what they want from local government, according to Bowman and Kearney’s State and Local Government text, the answer would be “to be governed well.” But…
It Had to Be Security: The Nexus Between US-based Foreign Aid and Public Administration in the Caribbean
Foreign aid based in the United States has traditionally been critical to sustaining the machinery of central government in English-speaking Caribbean countries. It is not clear if this is purely…
Targeting Top Students for Federal Service
Despite constraints on budgets for recruiting and retaining top talent, federal agencies cannot simply halt hiring. As the nation’s largest employer—with more than two million civilian employees—the government must fill…
Labor Force Components: Who Are We Attracting As Public Service Professionals?
Recruiting in all sectors of the workforce is the process of generating a pool of qualified applicants for organizational jobs. As staffing competition among the private and the public sector…
The Open Government Trend Moving Online
Public Service Recognition Week will have concluded before this issue of PA Times online reaches our readers, but recognizing the value of public employees and “connecting citizens with their government”…
Are the Best and Brightest Attracted to Public Service?
“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” -Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy During the 1960s and 1970s, interest in…
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