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ASPA Partners With University to Host Midwest Conference

ASPA Partners With University to Host Midwest Conference

By Stephen Kleinschmit ASPA is joining with the Department of Public Policy at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne to host the inaugural Midwest Public Affairs Conference (MPAC). Scheduled for March…

Public Workplace Conflict Resolution: Challenges for the HR Professional

Public Workplace Conflict Resolution: Challenges for the HR Professional

By Joseph G. Jarret America’s judicial system most commonly defines the term “conflict” to mean a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. Whenever people work together and are…

Engaging the Community in a Networked World

Engaging the Community in a Networked World

By Christine Springer Nurturing continuous engagement of the community served by public agencies is not only important but also critical to successful public management in an environment of change. Networking…

Plus ça change, the more it isn’t change

Plus ça change, the more it isn’t change

By Laree Kiely This column is the last for 2013. Or is it the preview of 2014? Typically, we would do a retrospective on the last year, comment about how…

Town and Gown Relations: The Best Practices in the World

Town and Gown Relations: The Best Practices in the World

By Roger L. Kemp The UniTown Network recently held its first annual Town-Gown Relations Conference for representatives of cities and universities in the European Union. The City of Ferrara (Italy) and…

Perils of Privatization

Perils of Privatization

By Sheila Suess Kennedy I have often written about my skepticism of so-called “privatization” of public assets. I say “so called” because Americans use the term inaccurately to mean contracting…

When Transparency Becomes the Enemy of Accountability: Reflections From the Field

When Transparency Becomes the Enemy of Accountability: Reflections From the Field

By Stuart C. Gilman and Howard Whitton Everything is connected to everything else, as in the world of ecology and in public administration. Transparency seems to have become the new panacea…

Increasing Adoption and Reducing the Number of Children in Foster Care in the U.S. and Abroad

Increasing Adoption and Reducing the Number of Children in Foster Care in the U.S. and Abroad

By Lorenda A. Naylor Introduction November is National Adoption Month. It is a time Americans celebrate adoptive families across the country. According to Barack Obama in his Presidential Proclamation of National…

I Trust You…Sort Of

I Trust You…Sort Of

By Scott Lazenby In previous columns, we considered ways to adapt governmental budget systems to modern management principles of delegation, empowerment and alignment of organizational goals. Following Douglas McGregor’s work,…

Corruption – An Enlightened Self-Interest?

Corruption – An Enlightened Self-Interest?

By Ravi Subramanian More than a hundred years ago, our profession found legitimacy through two channels. The first was as a solution to fight the corrupt spoils system in government. The…

Corruption, Ethics and Accountability: A Normative Approach to Control

Corruption, Ethics and Accountability: A Normative Approach to Control

By Rod Erakovich, William Carroll, Chelsea Smith, Tunde Campbell and Leo Wright Good governance requires good public servants. A focus on public administration and its efforts to combat corruption are…