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In theory, elected officials of government perform, for the public sector, the same functions that boards of directors and top managers perform in the private sector. In practice, however, elected…
The Ebola episode in the United States suggests that we are somewhat prepared for public health disasters. Yet, we need to shore up our defenses and take a more active…
Each year, the Section on Professional and Organizational Development (SPOD) confers at least two (2) scholarships to the most deserving doctoral and master level students who are actively enrolled in…
In 1994, the City of Seattle began to notice something wrong with trees in its urban forests. Research found that Seattle’s 2,500 acres of forested city parks were at risk…
Participatory budgeting started in Brazil in 1989 and has now been implemented in some fashion in more than 1,000 cities worldwide. Despite this longer history in other parts of the…
The health information technology field has grown tremendously in recent years, driven primarily by the HITECH Act which provides federal funding to hospitals to adopt and meaningfully use electronic health…
Last month, I discussed some of the issues associated with screening tests. Because there has been so much controversy about mammography (for breast cancer) and prostate specific antigen (for prostate…
Social media can be any of the popular websites or those sponsored by very large organizations. The notion of social media takes the conversation to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs…
Public administrators use social media to conduct business, facilitate government transparency, connect citizens to services and quickly communicate information to the public. Indeed, there is a remarkable opportunity for government…
A recent conference on crowdsourcing for politics and policy examined how this process is changing politics by encouraging citizen participation and online collective action. We all know the viral video…
Since the first reported case in the United States, the Ebola virus has consumed the attention of medical and public policymakers to address the concerns of the general public. When…