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The Implementation of “Obamacare”
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Affordable Care Act is supposed to put “consumers back in charge of their health care.” Legislature passed in 2010…
The Importance of Mentoring
A year has passed since I earned my doctorate. It had been seven long years of working full time while attending school part-time at Mississippi State University. Throughout that time,…
Governing in Uncertainty Tops NECoPA ’15 Conference
The Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA) will host its annual conference on the campus of George Mason University, Nov. 5-7, 2015. This conference will mark NECoPA’s sixth anniversary of…
The Role of the New Paradigm in Developing Countries
A central government with a strict hierarchical bureaucracy has been used as the chief mechanism for public policymaking and service delivery in developing countries for the past century. The main…
The Volkswagen Debacle: A Triumph for Nonprofits and the Public Sector
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Kenyatta Lovett October 13, 2015 A few weeks ago,…
What Do We Know About Public-Private Partnerships?
Move: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead, by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, makes an important contribution to the literature on public-private partnerships, known to many of us as PPPs or…
Public Integrity Calls for Papers on Military Ethics
Public Integrity seeks paper proposals for a special symposium on Contemporary Issues in Military Ethics. Successfully addressing the ethical challenges of a multicultural, multidimensional professional military requires open inquiry and…
The Audacity of Stealing Hope
Lotteries don’t work for poor people. In most cases, lotteries are designed to take their money. In every case, lotteries are designed to take away something more important than the…
Learning More About Small MPA Programs
According to the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), there are numerous Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs with 100 students or less. Based on data…
Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day
The Brooklyn Bridge, Hoover Dam, the United States Capitol and Wrigley Field. No, this is not a travelogue. Other than my great fortune as being able to visit to all of…
Privatization, Efficiency and the Public Interest
Analyzing privatization’s impact requires public administrators to consider a fundamental value that often has been sacrificed in the quest to reduce the cost of government. The question? How can the…