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How to Prevent Soft-targeting in Government Performance Management Systems

How to Prevent Soft-targeting in Government Performance Management Systems

We do not have to be a trained psychoanalyst to know this much — we humans are wired to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Referred to as the “pleasure principle”…

What A Leader Must Do

What A Leader Must Do

There are thousands of books on leadership; someone once suggested that as many as 500 new titles relating to leadership appear every year and there as many articles in journals…

Open Wide — I Want to Check Your Heart

Open Wide — I Want to Check Your Heart

My dentist knows the condition of my teeth, gums and tongue. My doctor is familiar with my tongue too, but concentrates on the back of my throat as well as…

Performance Management and Education

Performance Management and Education

In recent years, there has been a lot of speculation about educator’s pay being attached to their school’s performances in standardized testing. Some are all for it while others are…

Improving Communication and Coordination through Compstat: An Opportunity for Learning and Enhanced Performance

Improving Communication and Coordination through Compstat: An Opportunity for Learning and Enhanced Performance

Compstat has become one and the same with progressive police management and is believed to increase accountability among managers for the reduction of crime. Police agencies have widely adopted Compstat…

Driving a City’s Financial Recovery: An Interview with Detroit CFO John Hill (Part II)

Driving a City’s Financial Recovery: An Interview with Detroit CFO John Hill (Part II)

Three years after concluding the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history, Detroit may be released next spring from the oversight of a state financial review commission (FRC). If an independent…

Moral Courage in Public Service: Lessons from the Life of Susan B. Anthony

On June 17, 1873, the trial of Susan B. Anthony for voting in the 1872 election began in Canandaigua, New York. The jury was all male, though that would not…

NUM – International Sustainable Development & Public Administration in Mongolia

NUM – International Sustainable Development & Public Administration in Mongolia

Mongolia is undergoing great change economically, socially and environmentally. Local governments, with their provincial and national partners, are leading efforts to adapting to these changes. The rapid pace of change…

Conservative Convergence in High-Growth Cobb County, Georgia (Part Two)

Conservative Convergence in High-Growth Cobb County, Georgia (Part Two)

Rapid population growth within suburban Edge Counties produces complexities and contradictions that challenge public administration. Migration blends ingrained, conservative values of long-time county residents with the resistance of newcomers’ to…

From Here to Tomorrow

From Here to Tomorrow

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) spoke to a Kansas City crowd on October 13, 1936. He described his vision, “To a greater degree than any other peoples, we have sought…

Public Health Emergency Preparedness: An Intergovernmental Challenge and Necessity

Public Health Emergency Preparedness: An Intergovernmental Challenge and Necessity

Responding to a public health emergency requires an understanding of the practice of public administration as well as the science of health services. Organizations like the National Association of City…