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Social Equity and Inclusion in Emergency Management

July 18, 2019

Engaged Employees Drive Innovation

July 17, 2019

Creating a Diverse Workforce with Roadblocks

July 15, 2019

The Police & You: A Dynamic Duo for a Better Today, Tomorrow & Forever

It is safe to conclude that policing in America is facing a huge crisis of validity and purpose. There must be some resolve to bring back the trust between minority citizens and law enforcement.…

July 20, 2019No CommentRead More

Does the Public Sector Experience Real Accountability?

Accountability is a complex topic. To boil accountability down to a simple, “A broke B’s window, so A must pay B for the damages,” does not begin to capture the complete meaning of the word.…

July 20, 2019No CommentRead More

I Can’t Get No…Satisfaction

As government agencies strive to improve their quality of service and increase customer satisfaction, it is necessary to measure performance from all dimensions of the organization.…

July 19, 2019No CommentRead More

The American Dream: Freedom in Decision Making

How are Americans attaining the American Dream? The Founders intended for prosperity to be more than simply rights of material conditions and wealth. Perhaps it’s time to preserve capital resources through the freedom of daily decision making.…

July 18, 2019No CommentRead More

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Social Equity and Inclusion in Emergency Management

When disaster strikes, it has been the poor, the…

Engaged Employees Drive Innovation

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Community Learning Coaches

Free college is not the best answer for helping…

Creating a Diverse Workforce with Roadblocks

Many municipalities wish to have a workforce that is…

Medical Errors Make Health Care More Expensive and Decrease Access

Medical errors rank as the third leading cause of…

I Have Seen the Future of Public Service

The job of the preceding generations is to teach…

The Case for Broadening the Strategy to Reform Civil Service

It’s time for significant change and modernization at every…

Acting is About Deceiving

The federal government is currently losing the capacity to…

Teaching & Learning Moments: Creating Space for Gratitude, Reflection, Healing and Needed Change

There may be a blind eye—whether intentional or not—many…

Knowledge Landscapes

By intuition, knowledge landscapes should highlight the innovation, history,…

Policymaking in the Public Right-of-Way: Car Sharing

Who benefits when we can all profit from the…

The EMS Crisis We Are Facing Today

It is incumbent for elected officials to gain…

What Do We Know About Charter School Governance, and Why Should We Care?

The case of how charter schools are governed is…

Want Better Mission Accomplishment? Embrace Telecommuting!

The telecommuting option isn’t the future of the workforce—it’s…

Wanted: Male Allies in the #MeToo Era

Legislation requires that government employ a diverse workforce, yet…

A Lifetime of Classics

Public administration authors are known for their desire to…

Increasing Capacity for Collaboration and Affecting Action

The views expressed are those of the author and…

Legislating Performance: Does Mandated Performance Measurement Really Work?

The views expressed are those of the author and…

Public Service Profiles – Unsung Heroes

Gene C. Blue, president/CEO, Arizona Opportunities Industrialization Center (AzOIC)…

Public Service Profiles – Unsung Heroes

Ronald Bates, city manager, City of Pico Rivera Ronald…

Organizational Challenges & Management Alternatives

How Public Administrators Are Implementing the ACA By Cheryl…

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The 21st Century Direct Support Workforce in the United States

By Julie Ann Racino The Direct Support Workforce in…

Community & Disability: DeInstitutionalization

By Julie Ann Racino In political science, the term…

Cultural Brokering: A promising way of building cultural competent community based organizations

Community based organizations (CBOs) are agencies providing direct social…

Publishing and Perishing as a Doctoral Student

Writing, editing, submitting, revising, resubmitting, selecting… each stage comes…

Reducing Voluntary Program Administrative Burden: Lessons from the National Organic Program

The views expressed are those of the author and…

Accountability for Social Equity in Policing

Citizen groups, political leaders, and law enforcement agencies have…

SSVF Programs Reduce Veteran Homelessness

Homelessness is a social problem which touches every community…

Climate Change Adaptation: Implications for the Public Sector

Climate change is no longer an abstract concept, or…

Front-line Discretion: Good Cop or Bad Cop?

Front-line workers implement public policy on a direct and…

What You Think About Yourself Matters

In an era of persistent budgetary constraints, enhancing employee…

21st Century Higher Education in America: A Reason for Alarm?

Is the reason for rising higher education cost due…

Grace Harris, Vital Piece of VCU History, Dies at 84

Grace E. Harris, whose leadership helped shape Virginia Commonwealth…

The United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals and the Building of a Good Society: A Modest Proposal for the Public Administration Education and Training Community

When the United Nations (UN) announced in 2000 a…

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