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Crystal Agencies: Visualizing How Government Agencies Affect the United States Data Ecosystem

June 20, 2019

The EMS Crisis We Are Facing Today

June 20, 2019

That Which We Call a Rose…Might Not Be the Same Thing at All

June 18, 2019

Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care: When the Bough Breaks

June 17, 2019

Development, Equity and Self-Determination

A promising new model for urban and community development called the Protocol appears to understand how the untapped power of the community can be harnessed to achieve more equitable planning.…

June 27, 2019No CommentRead More

Knowledge Landscapes

By intuition, knowledge landscapes should highlight the innovation, history, culture and people of an area. Knowledge landscapes are redefining bureaucratic spaces each time that we discover a technological invention that either replaces us or allows us to be anywhere our citizens need for us to be.…

June 22, 2019No CommentRead More

Which Leadership Lesson are You Learning?

Leadership encompasses a great variety of styles and perspective. This article provides a few quick tips to begin thinking about coaching in the workplace; particularly, leadership coaching to increase employee engagement and develop emerging leaders.…

June 22, 2019No CommentRead More

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

Who benefits when we can all profit from the right-of-way?…

June 21, 2019No CommentRead More

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That Which We Call a Rose…Might Not Be the Same Thing at All

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Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care: When the Bough Breaks

Unless the federal government amends the Medicare Hospice Benefit…

The Myth of the Virtuous Public Worker

The unrealistic notion that public servants could (or should)…

Integrating Interconnected Frameworks

Merging an interconnected budget operations framework and performance management…

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

The case of how charter schools are governed is…

Detroit’s Grand Bargain: The Role of Philanthropy in Tough Budget Times

Philanthropic foundations are taking an increasingly visible role in…

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…

Multiteam Systems and Public Administration Leadership: Promising New Area for Research

There is much research on leading teams and organizations.…

Government by the Good

Beginning with the Pendleton Act of 1883, which established…

What Viral Videos Can Teach About Urban Preservation and How This Can Help Transform Public Administration

The explosion of viral videos in the 21st century…

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…

Health Exchanges Launched

Administrative Strategies Emerging By Cheryl and Ferd Mitchell On…

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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