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Healthy Workplace? Weed Out Toxic Leaders

September 26, 2022

Sitting In Judgment

September 25, 2022

Co-Relative Areas of Public Management: Democracy, Public Service and Recruiting

September 25, 2022

Energy Solutions: Informing Energy Policy Through Public Opinion in Japan

September 23, 2022

Policy Pathways Ignites Enthusiasm for International Affairs in High School and Early College Students

A number of high school students, particularly those from historically marginalized communities, are not introduced to how nations formulate public and foreign policies until they are in college or graduate school.…

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Nepal’s Democratic Experiment and Struggles with Corruption

Corruption, in the form of fraudulent, dishonest or illegal actions of public officials for private gain, has historically challenged governance.…

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The National Unraveling—Or Just a New Normal?

While I so enjoyed the 20th century in America, I look forward to the changes of today and tomorrow...…

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Profile: Brion Oaks

Our charge is to bring leadership and guidance around racial equity and question how we disrupt the systems that have not traditionally served or met the needs of our communities of color.…

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Sitting In Judgment

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Co-Relative Areas of Public Management: Democracy, Public Service and Recruiting

Democracy must be practiced and as they say practice…

Energy Solutions: Informing Energy Policy Through Public Opinion in Japan

At the state or regional level Deliberative Polling could…

Is the Bureaucracy a Passive Institutional Actor Under the Presidential Influence?

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Using Public Administration-related Popular Culture OER Content To Engage Learners

The use of film as a pedagogical tool in…

The Burden of Voter Suppression on Election Administrators

Election administrators must figure out ways to leverage technologies…

Social Equity in Emergency Management

There are drivers or interventions that promote social equity.…

Summer Reading

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Mentoring Our Future

By sharing our experience and knowledge, we can elevate…

Digital Transformation in Government Should Start with Low-Code and No-Code Development

We can encourage government workers’ innovation by giving them…

Paid to Populate: Demographic Disparities and Resident Incentive Programs

Disparities in growth between communities is not a new…

Public Service—Our Immediate Vocation

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Public Servants—Thank You For Delivering Civilization

The core values that citizens expect from public servants…

Liberating Resources to Fund a Better Future

Launching new programs and services on a limited budget…

A Natural Approach to Land Use Planning

We typically approach urban planning the same way an…

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

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The 21st Century Direct Support Workforce in the United States

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Community & Disability: DeInstitutionalization

By Julie Ann Racino In political science, the term…

Federalism and Its Discontents: Guns, Germs and Insurrection

This article explores the failures of federalism not only…

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

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Accountability for Social Equity in Policing

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

SSVF Programs Reduce Veteran Homelessness

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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…

Jai Mangal Paswan Award for Public Service

The American Society for Public Administration, Section on South…

Review Sought for a Proposed ANSI Quality of Government Standard

ASPA members and supporters are being invited to assist…

ASPA Keystone State Chapter Annual Awards Program

ASPA’s Keystone State Chapter held its annual Public Service…

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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