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From Facilities to Homes: The Rise in Individualized Funding and Consumer-Controlled Budgets
By Julie Ann Racino Principal & President Community & Policy Studies Over the years, there has been a slow shift in how financing is appropriated for personal disability services.…
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION COUNTS
By Christine Gibbs Springer Nurturing continuous innovation and renewal in public agencies is not only important but critical in today’s environment of change. Today, there is a growing recognition that…
Revenue Enhancements Anyone?
By Dr. Sheila Seuss Kennedy Public finance these days reminds me of those fellows we used to encounter at the county fairs—the ones who twisted balloons into fantastic shapes, making…
Human Interaction: It Can Make Us; It Can Break Us
By Dr. Laree Keily For decades experts have studied the dynamics of humans coming together to accomplish things. We have multiple fields: sociology, social psych, group process, teams, org behavior,…
Workforce and Succession Planning in Government
Nearly ten years ago, we first heard about succession planning in government. In anticipation of massive baby boomer retirements, human resource practitioners were advocating for organizations to consider how to…
Pre-Planning in the World of Volunteer Management
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, just before midnight, an EF-3 tornado ripped a path of destruction 20 miles long right through the middle of Spalding County, Georgia. Rescue crews and…
The Role of Ethical Behavior in Emergency Management
Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy were not only noteworthy for their destruction, but for their revelation of decisions made by public organizations and the impact these decisions had on groups with…
Strengthening the Federal Workforce: Knowing the Difference Between Novices and Experts
Strengthening the federal workforce requires hiring talented individuals and fostering their development into successful public administrators. Effective organizations recruit, hire and develop talented individuals to achieve agency goals. Doing so…
Culture Adjustment to Strengthen the Federal Workforce
“This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” — Theodore Roosevelt,…
Successful Workforce Planning in the State of California
The State of California employs a vast and diverse workforce of 215,864 full and part-time employees that span 202 state departments, agencies and boards, excluding the California university and California…
Strengthening Public Service: Inclusive Management
Today, adequately performing in public service is more important than at any time in the last 40 years. With perceptions from the public generally negative about government, the federal civil…
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