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Double Whammy
Confronting social inequality is harder when a city is struggling. By Frank Shafroth New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio described social inequality in his inaugural address as a “quiet…
‘Clumsy But Temporarily Effective’: American Public Policy And Government
By Mary Hamilton New York Times columnist David Brooks called it “a mind-altering essay” when he gave it one of his end of year 2013 ‘highly prestigious’ Sidney Awards for…
Economic Development is the Answer to Income Inequality
By David J. Robinson In his State of the Union address, President Obama said what many of us know to be the truth. America’s income inequality is growing. In fact,…
Broker, Facilitator, Catalyst, Educator Model of Service Delivery: Leverage the Power, Resources, and Passion of Your Entire Community
By Troy Holt In a down economy and an era of dwindling government resources, how can a public agency leverage the power, passion and resources of the private sector, the…
Budget Tricks (Part 1)
By Scott Lazenby Previously, we discussed two ways of managing public budgets. The first way, which we’ll call Theory X, is the way most governments do it. The other way,…
The Paradox of Obesity
By Michael Popejoy I am happy to have been appointed the health columnist for the year 2014 for PA Times online. I certainly hope that the information that I provide…
Gates, DoD and Congress: A Brief Examination of Congressional-Defense Relations
By Antwain Leach A power struggle in Washington, which until very recently has surprisingly gone under the radar, is one which has been playing out between the Department of Defense…
Survey Forecasts Better Public-Sector Job Market for 2014
Two-thirds of governments are expecting to hire this year, though not for very many positions. By Mike Maciag Those looking for jobs with state and local governments may have somewhat better…
Meeting the Challenges of Big Organizational Changes
There are plenty of ways for things to go wrong with any transformational initiative. Leaders need to keep five key success factors in mind. By Patrick Mallory Confronting change, whether by…
Police Consolidation: A New Era to Law Enforcement
By Manfred F. Meine and Thomas P. Dunn Police effectiveness in general, and response capability in particular, continue to be among the generic components in the review of any emergency…
The 5 R’s of Equity and Fairness in Social Policy
By Shami Dugal This is not a technically or fiscally motivated article. It is philosophical in nature and may raise more questions for reflection than delivering answers or recipes for…