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2016 ASPA Founders’ Fellows Selected

The ASPA Founders’ Fellows program recognizes outstanding students and new professionals (within three years of their graduation) in the field of public service and public administration. Following a competitive review…

State Pension Funds: Unfunded or Fraud?

State Pension Funds: Unfunded or Fraud?

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Monique Maldonado December 18, 2015 Taxpayers work their entire…

Fiscal Crises and Innovative Budgeting

Fiscal Crises and Innovative Budgeting

When it comes to managing fiscal crises and challenges, the federal government influences many local and state governments. State and local governments typically try to come up with innovative measures…

Resilience—Are We Giving Up on Change?

Resilience—Are We Giving Up on Change?

The concept of resilience has embedded itself in many disciplines. Researchers speak of psychosocial resilience, disaster resilience, resilience of the Internet, educational resilience, ecological resilience and community resilience. Many of…

Leading for Change

Leading for Change

Government organizations live in a state of constant change. Sometime the change is good, like reorganization that increases efficiency. Sometimes the change isn’t so good, such as a significant cut…

Collective Bargaining, Irate Taxpayers Drive Public Policy

Collective Bargaining, Irate Taxpayers Drive Public Policy

“What is yellow all over, has eight wheels and sleeps six?” Answer: a Department of Public Works dump truck, observed by an irate taxpayer during a break time that was…

Government Employees Unaware they are Cyber Crime Victims

Government Employees Unaware they are Cyber Crime Victims

According to recent reports, cyber crime costs the world economy between $375 billion and $575 billion annually. Government employees are especially vulnerable to cyber crimes. Government information security incidents have…

Outsourcing Oversight through Open Government Data

Outsourcing Oversight through Open Government Data

Congress has a big problem when it comes to oversight. The federal government has grown vastly larger over the past century, but Congress has done little to empower itself to…

Summing It All Up

Summing It All Up

Over the past five months, I have used this column to share information, best practices and perspectives on how to implement and leverage an organizational performance management strategy. In this…

How ISIS Wins

How ISIS Wins

The tragedies of recent months that are attributed to ISIS have brought strong reactions from many quarters. Some of these reactions challenge who we are as a nation and the…

Calling All Authors! PA Times Application Deadline Dec. 15

Calling All Authors! PA Times Application Deadline Dec. 15

The New Year is right around the corner and ASPA is planning now for our twice-weekly magazine supplement, PA Times Online. We’re looking for columnists who can speak to a…

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