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Planning for the Future
Planning for the future, in particular city planning, consists of preserving the community, sustaining the community and ensuring the community has a future. An ideal way to meet the needs…
Community and Economic Development: The Collaborative Conversation
In a recent PA Times Online column, one writer laid out his arguments for the adoption of a new Section on community and economic development. In this column, I want…
Gun Control: The Fact/Value Dichotomy and the Public Interest
My college professors stressed the importance of the fact/value dichotomy. They were concerned with statements that could be verified or were verifiable. Value issues were of less interest as there…
The Role of Local-State Public Health Integration in Health Security
The state of Florida is on the front lines of U.S. efforts to prepare for local transmission of the Zika virus. A conversation with a Florida Department of Health official…
It Isn’t the Whistle that Pulls the Train
An old proverb notes, “It isn't the whistle that pulls the train.” However, that whistle assists the train in avoiding accidents. Whistleblowers function similarly as they help organizations avoid serious…
Teaching and Practice in a Fact Free Political Context
The nature of public administration requires an understanding of the role of research, analysis and expertise in the context of a politicized, democratic society. Exactly how public administration inform and…
Why Do Good Leaders Do Bad Things?
Research suggests that success in leadership can bring benefits on personal and organizational levels. A leader rising up the hierarchy gains influence, status and control over decision making. Yet with…
The Forgotten Importance of Government’s Workforce
There has been a widening gulf between people and performance management practices. Generally, the public sector has concentrated exclusively on management systems and metrics as part of “new public management”…
A Consciously Complicit Public Administration
The field of public administration is historically privileged. Traditional theories and application are overwhelmingly grounded within Euro-centric, male and heteronormative perspectives that exclude large segments of the U.S. population. Absent…
Unchecking the Box: The Unfulfilled Promise of NCLB
In 2002, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was signed into law. Receiving bipartisan support, NCLB promised to return America’s education system to international competitiveness, allocated resources to student groups who…
Why is Employee Engagement so Low?
Research shows that improving engagement delivers results in both the public and private sectors. Despite this, employee engagement is low and surveys indicated the proportion of engaged public sector employees…