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Vigilant Citizenship
With a recent focus in the news on local violence and national security threats, we’re reminded of how important it is to stay safe. While living in fear is not…
Keeping an Eye toward Racial Justice
As we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movement he inspired, the struggle for racial equality remains a harsh reality in American society. More than…
Campus Safety and Emergency Response
As a retired police officer that transitioned to higher education, I view the unique challenge of school safety as a balance between fostering an open, safe environment for the exchange…
Glocalization: The New Form of the Colonialist Mindset or a Way Out?
The 20th century was an era of intense change, leading to unprecedented shifts. The first half of the century witnessed two World Wars that produced dramatic devastation. Taking lessons from…
Municipal Budgeting in the Face of Emergencies
Municipal budgeting involves the allocation of limited financial resources through a very political process. The challenges faced by cities in preparing their budgets are intensified by the need to plan…
Community Development After Disaster Strikes
For more than 10 years, the United States has faced serious environmental challenges in the form of flooding caused by hurricanes. It has led to wanton destruction of lives and…
Leadership Challenges in 2016
The year 2016 ushers in a host of new opportunities and challenges to those within the public sector. After decades of public service reform efforts, and the painstaking implementation of…
Beyond the Classroom
Recently, I spoke with a retired professor who shared that he used to give the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services exam (the Naturalization Test) as a pre- and post-assessment in…
Innovative Budgeting – Always Standard Business
During my 30+ years of service in the public sector, innovative budgeting was always an expected strategy. Small would be the group of professionals that would contend that they have…
Emergency Financial Management Planning
Dan Wears is the Commissioner of Emergency Management for Onondaga County in upstate New York. He doesn’t worry much about hurricanes and not too much about earthquakes. But he does…
A Look at Program Implementation
The purpose of government agencies is not to have an IT staff, a legal staff, a human resources staff, or any number of other support staffs. The purpose of government…