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Chelsea Manning and the Transgender Identity in the Military
When the ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ (DADT) policy, which discriminated against the LGBT members of the military from serving openly, was repealed in 2011, it allowed for lesbian, bisexual and…
Generational Perspectives on American Public Administration in the Deep South for Law Enforcement Policy and Community Relations at the Local, State and National Levels
A perspective on law enforcement and policy such as regulations and community relations should examine whether government regulations are considered to do more harm than good; whether the government already…
Nuts and Bolts of Implementing Legislation – A Practitioner’s Perspective
Recently, Senate Republicans released a "discussion draft" of a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This column offers an overview of how to read and implement…
Community Development: The Importance of Ordinary People
If asked, could you provide the names and basic information about your neighbors? Better yet, to what extent do you converse with your neighbors — excluding the superficial discussions about…
What is a Specialist?
I have written before about how I think public administration generally and ASPA specifically is trying to find its identity in these political times. It is in moments like these…
What Are Your Cyber Risks? A Systematic Way to Assess Cybersecurity
Imagine a scenario where you can’t log into computers or use the telephone, paychecks cannot be electronically processed, emergency services can’t access data or coordinate, front-line staff can’t conduct electronic…
The Data Briefing: Will an Artificial Intelligence Agent Be on Your Next Project?
I recently signed up for an online project management application which uses an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to help with common project tasks. Tasks such as notifying team members of…
Why I Left Illinois… and Higher Education
After almost three years without a budget, Illinois state legislators passed a state budget. It was overwritten by Governor Bruce Rauner (R) but the bills were overridden by the state…
How to Avoid Four Fatal Flaws when Designing your Government Performance Management System
Performance management in government is in vogue. All manner of governments have adopted some form of performance management system. However, in the name of performance management almost anything seems to…
Boosting Employee Engagement to Boost Trust in Government
When I speak to groups about why government agencies and jurisdictions should measure and improve employee engagement, I always hit at the “why it matters” question very hard. That is,…
American Society in Motion – The Ever-Changing Present
The rate of change in American society continues to accelerate. Every new wrinkle of an existing social truism becomes a tear in the social fabric — and these small separations…
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