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The American Society for Public Administration is the largest and most prominent professional association for public administration. It is dedicated to advancing the art, science, teaching and practice of public and non-profit administration.
The American Society for Public Administration is the largest and most prominent professional association for public administration. It is dedicated to advancing the art, science, teaching and practice of public and non-profit administration.
Ending Mystery Health Care Pricing
No one would go to a hair salon, a dry cleaner or a restaurant that refused to reveal prices in advance. So why are Americans forced to accept this ambiguity…
Celebrity Privilege is Not Celebrity Immunity
Public administrators have a legal obligation to ensure they do not infringe on the special trust and confidence of the public they serve. However, public administrators have fallen under the…
Questions in the Aftermath of Deconstruction: Public Administration in a Transforming World
What makes today’s deconstruction different is that a rollback in federal regulatory reach—as expected from Republican administrations—is just one component of a transformation being wrought in public administration. Deconstruction represents…
Averting a Crisis: Making Government Service Attractive Again
The interest in public service careers appears to have faded. In a recent survey by Route Fifty, human capital and workforce issues were the number one problem. Annual surveys by…
Building Public Spaces for Women in Pakistan
Pakistani women’s participation in the workforce has increased by over 50 percent in the last 15 years. However, despite these gains, women’s access to public spaces and their participation in…
What the 2016 Political “Earthquake” Portends for the Future Role of the Federal Government
One of my teachers, Walter Dean Burnham, is an advocate of using geological metaphors to understand longer term political patterns. I am going to use his approach to write now…
Update on Water for Toledo
Toledo last made national news for its water plant four years ago when routine monitoring detected microcystin – a toxin produced by the harmful blue-green algae. The Water Department immediately…
My Vision of Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
Women are still stymied in their quests for higher education because of their family situations. Many women would love to pursue traditional degree programs. They understand the benefits of having…
Public Administration in Fragile States
Fragile states exist on every continent. Many are in Africa but Haiti and Venezuela are considered fragile states. Fragile states are often geographically close to successful states. Botswana, for example,…
From “Trust Us” to Transparent Local Government
On the evening of April 8, 2018, City of Fort Collins, CO, City Manager Darin Atteberry stood at a podium in a hotel ballroom. Addressing an audience of distinguished leaders…
The Paradox of [Hysterical] Accountability
Accountability is something rarely discussed outside of a sound bite on the twenty-four-seven news cycle. A simple Google search about accountability in government spans the gamut from Opioid Commission to…
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