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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.
Requiring Alternative Financial Services Providers to Report Borrowers’ Repayment Histories Would Increase Financial Inclusion
If policymakers required all financial service providers, not just banks and credit cards, to report the ongoing financial histories of their customers and required credit rating agencies to collect, analyze…
Driving a City’s Financial Recovery: An Interview with Detroit CFO John Hill
Jason Juffras spoke with Detroit chief financial officer (CFO) John Hill to learn about Detroit’s financial crisis and nascent recovery. Mr. Hill also played a major role in Washington, D.C.’s…
The Lesson: Don’t Throw a Plunger at a Dart Board
One simple rule of darts is in the name of the game: You’ll only succeed if you use darts. If you try to throw a plunger at a dart board,…
Filling the Ranks
A high school’s senior year is rife with choices. They ask the inevitable question: “Where do we go from here?” The paths are endless, and that uncertain resolve leads us…
Using “Happiness” as a Measure of Community Performance in Shrinking Cities
In 2012, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network published their ‘World Happiness Report’ for the first time. Since this report, ‘happiness’, or its more encompassing term ‘well-being’, is starting…
Stranded Resources and Servant Leadership: Public Service in 2017 and Beyond
The whole world is screaming. It’s become a global activity. In some places, it’s the only activity. Public servants hear various screams, too — constituent screams. In fact, one can…
Incentivizing Evidence-based Medicine
When treatment plans are guided by an image of the patient as a potentially litigious, hard to satisfy paying customer, with no policies to provide a counterweight and incentivize good…
Recommitting to Public Service Values in Troubled Times
It is no secret our politics are often divisive and lacking in civility. In this environment, it is easy for public service professionals to blame the challenges we face in…
Supporting Our Veterans Isn’t Just the Right Thing… It’s the Smart Thing
Two or three times each year, our attention turns toward veterans and the sacrifices they have made for the United States. Yet sustaining that focus beyond Memorial Day, the 4th…
Teaching with Multimedia: Cinema and Television as a Resource for Teaching Public Administration
There are public administrators all over the US doing meaningful work at every level of government and in all of its departments, providing superb models as sources of inspiration for…
P.A. Research on Hurricanes
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria that devastated Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico call for social science research. The hard sciences of meteorology and hydrology have already spoken and deserve credit…
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