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More Than Piers and Parking

More Than Piers and Parking

Our world has changed since America began in 1776. We’ve debated about our foreign policy role over time, and presidential policies set different tones. Security threats have evolved, too. The Constitution…

Addressing Equity in Smart Cities Development: #NextGen #PublicAdmin

Addressing Equity in Smart Cities Development: #NextGen #PublicAdmin

The issues of race and class are deep in the fields of green/sustainability/environmentalism, architecture/urbanism/planning/building, and technology which are combined into what is called Smart Cities Development. The inequity legacy of…

We’re in This Together – Developing Cross Departmental Community Goals

We’re in This Together – Developing Cross Departmental Community Goals

As a bureaucracy, local governments tend to be segmented and consist of several silos, or “cylinders of excellence.” This is common in governments at all levels across the United States,…

The Importance of Studying Small Municipalities

The Importance of Studying Small Municipalities

It is not surprising that much of the research conducted on local government focuses on larger municipalities. Larger municipal organizations employ more staff, have more complex structures and arguably face…

We the People

We the People

The Preamble to the United States Constitution encompasses all of our hopes and dreams in one sentence. It is both optimistic and patriotic. It is the cornerstone of our American…

Reductions in Medicare Disproportionately Impact Women 65 and Older

Reductions in Medicare Disproportionately Impact Women 65 and Older

It is important to take into consideration the increased impact Medicare cuts and changes will have on women 65 and older compared to their male peers. Fifty-six percent of Medicare…

Purple Heart or Scarlett Letter: PTSD-Stigmatization of War Veterans

Purple Heart or Scarlett Letter: PTSD-Stigmatization of War Veterans

Veterans deserve to enjoy the freedoms they fought for. Unfortunately, due to the stereotype that they all suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) and that PTSD makes them inherently dangerous…

Are Recent Immigration Policy Changes at Odds?

Are Recent Immigration Policy Changes at Odds?

In past weeks, the healthcare and White House reshuffle dramas largely drowned out word of several interesting immigration policy developments on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and temporary worker…

Building A “Core” Culture: The Public Administrator as Ethical Leader and Chief Learning Officer

Building A “Core” Culture: The Public Administrator as Ethical Leader and Chief Learning Officer

When the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations became effective November 1, 1991, the law and ethics now provided a substantive “core” for assessing organizational performance. For the past 27 years,…

Teaching with Multimedia: Creating Better Public Administration Student Discussions with Visual Images

Teaching with Multimedia: Creating Better Public Administration Student Discussions with Visual Images

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization.  By Lois Warner July 28, 2017 Introduction Discussions are an…

Serving Veteran Family Members: The Invisible Children

Serving Veteran Family Members: The Invisible Children

Sometimes in public administration the biggest challenge can be deciding which clients should be served. Who should receive benefits — for what problems? Wax - blogimage_VeteransInitiativeBut some clients are more visible…