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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.
Blockchain: A Potentially Disruptive Innovation
Innovation in the public sector is always a topic of discussion wrought with both hyperbole and striking contradictions. Especially engaging is when the dialogue couples the inherent inefficiencies woven into…
The Politics of Contempt
We take for granted that politics is characterized by partisanship. It may even be that extreme partisanship is more the norm than the exception. Strictly speaking, partisanship is the expression of…
Combating Heroin Addiction in the United States with Supervised Injection Facilities
Heroin addiction is on the rise in the United States. Many individuals in America may not see heroin addiction as a problem that affects them. They may see it as…
The Influence of Cable TV, Talk Radio and Social Media upon American Politics and Our Polarized Electorate
The Presidential election of 2016 was an election like no other in United States history. The typical banter between candidates became a mudslinger’s paradise, even pulling the voting public into…
Public Policy and Market Failure
Government intervention in the economy recognizes there are often issues with allocating certain goods and services using market mechanisms. For example, there is little debate about the efficiency of the…
Pay Trumps No Pay
Today a senior staff member in a critically important national institution with a college degree works full time without a salary. This is apparently an acceptable state of affairs because…
Coming Home and Funding New Campaigns: Veterans’ Access to Capital
While American veterans’ benefits have existed since the Revolutionary War, most aim to maintain and restore social capital to servicemen and servicewomen and their families. Fewer veterans’ assistance programs target…
Social Security Administration and Budget Cuts: The Struggle to Provide Customer Service
For the past six years, Social Security Administration (SSA) employees have struggled to meet the growing demand for customer service. On average, Social Security beneficiaries wait on hold for 15…
This Week’s Episode of Repeal and Replace: Obamacare
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to bring the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to a Senate vote just before the July 4 recess. Let’s review some of the key…
Medicaid Expansion: Will Positive Outcomes Assure Future Viability?
There is perhaps a case no more contentious in public administration of U.S. health care services than state implementation (or not) of Medicaid expansion for medically indigent and low income…
Three Models of Emotional Intelligence
Too often the notion of emotional intelligence in a professional environment makes many break out in to sweat, experience palpitations, start trembling, shake really hard, have shortness of breath and…
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