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Are We Using Hiring Interviews to Confirm or to Learn?

Are We Using Hiring Interviews to Confirm or to Learn?

Recent research conducted with women leaders in government asked what challenges these women experienced in their career progression. Surprisingly, many women called out difficulties with the interview process.…

Food is a Shaman: Part 2. A Two-Part Commentary on a Community Based Externship in Sitka, Alaska

Food is a Shaman: Part 2. A Two-Part Commentary on a Community Based Externship in Sitka, Alaska

The Sitka Food Co-op, an example of consumer-owned cooperatives, demonstrates a locally-based economic model that takes capital out of the hands of grocery giants and invests it back in the…

A Profile in Public Leadership: Learning from the Iron Lady

A Profile in Public Leadership: Learning from the Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher was authentic—she did not change who she was just to suit a particular circumstance. Here are some leadership lessons we can learn from Margaret Thatcher’s public service to…

Transferring Our Energy

Transferring Our Energy

Burnout can be difficult to identify, especially when we are used to working long hours and days to get through a project. However, in order to call ourselves leaders in…

Social Vulnerability: Reframing Our Models of Service Delivery

Social Vulnerability: Reframing Our Models of Service Delivery

Public agencies aim to provide service delivery in a professional, unbiased manner to the entire community. Generally, they do well providing services to the majority, but they might not always…

The Proposed Expansion of the United States Social System Won’t Increase Government

The Proposed Expansion of the United States Social System Won’t Increase Government

If enacted, The American Families Plan will expand availability of childcare, education and income support to families of modest means, particularly in the states which rise to the challenge. …

2025 Public Administration Retreat Agenda

2025 Public Administration Retreat Agenda

Given all of the challenges that those working in the public sector have faced over the last few years…wouldn’t it be timely to organize a first-of-its-kind Public Administration Retreat? …

The Road to Sustainability: Public Discussion on Food System Solutions in the United Kingdom

The Road to Sustainability: Public Discussion on Food System Solutions in the United Kingdom

In an effort to better understand consumer comprehension of United Kingdom food production and consumption practices and the acceptability of potential solutions, the United Kingdom government partnered with consumer group…

First in a Three-Part Series: How to Speed Mass Vaccination

First in a Three-Part Series: How to Speed Mass Vaccination

Process improvements at Hartford’s Dunkin’ Donuts Park clinic increased the COVID-19 vaccination rate by 207% in five weeks…

COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: A True Test of the Bureaucracy

COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: A True Test of the Bureaucracy

Economic power, politics and ethics are three main independent variables in the vaccine rollout equation. Unless all are well, no one is going to be well. …

Parent Perceptions of Child Vaccinations and In-Person Schooling

Parent Perceptions of Child Vaccinations and In-Person Schooling

A recent Virginia Department of Emergency Management COVID-19 Hesitancy Poll, conducted by the Research Institute for Social Equity (RISE) at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs…