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India is facing one of its major and most serious water crises. The Modi government needs to keep up its current enthusiasm and upbeat tempo in order to continue with…
The Merit System Principles are intended to insure a high quality of civil service. Unfortunately, in today’s atmosphere, some of these tenets have been seriously dishonored. The purpose of this…
Our current politics, to put it mildly, are chaotic. How should those of us working in public service feel? Public administration is grounded in fact, professionalism and rationality; it is…
This is to call attention to a paradox that impedes efforts to improve government performance. A practice effectively universal in successful businesses is pay for performance to reward high performing…
The newly elected Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker, enacted recent legislation regarding diversity. This, combined with the unprecedented appointment of women and minorities to key positions earlier in Pritzker’s administration, may…
: When exploring leadership in public administration, we often see the terms leader and manager presented as if they were unrelated concepts. To succeed, organizations need both leaders and managers,…
This article describes cost-cutting-edge federal fiscal strategies to get more construction bang for the buck, finance cleaner local water systems and dangerous bridge replacements with non-recurring federal assistance and also…
What is the proper role for citizens in determining which conventions (or other mega events) are hosted by a city? Is organizing an alternate vision during a political convention crossing…
In 1945, Mongolia held its first national referendum. In this referendum, Mongolians voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from China. 70 years later, Mongolia is still holding national referendums, but…
As the late Walter Cronkite once said, the United States health care system is, “Neither healthy, caring nor a system.” Finding a way to expand coverage and affordable access for…
Creating a Value-Driven Environment: Avoiding The, “Should haves….”
“I understand what you did, but you should have…..” These types of statements are troublesome because they fail to recognize the diversity of values, and the diversity of people, in…
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