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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.
Perceptions of and Barriers to Affordable Housing in Virginia
More than three in four Virginians (78 percent) see housing affordability as a problem in America today, and almost half (47 percent) see it as a very serious problem, according…
It’s Time To Open Up Our Political System
It's time for the United States to make it easier for voters to have more options on at the ballot box. To end partisan gerrymandering, our nation's political system needs…
The Policy Implications of the Soccer World Champions
The 2019 United States Women’s National Team did not just win its country’s fourth World Cup, but also seized the cultural and political moment throughout its soccer triumph in France…
Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Bias. Cultural Commitment or Survey Swag?
Commitment to cultural diversity, equity, and inclusion are more than goals and objectives. They are a human priority. …
The Budget’s New Clothes…Again
In 1971 Leonard Merewitz published Budget’s New Clothes. It was a critique of the Planning, Programming & Budgeting (PPB) system that was the budgeting fad of the moment for the…
Justice as We See It
We must be willing to hold each other accountable while at the same time creating a reasonable process by which each person in our community has equal access to health,…
Politics in Academia: Positive or Negative?
Understanding organizational politics is now considered a vital and much needed survival skill. Leaders in academia, as in other public organizations, need to hone their understanding of how politics play…
Lesson Learned (?) from Oregon: There Should Be No Compromising Sustainable Communities
If our government leaders start to ignore issues like carbon emissions and other harmful activities for which governments could easily provide more regulation or oversight, then we immediately fail at…
Local Government: the Forgotten Civil Service
Spare a thought for your local Senior Associate Departmental Analyst.…
Successfully Implementing Online Sales Tax: One Year After Wayfair
Since June 2018, 42 states and Washington D.C. have introduced laws to tax online sales. Successfully implementing online sales and use tax for governments means capturing revenue that is proportional…
Goal-Critical Public Service Decisionmaking
Goal-critical objectives are those that are indispensable and vital to delivering public services. Goal-critical public service is not what is trending; it is what is needed.…
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