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Public Responsibility for Last Responder Resiliency and Recognitions
The death care industry's COVID-19 response as a public health partner and the single source solution at the end of life in an extreme death event defines the industry as…
Free Speech and Social Equity: Branches of the Same Tree
We need to embrace the value of free speech and expression as explicitly as possible. While I agree that the phrase free speech is being weaponized for political purposes in…
A Bright Future for Renewable Energy
By listening to their constituents, consulting polls such as the ones referred to in these articles and staying up-to-date on the latest developments in renewable energy, policymakers at all levels…
Get Those Public Affairs Students Out of Class
If you want to offer quality education to public affairs students, you have to take them out from confines of the classroom as often as you can. If you want…
One Danger of Over Reliance on Artificial Intelligence: Process Debt
AI can significantly improve government processes and provide better service delivery to citizens. However, government agencies will dramatically increase process debt in a rush to use tools like ChatGPT. …
Friend or Foe? Equity and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Government
When algorithms are based on law and policy and founded in structural and systemic inequity, then machine generated results will continue to perpetuate inequity. In this sense, AI will do…
Ethics in Public Administration
A person who aspires to be a public administrator should realize that this profession is not just a position of employment—an opportunity to work and receive income—but it is a…
Using Simulation-Based Public Engagement for Community Problem-Solving
In this time of economic uncertainty, how communities and districts gather input from stakeholders has implications on local budgets, education funding and infrastructure investment. We will need the support of…
Keystone State Chapter, American Society for Public Administration: 10th Anniversary and Awards Ceremony Address
Respect builds trust if the leader and the team accept the inevitable divergence of observations and opinions as participants recall the event from their individual roles. The ultimate trust builder…
Retaining Institutional Knowledge
The continuous leakage of institutional knowledge from your organization might go unnoticed at first, but over time might create a massive gap in the institutional knowledge, experience and talent required…
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Legacy: How the Uniform Civil Code will Contribute to Social Justice and Equality in India
Ambedkar's legacy as a social reformer, policymaker and jurist continues to inspire people today, and his views on the UCC remain relevant as India grapples with issues of diversity, identity…
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