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Teaching Kindness
I’ve modified my curriculum, with a deliberately huge emphasis on kindness, reminding myself, and all of us, of the importance of threading kindness through everything we say and do.…
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Local Government’s Shot at Broadband
When specifically applied to access to high-speed internet connections, the term “equity” now has a comprehensive federal definition that encompasses a whole host of benefits that are attractive and useful,…
FEMA Strategic Plan 2022-2026: What It Means for Public Administration
Coupled with the inevitability of less experienced staff assuming vacated positions, governments will be challenged to accomplish their one main goal following a disaster: returning things back to normal. …
The Politicization of Administrative Concepts
Administrative effectiveness, efficiency and equity is impossible when it flows from a decision deemed illegitimate by those who disagreed with it. …
Public Administration in “Post-Democracy” America: Part 1 – Implications of the Collapse of Consent
If current demographic trends hold, one major political institution – the U.S. Senate – seems destined to be controlled by 70 senators who will represent just 30% of the…
It Takes an Ecosystem for Government Innovation
For an innovation, whether technological, managerial, or cultural, to succeed, the ecosystem of the agency and the government must support the innovation.…
Guardians of Public Safety Include Civil and Civic Leaders
Entering 2022 with new hopes, the nation is still struggling to transition from past law enforcement practices to newly envisioned practices that focus on the need to reform policing. Public…
Comprehensive vs. Incremental Responses: The Debate Intensifies with the Pandemic. Part I
The coronavirus pandemic has affected almost every nation in the world, highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses of the type of institutional capacities considered essential in crisis situations. …
The Politicizing of COVID-19: A Public Sector Response
The politicizing of COVID-19 has resulted in ongoing confusion around the vaccine, treatments, public health and even science. It has also contributed to some degree of risk experienced by Americans.…
Culture and Social Equity in Emergency Management
In my 17 years as a federal emergency manager, I have seen the power of organizational culture in either empowering or derailing the best intentions. …
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