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From the Politics of Governing to the Politics of Winning
It is easy to conclude this campaign was just politics as usual, but something more is going on in Wisconsin...…
Plastic Recycling vs. Climate Change: Part 1 – A Road Paved with Good Intentions
The most common plastic I regularly find in the roadway are broken off pieces of those blue recycling bins provided by Montgomery County...…
Shaming for Naming
Naming, renaming or recalibrating a name can serve to facilitate societal education and understanding in the public interest.…
Social Equity: The Wrong Value Commitment?
It may be time to rethink social equity as a core value goal of NASPAA and the public administration profession and supplant it with a commitment to social equality, a…
Citizen Volunteers or Lawless Vigilantes: Who is Helping Protect our Cities?
As a result of escalating crime and a struggling criminal justice system, networks of civilian crime watch groups are springing up across the country to fill the void. …
City Manager-City Council Relationship; Part Four
This column will examine the public visibility of the council and the manager, the challenge presented by a divided council, the emotionally intelligent city manager and the manager as a…
Public Administration On the Road Less Taken: Getting Out of Our Own Way
Future testimonials should be about the administrators who made the difference despite awards and recognition. Those leaders are democracy’s best paths forward on the road less taken.…
An Agenda for a Comprehensive Picture of U.S. Cooperative Procurement Practices
Theories like public value can be useful for guiding and structuring such discussions, particularly as we attempt to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the complete system. …
National Responses in Federal Systems. Part II
A panoramic vision is needed to understand social challenges as a set of interconnected problems and, consequently, to also conceive a system of interdependent solutions.…
Shifting Priorities? Resource Nimbleness is Key
Priorities shift, and budgets must as well in order to come through on fulfilling the promise of priority commitments. Priority Based Budgeting is the path to do it.…
About Time…
If we teach the citizens we serve about the services we public administrators provide, public support of bureaucratic organizations will increase.…
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