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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.
Providing Access to Preventative Health Care: Child Health and EPSDT
Former South African President Nelson Mandela stated “there can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way it treats its children.” As a nation, children are our…
The Public Budget
If the public were asked what they want from local government, according to Bowman and Kearney’s State and Local Government text, the answer would be “to be governed well.” But…
It Had to Be Security: The Nexus Between US-based Foreign Aid and Public Administration in the Caribbean
Foreign aid based in the United States has traditionally been critical to sustaining the machinery of central government in English-speaking Caribbean countries. It is not clear if this is purely…
Labor Force Components: Who Are We Attracting As Public Service Professionals?
Recruiting in all sectors of the workforce is the process of generating a pool of qualified applicants for organizational jobs. As staffing competition among the private and the public sector…
The Open Government Trend Moving Online
Public Service Recognition Week will have concluded before this issue of PA Times online reaches our readers, but recognizing the value of public employees and “connecting citizens with their government”…
Pressures and Strategies for Local Sustainability and High Performance Under the Fiscal Crisis
Executive Summary Local governments in the United States are, today, caught in the worst fiscal crisis ever facing the nation. However, they have entered this crisis ill-prepared. Being largely dependent…
Openness and Transparency: Is E-Government Learning to Listen?
Openness and improving transparency are two of the cornerstones of electronic government (e-government) policies. In this month’s column, we discuss some of the challenges of building the next phase of…
Intrapreneurship and the Public Sector: A Missing Capability
Retaining talented employees within an organization is one of the most severe challenges facing our public agencies. In recent times, public agencies have taken a beating on a number of…
Adoption of Sustainability Policy Innovations and Green Local Governance
Executive Summary This essay points out that local government should be a critical entity to create innovative polices for climate change protection and implement efficiently these policies reducing less cost…
Targeting Top Students for Federal Service
Despite constraints on budgets for recruiting and retaining top talent, federal agencies cannot simply halt hiring. As the nation’s largest employer—with more than two million civilian employees—the government must fill…
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