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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.
Basics of Disaster Contracting
After 20 plus years of doing conventional contracting, I have entered into the world of disaster contracting and the differences are many. I don’t like to use the word ‘conventional’…
Outsourcing Government – A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 4)
Public-Private Partnership There are situations where the government wishes to get an initiative underway but does not want to take the financial, technical and operational risk associated with it. Neither…
Promoting Good Stewardship in Public Service
As a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) since 2001, I have been fortunate to work in financial management related positions at both the state and federal levels of government. I…
More Communities Should Focus on Their Assets and Not Their Needs
Recent reporting by the New York Times has highlighted the amount of taxpayer dollars that state and local governments spend on incentives to attract and retain businesses. At the extreme,…
The Case for Nationalizing Federal Elections
Election administration is perhaps the most important function performed in the United States. Yet as it has becoming increasingly clear after the 2012 elections, even after all the reforms that…
Outsourcing Government – A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 3)
The Next Era, Partnered-Privatization? Fundamentally, the business of government is to enact law and develop policy with established measures to clearly demonstrate whether its policies are successful. The essential arms…
Good Customer Service Still Matters
When I call 411, the computer voice asks: “What city, please?” I can’t stand those computer voices and do what I can to confuse them. I try my best Nordic…
The Long and Short of It
There’s an old saying to the effect that a politician’s idea of “long term” is the period between now and the next election. That’s understandable; our electoral system is set…
Adopting a Norwegian State of Mind: What Norway Is Doing Right
Norway continues to follow the trend regarding budgetary spending in Europe. Directly affected by petroleum profits that will deliver a budget surplus of $43.7 billion in 2012, the government has chosen…
Angels are Calling
27 angels are calling. After an unimaginable day in Newton, Connecticut, these angels summon us. Many of us will ask how or why or who’s responsible for this atrocity? Certainly…
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