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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.
Contemporary Dangers in Law Enforcement
By: Kevin Townsend The good news: Crime is down; the bad news: Law enforcement has become more treacherous. Many agencies detail statistics similar to Los Angeles, CA where Chief Beck…
Engaging with Constituents After Elections
By: Larry Schooler Both major-party presidential candidates are searching for ways to distinguish themselves from one another in the starkest possible terms—“repealing Obamacare,” “keeping us moving forward rather than…
The Transition Period – No Honeymoon, Not to Be Taken Lightly
By: Don D. Berglund The winner of a local or state election has the best chance of later being re-elected if he/she performs well during one particularly critical period…
Project Orchestration: Project Management for the Internet Age (Part II)
By: Shami Dugal Project Orchestration A project today reminds me of fractal geometry. Why? In a fractal, the whole picture consists of similar parts, as you can see in this…
Picturing the Generation Gap in the Workplace
Take a look at this graphic from Compliance and Safety. Feel free to click on the image to enlarge it.…
Payback for Efficiency Systems – Time Is Money
By: Robert L. Morrison Like successful CEO’s, senior level appointed or elected officials (state government, local government, county government, school districts, authorities, etc.) must recognize in order to be successful…
Project Orchestration – Project Management for the Internet Age, Part 1
By: Shami Dugal What is Orchestration? Leonard Bernstein said that “The right music played by the right instruments at the right time in the right combination: that’s good Orchestration.” Orchestration is…
The Public Manager – Ridicule or Respect
By: Don Busi Most citizens assume there are certain inherent characteristics imbedded within the public service sector work environment that foster the notion that most public career managers are less…
Civility, Civic Literacy and Public Service
There is a robust debate underway about what it will take to attract the best and brightest of our young people to public service. As someone who has taught public…
Keeping Optimism in Public Administration
Shining eyes. I love to see shining eyes. Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, coined the term shining eyes as the moment when possibility is awakened within us.…
Skilled Employees, Good Work Environment and Pay Needed to Achieve Success in the 21st Century
Today, much like in the past, computer systems are only as good as the people who develop them. Four basic tenets that all organizations (state government, local government, county…