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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.
Frances Perkins: Shattering the Glass Ceiling
Americans jealously guard the social safety net—Social Security, unemployment insurance, minimum wage laws and workplace health/safety standards. But few know how these came to be. Frances Perkins, the first female…
Social Media Policy in the Aftermath of Ferguson, Missouri
If you watched the national news during August through November 2014, you saw extensive coverage of the social unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. From the perspective of a former federal law…
Embracing Failure
Too often employees and organizations are judged by their failures. There are some professions where we expect perfect performance. Yet even in those cases failures sometimes happen. For the rest…
Understanding Customers in the Public Sector
As government continues to look for ways to innovate and meet public expectations, one often hears that we should be more like the private sector. While the uses of balanced…
A President’s Education: How Much is Enough?
Currently, there is much debate about the requirements to become our nation’s top public servant, the president of the United States. I recently heard a conversation about whether a particular…
In Pursuit of Civil Rights: An Iterative and Sustained Struggle for Progress
Despite countless advancements during the 20th century, a number of civil rights issues have re-emerged. Affirmative action, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights, reproductive rights, immigration and voting have again…
Public Administration, Community Development and Social Equity
Community development is the bettering of political, social and economic institutions. But often development theory and practice is overly concerned with only the building of economic assets in a community.…
Education Policy and Inequality: Do We Have Unrealistic Expectations for K-12 Education?
The U.S. public education system is world class, but it is also an embarrassment for such an affluent nation. Yet, there are reasons for optimism. Stakeholders understand the critical role…
Promoting Citizen Participation in Public Sector Reforms
Major comprehensive strategies to transform the public sector in Ethiopia, Haiti and Mozambique have considered stakeholders and civic participation. However, recent government administrative reforms show little evidence of community participation…
Turning to Emergency Management
If you direct the resources of a public organization, you might someday be pivotal in the response to and recovery from emergencies or disasters. In my decade as an emergency…
When the Love Bug Bites! The HR Challenge
Based upon the amount of time people spend at work, it is the place where people often meet their significant others. However, some encounters end up becoming unwelcome sexual advances,…