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Making Our Cities Smart: Madrid’s Movement

Making Our Cities Smart: Madrid’s Movement

Madrid has designed the Madrid Intelligence Project (MiNT) with a citizen-centric approach to building a smarter city for the people, by the people. …

India’s Over-the-Internet Method of Handling Under-the-Table Deals

India’s Over-the-Internet Method of Handling Under-the-Table Deals

In India, bribes are commonly executed by those in power and have largely gone unchallenged. User-based online platforms can give people a voice in pressuring change for institutionalized corruption. …

A Statesman’s Perspective: A “1984” Dystopian Warning Administrative Challenges

A Statesman’s Perspective: A “1984” Dystopian Warning Administrative Challenges

What ramifications exist in the social credit scoring algorithms that assign “worthiness” to be a productive citizen? Mirroring the financial sector to assess “risk” is not new and serves a…

From The Carriage to The Convocation: How Community Development Can Finance Your Child’s Education

From The Carriage to The Convocation: How Community Development Can Finance Your Child’s Education

Let’s end student loans now! Every year, a child in America is plotted on a path towards a college degree. A tradition which never ends, parents begin their two decades’…

A New Way to Look at Government*

A New Way to Look at Government*

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Craig Donovan May 31, 2016 About a decade ago,…

Making the Good, Common

“Can we all get along?” Rodney King’s lament, often invoked derisively as a simplistic view of human interaction, reveals at its core a question that resonates even with cynics. If…

Voter ID and Homeland Security

Voter ID and Homeland Security

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Craig Donovan October 28, 2014 This article was originally…

Civility, Civic Literacy and Public Service

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…

Social Media, Government Engagement, and Generation Y

Social Media, Government Engagement, and Generation Y

Social networking remains a recent phenomenon for most government agencies.  Government use of social medial tools remains in its infancy.  Most government agencies struggle with issues regarding content, messaging, approval,…

Managing People in Tough Times: Time to Move in a New Direction, Part 2

This article is part two of two. To read part one, go to: Managing People in Tough Times: Time to Move in a New Direction Howard Risher The Impact of…

Managing People in Tough Times: Time to Move in a New Direction

Managing People in Tough Times: Time to Move in a New Direction

This post is part 1 of 2. Watch for part 2 on Monday, August 13, 2012. Howard Risher It’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion. You know the…