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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Fate of the Middle Class

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Fate of the Middle Class

Many middle class families now find themselves living paycheck to paycheck, turning to payday lenders to make ends meet. Yet the institution meant to look out for consumers, the Consumer…

Self-Awareness: We Must Learn How to Listen to Ourselves Before Learning How to Listen to Others

Self-Awareness: We Must Learn How to Listen to Ourselves Before Learning How to Listen to Others

Self-awareness is an emotional intelligence competency that lets us recognize and understand our own emotions. This is a vital skill for public leadership.…

How Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Can Help Local Government HR

How Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Can Help Local Government HR

Big data and artificial intelligence can allow local governments to do more with less in an era of simultaneous citizen demands. This technological transition is essential for local governments…

Accountability: The Foundation of Trust in Public Administration

Accountability: The Foundation of Trust in Public Administration

Accountability is more than issuing rewards and punishments. It is about creating truly responsive and responsible public agencies. This is essential for equity and transparency in the public sector. …

Ethics in Public Service

Ethics in Public Service

Ethics in public service is non-negotiable. Ethical behavior is absolutely necessary to create integrity and public trust, as well as to ensure the security of our nation. …

School Choice: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

School Choice: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

School choice is an idea that allows families to select which school their child will attend. What are the good, the bad and the ugly consequences that school choice might…

Reinventing Administrative Capacity in the University Setting: Collaborative Innovation

Reinventing Administrative Capacity in the University Setting: Collaborative Innovation

Cultivating a collaborative relationship between university research and advancement offices can garner positive culture change in research on campus. It can also fuel growth in sponsored funding, both from foundations…

Smart Governance: Beginning to Explore Technological Innovation from Your Own Corner of the Public Sector

Smart Governance: Beginning to Explore Technological Innovation from Your Own Corner of the Public Sector

Cloud computing. Data mining. Blockchain technology. What does any of this mean and how do we, as public administrators, begin to define it in the scope of emerging smart governance?…

A Dangerous Game: Government Pricing and Its Real-World Effects

Now, more than ever, we need an honest examination of how effective the government has been regarding setting prices. In order to set prices, we must first be able to…

Virginians Narrowly Support Public Investment to Land Amazon HQ2

Virginians Narrowly Support Public Investment to Land Amazon HQ2

On November 13, 2018 Amazon publicly announced that it would be splitting its second opening headquarters into two different cities: one in New York and one in Northern Virginia. Once…

Simple Solutions for Polarizing Paralysis

Simple Solutions for Polarizing Paralysis

It is an injustice that while the government continues to collect most revenues during a political shutdown, and essential employees continue to work, the money does not get to the…