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The Policy Perspective on Why Services for Children and Families are Excluded from VTC Legislation: Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Children
In our work with veterans and their families, we encounter agencies that serve primarily parents, agencies that serve primarily children and agencies that serve veterans — without ever asking if…
Undermining the Affordable Care Act
After several public failures, Congress is no longer attempting to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA); however, this has not stopped President Trump from trying to fulfill his…
The Tangle of Reality: Reconciling the Social Security Trust Fund with Daily Needs in Times of Crisis
If American senior citizens are secure, it increases overall community resiliency, which in turn fortifies domestic capacity during a large-scale or national crisis. In other words, national resiliency is in…
Seniority vs. Performance
In virtually every aspect of our lives, performance is an issue. It’s the basis for success in almost every occupation. The only sector where that’s not the case is…
Play by the Rules: The Issue of Private Contracting of Public Services
While I find it unethical to privatize public services, public administrators are more likely to reach out to private contractors for their services to cut costs. Despite this, public administrators…
News vs. Commentary: A Nice Mess
In our times of mile-a-minute, pervasive reporting, we need a way to quickly determine, even in the middle of a media broadcast, what is news and what is commentary. Here's…
Workplace Incivility as a Research Issue
Workplace incivility is an issue worthy of further research in public administration because incivility can potentially affect the productivity of every government and contract worker.…
Accounting for Social Issues… And How Public Administration Saves the Day (and the Agency)
Agency accounting is essential to the social movement and its most problematic. As the executive director of a social service agency, the altruistic—teacher, social worker, counselor—wants to “save the world.”…
Supervision – A Key Driver of Employee Engagement in Local Government
Organizations at all levels, but especially in local government, need to focus on what employees have identified as a key driver of their engagement—supervision—by helping supervisors be good leaders.…
Diversity and Military Service: Past Concerns, the Present Situation and What History Tells Us
The United States military is a formidable power that has defended this nation since its inception. It remains a force to be revered even as America faces complex threats to…
Teaching with Multimedia: Cinema and Television as a Resource for Teaching Public Administration
There are public administrators all over the US doing meaningful work at every level of government and in all of its departments, providing superb models as sources of inspiration for…
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