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Emergency or Disaster? There’s an App for That
Notification technologies for both natural disasters and human-made emergencies have advanced greatly over the past few years. However, the rapid rate of technological advancement has led to questions about which…
The Customer Feedback Every Leader Needs
You probably know what contractors think about your government’s permitting process or what business owners think of the downtown streets because many governments regularly survey their constituents to gather feedback…
Moving from Diversity to Cultural Competence in Public Affairs and Administration Programs
This semester, I have the pleasure to teach an urban social justice course to students in the Master’s of Public Administration and Doctoral of Public Affairs program at Rutgers University,…
The Ethics of Ethics
For those in the emergency management profession, there is a requirement to receive training and or qualification in ethical behavior. Ethical training has to include the development of a person’s…
Community Development after Disaster Strikes
Recent history reminds us of several significant natural disasters that have adversely affected many communities and left them reeling for months and years. Governments at all levels are charged to…
Innovation: Real Attitude or a Buzzword?
Formal peer review can work against innovation by denying ideas that do not fit within a discipline’s boundaries. When a learned opinion does not dovetail closely with what we already…
Adaptive Organizations
Has public administration entered a new, profoundly different era, one where a new philosophy for public management and leadership must be designed? Reflecting this futuristic thought, Larry Arrington in his…
Citizen Centered Disaster Management Strategies
It is a strong strategy to decentralize disaster preparedness back onto the individual and community levels. If bottom-up disaster planning is an approach government wants to pursue, the government …
Facing a Data Gap in Decision Making, Local Governments Look To Cross-Sector Partners
Cities are increasingly recognizing the power that data holds to shape their decision making, but they often lack the capacity to translate data into effective policies. By working with other…
Planning for the Local Impacts of Climate Migration
Changing climate patterns have the potential to spur significant migration of populations displaced by flooding, economic collapse and other disasters over the next century. While much current policy attention is…
You Just Don’t Understand
Columnists write that many American citizens do not trust government. Another view might be that government “doesn’t understand us.” This complaint is often heard at state and local levels and…