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Why This Work and Why Now? Choosing a Career in the Public Sector
By Laree Kiely Ted Gaebler retired this year from a 10-year position as city manager of Rancho Cordova in California. Many readers here will recognize that name. A few may…
Paradigm Shifts in Public Administration – Towards New Benchmarks and Best Practices
Column 1: Towards New Merit System Standards By Siegrun Fox Freyss Public administration theories and practices are experiencing a substantial transformation from the modern to the postmodern epoch. High-tech developments…
‘Clumsy But Temporarily Effective’: American Public Policy And Government
By Mary Hamilton New York Times columnist David Brooks called it “a mind-altering essay” when he gave it one of his end of year 2013 ‘highly prestigious’ Sidney Awards for…
Economic Development is the Answer to Income Inequality
By David J. Robinson In his State of the Union address, President Obama said what many of us know to be the truth. America’s income inequality is growing. In fact,…
Budget Tricks (Part 1)
By Scott Lazenby Previously, we discussed two ways of managing public budgets. The first way, which we’ll call Theory X, is the way most governments do it. The other way,…
The Paradox of Obesity
By Michael Popejoy I am happy to have been appointed the health columnist for the year 2014 for PA Times online. I certainly hope that the information that I provide…
Gates, DoD and Congress: A Brief Examination of Congressional-Defense Relations
By Antwain Leach A power struggle in Washington, which until very recently has surprisingly gone under the radar, is one which has been playing out between the Department of Defense…
The 5 R’s of Equity and Fairness in Social Policy
By Shami Dugal This is not a technically or fiscally motivated article. It is philosophical in nature and may raise more questions for reflection than delivering answers or recipes for…
Can We Really Learn Something from McNamara? Redemption of Equity and Fairness in Public Service
By Tosha Wilson-Davis Remember Robert McNamara? I am sure those in public administration know exactly who he is or who he wasn’t considering his love for his position over human rights…
Biased – Not Me
By Carol McCreary-Maddox In March 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) African American Workgroup published the observations and recommendations of its “dialogue partners” regarding the obstacles that hinder the…
Going Alone — Obama and the Limits of Government by Executive Order
By David Schultz What can presidents really do if Congress does not cooperate? In many cases, they can make law through the use of executive orders. We were reminded of…