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The Budget’s New Clothes…Again

The Budget’s New Clothes…Again

In 1971 Leonard Merewitz published Budget’s New Clothes. It was a critique of the Planning, Programming & Budgeting (PPB) system that was the budgeting fad of the moment for the…

Justice as We See It

Justice as We See It

We must be willing to hold each other accountable while at the same time creating a reasonable process by which each person in our community has equal access to health,…

Politics in Academia: Positive or Negative?

Politics in Academia: Positive or Negative?

Understanding organizational politics is now considered a vital and much needed survival skill. Leaders in academia, as in other public organizations, need to hone their understanding of how politics play…

Lesson Learned (?) from Oregon: There Should Be No Compromising Sustainable Communities

Lesson Learned (?) from Oregon: There Should Be No Compromising Sustainable Communities

If our government leaders start to ignore issues like carbon emissions and other harmful activities for which governments could easily provide more regulation or oversight, then we immediately fail at…

Local Government: the Forgotten Civil Service

Local Government: the Forgotten Civil Service

Spare a thought for your local Senior Associate Departmental Analyst.…

Successfully Implementing Online Sales Tax: One Year After Wayfair

Successfully Implementing Online Sales Tax: One Year After Wayfair

Since June 2018, 42 states and Washington D.C. have introduced laws to tax online sales. Successfully implementing online sales and use tax for governments means capturing revenue that is proportional…

The Police & You: A Dynamic Duo for a Better Today, Tomorrow & Forever

The Police & You: A Dynamic Duo for a Better Today, Tomorrow & Forever

It is safe to conclude that policing in America is facing a huge crisis of validity and purpose. There must be some resolve to bring back the trust between minority…

Does the Public Sector Experience Real Accountability?

Does the Public Sector Experience Real Accountability?

Accountability is a complex topic. To boil accountability down to a simple, “A broke B’s window, so A must pay B for the damages,” does not begin to capture the…

I Can’t Get No…Satisfaction

I Can’t Get No…Satisfaction

As government agencies strive to improve their quality of service and increase customer satisfaction, it is necessary to measure performance from all dimensions of the organization.…

The American Dream: Freedom in Decision Making

The American Dream: Freedom in Decision Making

How are Americans attaining the American Dream? The Founders intended for prosperity to be more than simply rights of material conditions and wealth. Perhaps it’s time to preserve capital resources…

Social Equity and Inclusion in Emergency Management

Social Equity and Inclusion in Emergency Management

When disaster strikes, it has been the poor, the elderly and the physically and mentally disabled that have mostly taken the brunt of the aftermath. We must do more to…