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Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Bias. Cultural Commitment or Survey Swag?
Commitment to cultural diversity, equity, and inclusion are more than goals and objectives. They are a human priority. …
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
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?
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
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
Spare a thought for your local Senior Associate Departmental Analyst.…
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
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?
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
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 Policy Implications of the Soccer World Champions
The 2019 United States Women’s National Team did not just win its country’s fourth World Cup, but also seized the cultural and political moment throughout its soccer triumph in France…
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