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Social Justice
At its core, social justice is about ensuring those in the minority are represented within a system which has and continues to fail them. There are many different lines of…
Cruel and Unusual
I understand the need for criminal justice. It would be naïve to believe there are not individuals who pose a threat to society. The Quakers got nearly everything wrong, except…
Three Ways to Support Continuous Employee Growth and Development
People want real-time feedback and encouragement, and they want opportunities to learn and develop on an ongoing basis. Research confirms organizations that provide these opportunities and more to employees can…
The Makings of a Good Municipal Budget Document
A municipal budget is so much more than numbers - it is a binding contract by which government officials translate the values of the community they serve into an actionable…
The Value of Federal Government Data in Transforming Government Agencies
The U.S. federal government is probably one of the biggest (if not the biggest) producers of data. Every day, thousands of federal workers collect, create, analyze and distribute massive amounts…
The Wrecking Crew – Time Magazine’s Provocative November 6 Story
The cover of the November 6 issue of Time shows three large wrecking balls with the title: “The Wrecking Crew – How Trump’s cabinet is dismantling government as we know…
STAR TREKING Public Workforce Management
In this age of extreme technological advancement and change-by-the-second, it is highly appropriate to take a strategic look at public sector workforce management. Today more than ever before, the public…
The MPA Advantage
This fall, I started my journey to attain a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree - the professional degree for public management. Students who pursue a Master of Public Administration…
A National Veteran Policy Field of Study to Guide Policy Development, Program Investments and Improve Outcomes
The nation’s veteran and family ecosystem is dynamic, complex and resource rich. The policy landscape includes 1,300-plus federal and state policies, executive orders and agency directives that impact—directly or indirectly—veterans…
How to Prevent Soft-targeting in Government Performance Management Systems
We do not have to be a trained psychoanalyst to know this much — we humans are wired to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Referred to as the “pleasure principle”…
The United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals and the Building of a Good Society: A Modest Proposal for the Public Administration Education and Training Community
When the United Nations (UN) announced in 2000 a 15-year effort to implement eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it began what arguably was the most significant worldwide effort to build…
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