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To Secure the Blessings of Liberty? The Social Justice of American Public Administration
A public administration driven by social justice… while embodied in the Constitution, to what extent does it materialize in modernity? Is it appropriate for American public administration to financially secure…
Public Perceptions of State and Local Government and Cross-sector Collaboration
When asked about the public sector (here limited to state and local government), citizens were ambivalent. They recognized and appreciated the services the public sector provides, such as libraries, public…
Local Government Participatory Budgeting
Difficulty cultivating citizen participation is nothing new. I do not believe lack of participation reflects a lack of interest by citizens. Instead, I believe it is a function of people’s…
Hitting the Bullseye to Improve Employee Engagement
By one estimate, there are about 90,000 public-sector jurisdictions and organizations in the U.S. alone. Not sure who has counted these organizations but clearly there are a lot of them.…
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…
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…
Cultural Brokering: A promising way of building cultural competent community based organizations
Community based organizations (CBOs) are agencies providing direct social services to people in their communities. One of the biggest challenges facing CBOs today is providing appropriate, quality and ethnic support…
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