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The Wrecking Crew – Time Magazine’s Provocative November 6 Story

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

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

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

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

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”…

What A Leader Must Do

What A Leader Must Do

There are thousands of books on leadership; someone once suggested that as many as 500 new titles relating to leadership appear every year and there as many articles in journals…

Open Wide — I Want to Check Your Heart

Open Wide — I Want to Check Your Heart

My dentist knows the condition of my teeth, gums and tongue. My doctor is familiar with my tongue too, but concentrates on the back of my throat as well as…

Performance Management and Education

Performance Management and Education

In recent years, there has been a lot of speculation about educator’s pay being attached to their school’s performances in standardized testing. Some are all for it while others are…

Improving Communication and Coordination through Compstat: An Opportunity for Learning and Enhanced Performance

Improving Communication and Coordination through Compstat: An Opportunity for Learning and Enhanced Performance

Compstat has become one and the same with progressive police management and is believed to increase accountability among managers for the reduction of crime. Police agencies have widely adopted Compstat…

Driving a City’s Financial Recovery: An Interview with Detroit CFO John Hill (Part II)

Driving a City’s Financial Recovery: An Interview with Detroit CFO John Hill (Part II)

Three years after concluding the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history, Detroit may be released next spring from the oversight of a state financial review commission (FRC). If an independent…

NUM – International Sustainable Development & Public Administration in Mongolia

NUM – International Sustainable Development & Public Administration in Mongolia

Mongolia is undergoing great change economically, socially and environmentally. Local governments, with their provincial and national partners, are leading efforts to adapting to these changes. The rapid pace of change…