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State Tax Policy: All About That Base
Politicians and pundits across the political spectrum have expressed support for broadening the tax base to promote fairness and efficiency while keeping tax rates low. Nevertheless, broadening the tax base…
Applying Lessons Learned from the Great Recession to Help Nonprofit Organizations Survive and Thrive Rapidly Changing Demographics
Across the country, the environment in which many nonprofit organizations operate is shifting. Changing demographics, such as aging populations and more children living in poverty, affect a nonprofit’s ability to…
In Medicaid’s Beginning
Money infusion was not the final answer; it was just a means to an end. The real question remains the same we continue to ask today — how should health…
DACA: Past, Present and Future
Although the DACA program became official in 2012, debates regarding how to address the issue of undocumented children in the United States have been ongoing. Attempts to pass legislation related…
Training and the Policy Entrepreneurship ‘Intention-Behavior Gap’ Amongst Public Workers
The goal of the proposed research is to answer the question: can policy entrepreneurship training affect the policy entrepreneurship intention-behavior gap amongst public workers? If so, how and why? …
Evidence Based Decision Making: Regression and Discretion
Good governance of public goods takes on different shapes at the local, state and federal levels of government. However, one thing that remains the same is that there are times…
A Getting Well Card for Survey Research
It has been a hard run for survey research what with the underestimate of Trump support in key Midwestern states and misses for Brexit. With these misses comes a…
Thinking Strategically in the Cyber Domain
Holding people accountable by measuring performance has almost become a daily routine for public administrators and it has been embedded in federal organization’s business processes and policies. Despite this, resistance…
Reducing Voluntary Program Administrative Burden: Lessons from the National Organic Program
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By David Carter October 3, 2017 Voluntary programs are a…
The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment to our Constitution brought us many things. Many of the problems rural white Protestants looked to solve were amplified further. Instead, the newly industrialized metropolis’ proved to…
Let’s Consider the Future Role of Public Agency Caseworkers in Connecting Americans to Health Benefits
It is time to discuss the roles state and local eligibility caseworkers play in conveying health benefits to Americans. Over the past two decades, public agency caseworkers' roles have narrowed…
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