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Making the Most of Undergraduate Public Administration
I ask my students, do you know what PA is? Some speculate it has something to do with politics. Others look at the text and affirm it has something to…
The Changing Face of U.S. Military Service
As our world and country changes so will our military to reflecting our society and the ever-changing world.…
Workman’s Compensation
Worker’s compensation programs in the U.S. began at the end of the nineteenth century, when being injured on the job meant accruing expensive medical bills while losing the means to…
Co-opting Civic Tech
The blueprint for effective public service is a moving target. Definitions of efficiency change from era to era and are often impersonal. Technology is that way. Each time we believed…
IT Does Matter
In each sector, information technology (IT) plays a vital role in driving innovation to potentially maximize profit as well as reduce cost. Indeed, is IT a strategic tool for innovation,…
The Failure of Ideology
The generalization that people and organizations act in their political interest may be true, but predicting what that might mean in practice is impossible, because there are even more political…
The Importance of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Education is not cheap and tuition rates across the country continue to rise every year. For many students like myself, the only way to cover the costs is by taking…
The Personal Accountancy Lens of Society’s Intimate Partner Violence
In 1994, the federal government officially recognized intimate partner violence (IPV) as a public problem through the Violence Against Women Act and its subsequent regulations and reauthorizations.…
“A Good Read”: The Value of Organizational Reading Lists
One challenge faced by public sector leadership is developing the leaders of the future. Most who enter public service enter a specific technical field such as public works, human services…
Evaluation Principles for Veteran-Serving agencies and Veterans Treatment Courts
If reports talk about what agencies are doing, rather than how well the clients are doing, the evaluation may be missing the point. The point is the program is supposed…
Community Policing and Public Safety
Community policing is a local government innovation that promises to increase public safety and trust in police. It is a program, or set of programs, increasingly used by local governments…
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