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We’re in This Together – Developing Cross Departmental Community Goals
As a bureaucracy, local governments tend to be segmented and consist of several silos, or “cylinders of excellence.” This is common in governments at all levels across the United States,…
We the People
The Preamble to the United States Constitution encompasses all of our hopes and dreams in one sentence. It is both optimistic and patriotic. It is the cornerstone of our American…
Reductions in Medicare Disproportionately Impact Women 65 and Older
It is important to take into consideration the increased impact Medicare cuts and changes will have on women 65 and older compared to their male peers. Fifty-six percent of Medicare…
Purple Heart or Scarlett Letter: PTSD-Stigmatization of War Veterans
Veterans deserve to enjoy the freedoms they fought for. Unfortunately, due to the stereotype that they all suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) and that PTSD makes them inherently dangerous…
Are Recent Immigration Policy Changes at Odds?
In past weeks, the healthcare and White House reshuffle dramas largely drowned out word of several interesting immigration policy developments on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and temporary worker…
Building A “Core” Culture: The Public Administrator as Ethical Leader and Chief Learning Officer
When the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations became effective November 1, 1991, the law and ethics now provided a substantive “core” for assessing organizational performance. For the past 27 years,…
Teaching with Multimedia: Creating Better Public Administration Student Discussions with Visual Images
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Lois Warner July 28, 2017 Introduction Discussions are an…
Serving Veteran Family Members: The Invisible Children
Sometimes in public administration the biggest challenge can be deciding which clients should be served. Who should receive benefits — for what problems? Wax - blogimage_VeteransInitiativeBut some clients are more visible…
The season finale of Repeal and Replace: Obamacare
The season finale of Repeal and Replace: Obamacare was certainly filled with drama and ended with a Shonda Rhimes level of "to be continued…" But do not fret, there will…
Intersector Briefing: Pay for Success
Pay-for-success programs—partnerships in which government contracts with private partners who provide upfront capital to high quality service providers to achieve a public goal—offer a promising approach for government across a…
The Importance of Studying Small Municipalities
It is not surprising that much of the research conducted on local government focuses on larger municipalities. Larger municipal organizations employ more staff, have more complex structures and arguably face…
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