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What Ever Happened to Nuclear Winter?
In terms of environmental damage, nothing could be worse than nuclear war. Even an exchange of a few hundred ICBMs on each side would end human life on the planet,…
Emergency Management and Control Environment
Emergency management at the state and federal level poses significant challenges to the ablest of public managers. Those taking on leadership of these organizations must appreciate the difficulties in managing…
Public Administration in the Era of Globalization
When thinking of public administration in the context of globalization, there is often confusion as to the role that public administration plays. From a domestic perspective, public administration is, among…
Town-Gown Relations: Common Best Practices
There are multiple opportunities for communities, and the colleges and universities located within them, to participate jointly in mutually advantageous town-gown programs and projects. These positive practices, which are rapidly…
Why Bureaucracy is Necessary
At the federal level, we have extreme legislative complexity as can be seen from reviewing the thousands of pages of the United States Code. As I stressed in an earlier…
Sudden Cardiac Arrest: The Life you Save is Closer than you Think
In 2011, Shannon died in her living room one spring evening while watching TV. Shannon is a tall, elegant, slightly shy 33-year-old. I interviewed her recently for a local February…
Every Post is Honorable
Observing the process this cycle has been particularly demoralizing because the anti-government sentiment seems unusually acrimonious and disparaging of the public administration community. So on this dreary winter day, I…
Public Procurement and Entrepreneurial Government
During the recent holidays, I had an opportunity to visit with an entrepreneur and talk about the challenges he faces in running his lean and profitable tech business. After an…
Water: A Privilege or Right?
What exactly is the impetus to make government change or suspend daily functions to address an emergency? What specifically determines the type of response and commitment a community receives from…
Fending Off Administrative Evil
During the past year, several scandals shined the light on higher education in the State of Illinois. Scandals like these rightly raise the taxpayers’ ire. From the perspective of administrative…
Why Government Needs More Enterprise-Focused Mobile Apps
According to a report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government, the U.S. federal government has released nearly 300 mobile apps for citizens. These apps range from general…