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Moving Beyond Simple Thinking
The world we work in has become increasingly complex, but it is also brimming with new opportunities. In a recent survey of 120 government/nonprofit leaders, I asked them to self-report…
Compliance Monitoring: A Failed Approach For Building Ethical Public Service Organizations
The ASPA Code of Ethics espouses eight principles that administrators should advance. They represent good practice in theory. But holding those in public service accountable for failing to advance and…
Rookie Review: Why Diversity Is Still Exciting
Diversity, inclusion, tolerance and multiculturalism—these are words we have all heard before. But when you hear these words too often, they can lose their potency. What they don’t lose, though,…
Redesigning Government Agencies
Technology and societal changes have created new types of private sector organizations that did not exist 20 years ago. Challenges like climate change and terrorism have created new demands on…
Managing a Regional Network
Metropolitans, counties and regions are combining resources to improve public safety communications systems. Public safety communications has evolved from individualized systems to consolidated systems, often merging of two or more…
Policy, Politics and the Toll on Humanity
The Affordable Care Act provides states with additional federal funding to expand their Medicaid programs. According to a recent report, 30 states (including DC) adopted Medicaid expansion; however 17 states…
Essential Personnel: The Backbone of Disaster Response
Essential personnel are the foundation of disaster response and citizen safety. To perform their duties, they must leave their families and homes during the most serious events and can face…
Practice and Theory in Teacher Education
Contemporary education policy and discussions have centered on improving teacher education in order to provide students with the best education possible. Concurrently, educational research provides new tools for teacher effectiveness…
National Service: A Role Model of Collaboration
Collaboration is defined as working together to achieve something. Public and private partners across the country collaborate to get things done. Collaboration is also one of the greatest assets and…
Shared Services: Myth, Mirage or Magic?
The economy that fuels public and private organizations shows signs of new life. But at one point, government had to consider the unthinkable: shrinking itself with good government consolidation. But…
When Elected Officials Are Not at Fault
It is axiomatic in the field of public administration that “policy directions” from the political top matter more than anything else. Sound policy directions lead to good outcomes. Unsound directions…