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Teaching Kindness
I’ve modified my curriculum, with a deliberately huge emphasis on kindness, reminding myself, and all of us, of the importance of threading kindness through everything we say and do.…
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Local Government’s Shot at Broadband
When specifically applied to access to high-speed internet connections, the term “equity” now has a comprehensive federal definition that encompasses a whole host of benefits that are attractive and useful,…
FEMA Strategic Plan 2022-2026: What It Means for Public Administration
Coupled with the inevitability of less experienced staff assuming vacated positions, governments will be challenged to accomplish their one main goal following a disaster: returning things back to normal. …
The Politicization of Administrative Concepts
Administrative effectiveness, efficiency and equity is impossible when it flows from a decision deemed illegitimate by those who disagreed with it. …
Public Administration in “Post-Democracy” America: Part 1 – Implications of the Collapse of Consent
If current demographic trends hold, one major political institution – the U.S. Senate – seems destined to be controlled by 70 senators who will represent just 30% of the…
It Takes an Ecosystem for Government Innovation
For an innovation, whether technological, managerial, or cultural, to succeed, the ecosystem of the agency and the government must support the innovation.…
Comprehensive vs. Incremental Responses: The Debate Intensifies with the Pandemic. Part I
The coronavirus pandemic has affected almost every nation in the world, highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses of the type of institutional capacities considered essential in crisis situations. …
Using Machine Learning and Twitter Data to Evaluate the Public Opinion of Environmental Policy
Machine learning is a method for public administration to adapt and employ from the computer science discipline. April Heyward is researching environmental policy and interventions and employing machine learning and…
Thou Shalt Not Prosecute Crime: The Role of an Elected District Attorney
Most would agree that our criminal justice system needs to evolve and reform. But it needs to be done inside the system of constitutional checks and balances. …
Keeping Up with the Times: Rethinking Local Government Revenues
For local governments to function and provide services for community residents, they must raise revenues—ideally in the most efficient and fair way possible. Yet, the effort to raise the necessary…
Culture and Social Equity in Emergency Management
In my 17 years as a federal emergency manager, I have seen the power of organizational culture in either empowering or derailing the best intentions. …
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