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Prevention: Hidden Numbers
The persistent message must maintain that the number of non-disaster deaths are unacceptable, and everyone in the community must do what they can to reduce those numbers, even if it…
Combining Heart and Mind: The Hardest Skill
Interpersonal connections, high emotional IQ, context and words matter, the high care and high accountability…these skills are actually the “harder skills,” cultivated with time and experience, reflection and self-awareness.…
Leaders – Don’t Underestimate Your Role in Creating a Sense of Belonging
While it may be uncomfortable to say something, think about a time when you experienced being unjustly questioned about your credentials or when someone made a demeaning comment to you,…
Understanding How Constrictive Gender Norms Contribute to Extremist Ideology
In an era of internet bullying and physical harm, understanding who incels are, and why the violence carried out by Elliot Rodger speaks to them, is imperative. …
Successful Hazard Mitigation Planning Starts at the Local Level: How It Is Failing at the Local Level
The increasing prevalence and cost of billion-dollar disasters should be a wake-up call for all levels of government that the status quo on LMS planning is no longer a viable…
Public Administration Scholarship and the Epidemic of Academic Fraud and Dishonesty Part 1 – Symptoms of a Cataclysm
This column discusses the outlines of widespread academic fraud and dishonesty in the use of those research methods and then begins to examine how powerful incentives developed over the past…
Digital Public Benefits: A New Era Takes Hold
The gradual removal of cash benefits, cards and other forms of physical money are moving us toward a cashless, electronic digital world and, at the same time, adds additional administrative…
What Constructivism Contributes to Public Administration
Understanding the perception of citizens, their experiences, values and environment may help public administrators craft policies that address constituent concerns. …
A Better Way for States to Tax Business
Unlike the CBT, this tax is simple and does not distort business decisions, does not discriminate between business types and need not impose an undue burden on any business entity.…
Education Savings Accounts (ESA) – Learn to Save, Save to Learn!
Every parent must decide whether to support school choice through ESAs or just stick with the status quo—there is no middle ground on this issue. …
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Municipal Finance: Challenges, Potential Perils and Opportunities
Today, AI is transforming society in fundamental and profound ways, and clearly has the potential to surpass the impact of these prior historic technological changes.…
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