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Getting Serious About Practitioners In The Classroom
Theory and practice are worlds worth blending. Both practitioners and academics can take steps to involve each other in their work, strengthening the discourse of public administration.…
Ethical Considerations in Public Administration
For public administration to regain much of the lost respect and trust, administrators must shy away from structural idealism as a basis for their decisionmaking and ensure a strong ethical…
Civil Dialogue
Some politicians seem to lack skill in diplomacy and civil dialogue. But it isn’t limited to them. In my forty years of city management, I’ve observed at least 1,000 hours…
Governance in Academic Institutions: Why is it Different and Difficult?
A word of advice to the University administrators out there, you must realize that academics are a different animal and should be treated differently. A university is neither a business…
What Would You Do?
The more complex control systems become the more challenging managing them becomes. However, I was recently reminded that one unintended consequence of all the focus on elaborate control systems is…
H.R. 1 Fights the Dark Side
Remember the Star Wars Trilogy, which had all the spectacular sci-fi imagery? We were amazed as we watched the big screen and heard the beeps and saw the light show;…
Policymaking in the Public Right-of-Way: Home Rule
The regulatory systems that governments once used to modify and control the information landscape are themselves becoming more centralized at the state and federal level. From the perspective of local…
The Current Government Shutdown: A Winter of Discontent
We live in a republic of the people, by the people and for the people. What must we do to rescue our government? And finally, are we the ones to…
Avoiding an Unplanned Ambulance Closure
For decades, volunteers were the backbone of ambulance squads. Fast-forward 23 years later and the tides have turned dramatically— but not for the better. …
Public Administration Under a Government Shutdown: Is This Now the New Norm?
The images of closed restrooms and overloaded trash bins at national parks only speak to the basic functions of government we tend to forget matter. Perhaps there is no better…
The Complexity of Native American Sovereignty in the Midst of a Government Shutdown
The effects of the recent government shutdown—now the longest in U.S. federal history at the time of this writing—have reverberated deeply throughout the country. The influence of the shutdown on…
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