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Learning from Wisconsin: Why 2019 Promises to be a Dangerous Year
However, the big issues of 2018 were nothing new to PA; the administrative state has always faced legitimacy challenges, budgeting has always been about choices and norms are always changing.…
Reforming and Updating Public Finance Legislation: An Australian Perspective
From my perspective there are not many topics as exciting as public finance legislation. But I also enjoy test match cricket! Here in Australia we have been through a period…
Rising Above “Fake News”: Is Unbiased Information Gathering within Public Sector Decisionmaking Still Possible?
Whether or not the public service community and its leaders are ready to acknowledge it, a fundamental shift in the decisionmaking process is occurring. Public administrators, at all levels and…
Now!
No longer can we in the public administration field just focus on just policy development, research and educating the next generation of practitioners. The world in which we currently live…
Honest Social Conflict or Dishonest Harmony? The Time for a Decision
What of honest social conflict? What are the benefits, the dangers? The great Dr. W.E.B. Dubois once wrote, “either ignorance will destroy America or America will destroy ignorance.” We are…
Realistic Public Administration: Revisiting Amelioration
When working with public administrators at any level, or when listening to the concerns of our communities, we often hear the sentiment that all problems should be fully addressed, as…
Government’s Workforce Problems Make HR Increasingly Important
Public employers are entering an era when workforce shortages will make it increasingly difficult to deliver basic services. For job families where government competes with industry—engineering and information management stand…
Where Have All the Statesmen Gone?
Apologies to Pete Seeger, but the cycle described in his 1965 song, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” fits our present discussion of statesmanship quite handily. There have been several…
Creating Competition — Without Creating Losers
Indeed, if the managers of every “team” has such comparative data, many may already be competing, if only in their own minds. After all, some of them believe they are…
The Twilight of Old Government: Timeless Lessons in Public Service
While I cannot speak for every public servant around the world, my hopes and wishes for next year and years to come can be summed up as Pax Governo, or…
Cultivating Leadership: Freedom and Responsibility
If organizations seek to cultivate leadership, they must first consider the virtue of employees.…
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