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The Schoharie Limousine Tragedy – Was Government Part of the Problem?
Although this series of articles has presented the theme that government is the solution, these types of traumatic incidents beg the counter question of what happens when government or perhaps…
Inputs, Outputs and Outcomes: The Recipe for a Successful Performance Management Program
Developing a structure that allows for the collection of inputs, outputs and outcomes is critically important to the development of a performance management system. Understanding their relationship is the key…
Diversity on the National Security Council
For decades, the trend within government agencies and throughout the federal bureaucracy has been one of increasing diversity. Not only has diversity been shown to position the workplace to better…
Fiscal Policy – the Universal Language. Respect – the Universal Solution?
Mathematics is said to be the universal language and if that is true, it must be true that financial institutions and fiscal policy are the most efficient modes of meeting…
The State of Public Administration Programs in Higher Education
Are we ready for the challenge of a new era in public administration education and service? We do too much good to shrink from this task.…
Addressing Slums in an Age of Rapid Urbanization
The definition of slums has evolved, and their true nature makes them the least well understood places in the global sphere. The catch-all term “slum” is used loosely, and its…
Public Administration in The Good Place
Public administration has a role in the afterlife — at least on the critically-acclaimed network comedy The Good Place.…
A Police Officer’s Lot
There have been many changes in law enforcement and respect for police since the early 1900s. Since we’ve been observing National Crime Prevention Month during October, it’s an appropriate time…
Teaching with Multimedia: Value of Interactive Media to Informing Learner Support
Contemporary Learning Management Systems (LMSs) provide instructors with opportunities to closely monitor learning and to identify students who need additional support. They engage students through self-paced use of multimedia and…
One (Divisible) Nation: Emoluments for Influence?
Foundations of Public Administration is, in my humble opinion, one of the hallmark courses for any MPA student and I take seriously the steadfast charge to present and explore the…
Public Administration: Do, Re-Do… Un-Do
An instinctive reaction, especially from our community, is to disapprove of this change. However, maybe our cognitive and social biases play an important role: we are loss averse. In the…
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