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Using Video in Public Administration Education
Video is a powerful and practical tool for teaching and learning in public administration educational settings, such as academic conferences, classrooms and online courses. Used appropriately, it can add vitality…
Lying and Intention in Public Administration
Judging from the number of articles devoted to the topic, lying is pervasive in many organizations. Newell's account of the former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's "clearly erroneous" sworn…
The American with Disabilities Act and the Public Safety Careers
The mission of accredited police, fire and emergency services academies is to serve the community by training individuals as police officers, firefighters and EMT paramedics. Most state and local public…
Mayors Model Resiliency Policy on Volunteer Sweat Equity
National resiliency is in part grounded in the sweat equity of local volunteerism and the community leadership’s ability to harness that capacity for crisis readiness. The adage is largely true;…
Cybersecurity and Equality: Are Minorities Allowed to Play?
I remember going to college (I was completing my masters at the time) and attending a job placement seminar. It had major employers from private, public and nonprofit sectors looking…
The Secret to Becoming a Great President – Revealed
Making a presidential decision that is the right decision always includes a fair amount of input from others, evaluating priorities and considering ethics — the moral impact of the decision.…
Thirty-Five Years of Failed Fiscal Policies Demonstrate that Cutting Federal Taxes Will Not Produce Economic Growth
My entire adult life has been coincidental with rise to dominance of the economic dogma of “supplied side” economics. The United States now has 35 continuous years of experience with…
The Overlooked Key to Improved Performance: Culture Change
This column was triggered when I read the interview “Changing the Culture in Government: A Conversation with Ted Gaebler” on the same day the US Office of Management and Budget…
Four Questions to Ask Before Digitally Transforming the Government Agency
It seems most organizations are digitally transforming themselves or at least planning to transform. With the advent of cloud computing, application programming interfaces (APIs), big data and artificial intelligence, organizations…
Global Millennials in Administration
The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) has more than 3,000 student members. Most are in MPA programs, some are in DPA or Ph.D. programs, and all are in the…
Local, State and National Law Enforcement: Hiring and Training
Law enforcement agencies at all levels of the government along with private law enforcement or security companies are faced with the issues of hiring qualified employees and properly training these…
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