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Adapting Income Taxes to the Changing Nature of Work
As working from home became widespread, the bond between jobs and geography was eroded. This shift has critical consequences for those state and local governments which depend on income tax…
Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure
In this column, I will introduce industrial control systems to the PA Times community, outline several publicized incidents and offer useful recommendations to begin to address cybersecurity for these systems.…
Strategic Orientations and Gathering Knowledge
People naturally rely on their beliefs to help make sense of changes and overcome feelings of uncertainty, but public administrators and managers must be intentional in gathering knowledge, respecting scientific…
A Post-COVID Research Agenda
Those of us in the public administration community need a research agenda that is up to the task of understanding the post-COVID era.…
Democracy—Yearning to Breathe Free
Democracy is not the day’s bargain—it’s the peoples’ choice. Our challenge in the current environment is to fill the voids in government that arise in the lives of our most…
Political and Administrative Implications of Proposed Statehood for D.C.
As with many other things, time will tell if the District ultimately becomes a state and how successful implementation of statehood fares. …
Cities Must Tell the Story to be Transparent
When you can report to citizens the results of their city’s work and tell them the story on a daily basis through electronic media, you have a transparent government. …
Police, Sentencing and Prisons: Maximizing Impacts of Criminal Justice Reform
For decades, advocates have been calling for criminal justice reform, only to be frustrated by systemic issues in police misconduct, sentence disparities, overcrowded jails and prisons and laws that adversely…
Using Machine Learning to Evaluate Public Policy
Machine learning is a method for public policy to embrace and employ.…
Defunding the Police: Is it Reducing the Safety of Students?
The Los Angeles Unified School District is redirecting funding to replace many campus police officers with school climate coaches. Will this plan create safer environments for students and staff than…
Ramadan: Yet Another Opportunity for Charity Season
Muslims form a great part of their identity around goodwill and acts of generosity towards all, both locally and globally. This highlights the importance of changing stereotypes and becoming more…
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