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Review Sought for a Proposed ANSI Quality of Government Standard
ASPA members and supporters are being invited to assist in the professional review and testing of new quality standards being advanced by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), Government Division.…
ASPA Keystone State Chapter Annual Awards Program
ASPA’s Keystone State Chapter held its annual Public Service Recognition Week awards event as a virtual meeting, replacing its traditional banquet format. Congrats to all!…
21st Century Higher Education in America: A Reason for Alarm?
Is the reason for rising higher education cost due to the importance of this service in opening avenues of social mobility for low-income and middle-income American citizens and their families? Rising…
Grace Harris, Vital Piece of VCU History, Dies at 84
Grace E. Harris, whose leadership helped shape Virginia Commonwealth University during a pioneering 48-year career at the university, died on Jan. 12, 2018 at the age of 84. Harris joined…
The United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals and the Building of a Good Society: A Modest Proposal for the Public Administration Education and Training Community
When the United Nations (UN) announced in 2000 a 15-year effort to implement eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it began what arguably was the most significant worldwide effort to build…
Public Administration: Theory or Practice
Trends in the teaching public administration discourse tend toward contemporary course delivery methods in the advent of computers and the internet. Discussions are often about available instructional technologies and teaching…
Immigrants are Veterans Too
The U.S. military is still the strongest military in the world. At the core of its success are more than its weapons and new technologies. The U.S. military also has…
News vs. Commentary: A Nice Mess
In our times of mile-a-minute, pervasive reporting, we need a way to quickly determine, even in the middle of a media broadcast, what is news and what is commentary. Here's…
Blue Ocean Thinking – Creating Innovative Public Policy
Instead of companies competing in established markets (“red oceans”), companies should create markets (“blue ocean”). Red oceans summon up images of companies fiercely competing with each for market dominance.…
Pro- and Anti-Development Groups Agree, Houston’s Style of Development Doesn’t Work
Along with the aftermath brought on by hurricanes and floods, as well as other natural disasters, comes arguments about the environment and human responsibility for the changing climate and criticisms…
Jai Mangal Paswan Award for Public Service
The American Society for Public Administration, Section on South Asian Public Administration (SASPA) is proud to announce a call for nominations for the 2023 Jai Mangal Paswan Award for Public…
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