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Designing Collaborative Councils to Encourage Healthy Communities
Food policy councils are an increasingly common way to address community health. These collaborative bodies bring together diverse stakeholders to make policy recommendations and are often tasked with addressing a…
Creating Healthy Societies and Communities
A healthy community begins at the individual level. When individuals are healthy and met their basic needs, they can realize their personal potential and the potentials of others. Government programs,…
Surplus Military Equipment and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Over the years, law enforcement has shifted towards heavy militarization. Inventory of local police departments have grown to include armored trucks, grenade launchers, tear gas and bean bags. Meanwhile, community…
How ISIS Affects U.S. Government Policies
ISIS is an extreme group seeking to establish an Islamic state across the Middle East, targeting their territory with relentless propaganda and publicizing their most gruesome killings to further ideologies.…
Why “Mad Men” Is Great for the Public
The television series “Mad Men,” gave viewers a chance to observe the different dimensions of the modern workplace and illuminated the varying levels of complex relationships that executives manage on…
Coffee and Doughnuts: Part 2
With a long career as a law enforcement executive, I posit that the topic offered this month-- militarization of law enforcement—is by no means a new one. Assaults and murders…
Race and Law Enforcement: A Tale of Two Experiences
In December 2014, my colleague Tia Sherèe Gaynor and I wrote an article in PA Times that made connections to the historic legacy of violence perpetrated by law enforcement officers…
Economics, Environment and Equity
Energy impacts virtually every function of modern life. Current energy challenges lack simple, correct solutions. Federal inaction on climate change and 21st century energy technologies has facilitated a state role…
Colorado Featured In Online Budget, Taxpayer Receipt Simulator
Engaged Public, a Denver-based public policy firm, recently launched an interactive, online tool for citizens to try their own “balancing act” directing state revenue and spending dollars. Coloradans can use…
SECoPA 2015: Call For Proposals
SECoPA 2015 will be held in Charleston, South Carolina on Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2015. This year’s theme is, “Research & Application: Promoting Effective Public Service,” which will explore…
Shaping the Ghost of Accountability
In public administration, accountability is both the concept and practice of responsibility for outcomes. It’s the element of public service that links performance to public trust and agency legitimacy. I’m…