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Rutgers Establishes Anti-Corruption Institute
School of Public Affairs and Administration in Newark Establishes Rutgers Institute on Anti-Corruption Studies By SPAA News Dr. Marc Holzer, dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at…
Health Exchanges Launched
Administrative Strategies Emerging By Cheryl and Ferd Mitchell On October 1, the Health Exchanges for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began operations. This start-up effort promises to provide many insights…
ASPA Supports Public Workers; Decries Government Shutdown
Washington, DC – The National Council of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) has issued a statement in support of government workers to avoid the detrimental effect of a…
Static or Dynamic? It’s a Choice
By Laree Kiely, PhD Recently, we have seen many organizations and whole industries become obsolete over night. Of course, organizations are living systems and living systems, just like the human…
According To Plan
By Sheila Suess Kennedy A colleague informs me that the military has a saying: Prior planning prevents piss-poor performance. Well, batten down the hatches, because piss-poor performance is on its…
Human Resource Management in Greece
Making Human Resource Management Agile & Effective By Petros Katsimardos & Konstantinos Bouas Reforming Human Resource Management (HRM) policy is probably the most important challenge for Greek public administration. The…
Political Competition & Foreign Aid
The Impact of US-based Foreign Aid and Public Administration in the Caribbean By V. Graham Political competition is an institutionalized aspect of Anglophone Caribbean public administration and directly impacts these…
Race in America: The Content of our Character
By Lorenda Naylor This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham church bombing. On September 15, 1963, four young black girls (Addie Mae Collings, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and…
The 21st Century Direct Support Workforce in the United States
By Julie Ann Racino The Direct Support Workforce in the United States is considered to be one of the fastest growing sectors of the 21st century economy. This is in…
Emergency Communication Challenges: New Technologies Address Obstacles
By Federal Signal Corporation In the past decade, a number of large scale natural disasters have struck the United States, continuously revealing issues within emergency communications around the country. Those…
PA TIMES Online Columnist Wins Teaching Award
PA TIMES Online columnist David Schultz was selected the 2013 Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award by NASPAA, formerly the National Association for Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.…