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Flaking Out: Should Public Administration Researchers Worry About Challenges to NSF Funding for Political Science Research?
The “Flake Amendment” (H.AMDT.1094 for H.R.5326), like the failed Coburn Amendment (for H.R. 2847) before it, asks Congress “to prohibit the use of funds to be used to carry out…
Net Neutrality and the Public Sector: Who is Responsible for That?
An essential component in retrieving and disseminating vital information is obtaining access to it in a free and transparent manner. For the public sector, this rule has governed much of…
Outsourcing Government: A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 5)
A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization A strategic approach towards privatization involves not only an organization shift, but a mind shift. From a governance standpoint, there is no question that…
Key Technology Trends of 2012 and What to Look for in 2013
In the past year, government offices saw many technological changes improve their efficiency and preview future working styles. According to a new report by GovLoop.com, “The GovLoop Guide: Government Technology…
Paper on Demand: Moving to Paperless Systems
More and more modern leaning governments looking to become more efficient are reviewing how to implement paperless systems but must still allow some paper into the mix. This week what…
Outsourcing Government – A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 4)
Public-Private Partnership There are situations where the government wishes to get an initiative underway but does not want to take the financial, technical and operational risk associated with it. Neither…
Outsourcing Government – A Strategic Approach to Partnered Privatization (Part 3)
The Next Era, Partnered-Privatization? Fundamentally, the business of government is to enact law and develop policy with established measures to clearly demonstrate whether its policies are successful. The essential arms…
Good Customer Service Still Matters
When I call 411, the computer voice asks: “What city, please?” I can’t stand those computer voices and do what I can to confuse them. I try my best Nordic…
Adopting a Norwegian State of Mind: What Norway Is Doing Right
Norway continues to follow the trend regarding budgetary spending in Europe. Directly affected by petroleum profits that will deliver a budget surplus of $43.7 billion in 2012, the government has chosen…
The Administrative Cliff and Revival of the “First E”
We face not merely a fiscal cliff but also an administrative one. Whether a small or grand deal comes together and no matter what happens to the Budget Control Act,…
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