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Improving Client Outcomes, Reducing Healthcare Costs: Part II
By Shami Dugal This is the second part of an article series on reducing healthcare costs, while ensuring individuals still stay healthy. To read the first part of the series,…
Memos to National Leaders Releases Final Recommendations in Series
Speakers during the November 9, 2012 Memos to National Leaders pose after closing the event on Friday. For more images of Friday’s event, click here, or visit www. memostoleaders.org…
Advancing and Improving Procurement and Contract Management in Government
By: Stephen B. Gordon Executives in the private sector recognized long ago that effective purchasing and supply management can support their number one strategic goal: profitability. In contrast, elected officials…
Improving Client Outcomes, Reducing Healthcare Costs: Part 1
The following article is the first part of a suggested method to reduce healthcare costs and help more people stay healthy. Look for part II next week. This article introduces…
Eighth Annual ICPA Promotes International Cooperation
More than 200 academic experts, public administrators, and private sector managers from 22 countries converged in Hyderabad, India, October 25-27 for the 8th annual International Conference on Public Administration (ICPA).…
The Importance of Public Administration in Community Development Scholarship and Practice
By William Hatcher This is the first installment of a monthly column dedicated to exploring the connections between public administration and community development. Through this column, I hope to highlight…
Strategic Management in a Changing Health Services World
By Christine Gibbs Springer The ultimate paradox for public managers today is the inability to forecast the future, yet the necessity to make sense of it in order to survive…
Emergency Management Calls All to Serve
By: Thomas E. Poulin There has been an on-going debate about public administration over the years, discussing the value of public service, as well as how to recruit and retain…
Viewing the World Through Different Colors
I am colorblind. I can see colors but have trouble differentiating and identifying them. I can see all the hues of fall in the leaves – just don’t ask…
Third Memos to National Leaders Event a Success
On October 25, 2012, the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)and the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) hosted the third installation of the Memos to National Leaders series.…
Fishing for a Good Community
My son Domenic loves to go fishing. Since I am not much of a fisherman, when the opportunity came to go fishing on the Rappahannock River with a family…
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