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Demographic Trends and Representative Bureaucracy: Impact on Public Administration
By Joseph Adler Introduction Few will dispute the assertion that governments, especially at the state and local level, are in the business of providing services. How these services are delivered…
Arts-Based Development
By William Hatcher It is often said that the soul of a community is its art— music, festivals, paintings, literature and other forms of creative expression. These activities and artisans…
A Softer, Gentler Future for City Managers and the Data that Support Them
By Thomas I. Miller Let’s turn back the clock to 1994. That’s only 20 years, or as biologists refer to it, a generation. I want to challenge you to remember…
Promoting Community Employment Options: The Media Engagement Strategy
By Horace Blake In any local community, the key to citizen engagement is the ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders through available information whether it is internet technology…
DAPA Celebrates Delaware’s Public Servants
By Caitlin Del Collo On December 4, 2013, Timothy’s Riverfront Grille in Wilmington, Delaware served as a sophisticated venue for the Delaware Association for Public Administration (DAPA) 2013 Awards Dinner.…
The Makings of Disaster: Collaboration – Realizing Separation is Only Two Degrees
By Stacey Mann On the afternoon of April 27, 2011, an EF-4 tornado with estimated maximum wind speed of 190 mph traveled through Greene, Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties in Alabama. In…
The Constitution and Corporations: Do Businesses Have a Right to Free Exercise of Religion?
By David Schultz Are corporations religious? Do they believe in God? Can they pray? Silly questions perhaps, but they lie at the heart of Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius (Hobby Lobby).…
ASPA Partners With University to Host Midwest Conference
By Stephen Kleinschmit ASPA is joining with the Department of Public Policy at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne to host the inaugural Midwest Public Affairs Conference (MPAC). Scheduled for March…
Public Workplace Conflict Resolution: Challenges for the HR Professional
By Joseph G. Jarret America’s judicial system most commonly defines the term “conflict” to mean a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. Whenever people work together and are…
Engaging the Community in a Networked World
By Christine Springer Nurturing continuous engagement of the community served by public agencies is not only important but also critical to successful public management in an environment of change. Networking…
Plus ça change, the more it isn’t change
By Laree Kiely This column is the last for 2013. Or is it the preview of 2014? Typically, we would do a retrospective on the last year, comment about how…