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Social Media as a Tool to Improve Health
The health information technology field has grown tremendously in recent years, driven primarily by the HITECH Act which provides federal funding to hospitals to adopt and meaningfully use electronic health…
Social Media Training for Public Administrators: Getting the Message Right
Public administrators use social media to conduct business, facilitate government transparency, connect citizens to services and quickly communicate information to the public. Indeed, there is a remarkable opportunity for government…
Crowdsourcing in the Public Square
A recent conference on crowdsourcing for politics and policy examined how this process is changing politics by encouraging citizen participation and online collective action. We all know the viral video…
Rutgers University, ASPA Launch Public Administration Gateway
The School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark and the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) have teamed up to launch the Public Administration Gateway. This online initiative…
Social Media and Community Development: Usage and Best Practices
Social media platforms are often referred to as Web 2.0 tools for governments. Social media platforms include sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube along with other communication tools, like…
Internet and Social Media: Citizens and Public Services Need Renewed Rules
Ever advancing information and communication technologies have transformed the ways people live and organizations work. The Information Age certainly increased the flow and volume of information as seen in the…
The United States Virgin Islands Certified Public Manager Program: A New Paradigm in the Management of Government
On Aug. 26 and 27, 2014, the accomplishments of the first ever class of 43 graduates from the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Certified Public Manager (CPM) program were celebrated;…
Social Media and the Information Age: Using Influence and Persuasion in Public Service
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Andrew Vaz December 5, 2014 In last month’s article,…
Building Ethical Cultures in Public Service Agencies
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Richard Jacobs December 5, 2014 Three tenets of the…
Human Resource Management in Higher Education
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Missy Jenkins and Joe Jarret December 5, 2014 Not…
Engaging the Public With Social Media
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Christine Springer December 5, 2014 Increasingly, government and nonprofit…