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Government Making Strides In Hiring Veterans
According to new information released from the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 the government employed the highest percentage of military veterans in over 20…
CFC Receives Extension Through January ‘14
As federal agencies and employees resume work after the recent government shut down, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently announced an extension for the Combined Federal Campaign– a long-standing,…
Countdown to NECoPA
Academics, practitioners, and students from across the Northeast are making their way to the 2013 NECoPA conference, taking place at the Trabant University Center at the University of Delaware. The…
Rainbow Rulings: Separate but Equal is Unconstitutional
By Lorenda A. Naylor and Heather Wyatt-Nichol Introduction In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court (USSC) delivered two landmark decisions for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender (LGBT) community: United…
Where Theory Meets Practice: Researchers, Educators Agree With Lap Literacy
By Dana Rolison, Mae Daniel and Erica King Imagine for a moment that you are five years old again. It’s your first day of school. Your main concern is making new friends, playing…
Improving the Nexus Between U.S.-based Foreign Aid and Public Administration in the Caribbean
By Vaughn Graham What Constitutes the Nexus? Development challenges have traditionally constituted the core link between public administration in the Caribbean, and its dependence on U.S.-based foreign aid. The last…
Theory and Practice: The Chicken or The Egg?
By John J. Carroll Hi, my name is John, and I am an academic [audience response: “Hi John”]. Before I became an academic, I was a practitioner. Yes, I was…
ASPA Announces 2014 Candidates for National Council
Beginning Nov. 1, ASPA will hold elections for vacancies on its National Council, the governing body of the association. The National Council is made up of District Representatives who serve…
Turning Point: Are All Human Resource Theories Capable of Having a Practical Application?
By Horace Blake Theories are numerous in the field of human resources management. However, one of the most pressing theories to put into practice is how to manage the theory…
Agile Policy Making: How Complexity Theory, Big Data and Data Science Research is Changing the Practice of Policy Making
By William A. Brantley Big data and data science has revolutionized how commercial enterprises market and sell products and services. In a widely repeated story, Target was able to predict when…
Reinventing Phoenix’s Departments: Starting From Square One
By Ed Zuercher It has been 132 years since Phoenix, Arizona was incorporated as a city. Since then, the city has grown in so many ways. Population has increased from…