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“Sammies” Honor Public Service Heroes
In a time where the public’s confidence in the federal workforce has eroded, one special program is eager to help honor their service and reassure employees how essential they are…
Detecting Fraud in Public Service Organizations
By Kevin M. Bronner Fraud schemes have become a significant issue for many public service organizations. During November 2013, the Rockefeller Institute at the University at Albany conducted a special presentation…
Stay Out of the Brain Stem, Part II: The Effects of Brain Science on Organizational Culture
Part two of a two-part series in understanding the implications of how our brains perceive social interactions in the workplace By Troy Holt Leaders should motivate, influence and teach others.…
Community Colleges: Serving Those that Served
By Ygnacio Flores, Don Mason and Tracy Rickman Not since the Vietnam era, have so many combat veterans returned to acclimate to society. Unlike the 1960s, services to veterans are available and…
The Problem With The Affordable Care Act: Why Badly Designed Laws Produce Bad Implementation
By David Schultz Successful implementation of a law is significantly dependent upon its original design. Public policy scholars often point out that the politics/administration is less real than imagined and…
Ageism and the Public Workplace: Challenges for Today’s Public HR Professional
By Joseph G. Jarret and Autriel E. Galloway The age of the Baby Boomer (most commonly defined by the Census Bureau as those born during the demographic Post–World War II…
Survey Examines Military Lifestyle, Needs of Families and Members
By Vivian Greentree In recent times, our military community has come to the forefront of public discussion. The long-term effects of 12 years of sustained combat on service members, their…
The Elements of a “Theory Y” Budget
By Scott Lazenby In previous columns, I have argued that to be aligned with what we know about good management practices, budget decision making should be decentralized as much as…
Social Marketing: Influencing Behaviors for Good
What are the ten steps to developing a strategic social marketing plan? By Nancy R. Lee In the August issue of PA Times online, I introduced the definition of social…
Background Checks and Social Media
Conducting criminal background checks have been long standing practices of human resources departments. In a 2012 analysis from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), approximately two-thirds of organizations surveyed…
Professionalism, Public Service and Anti-intellectualism
By Sheila Suess Kennedy I listened–very briefly–to the Congressional hearings on the unfortunate, embarrassing rollout of the federal Affordable Care website. The problems with the site are amply documented and I…