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The Independent Woman Launches Free Financial Training Series for Metro D.C. Area
Defining financial freedom and providing financial security are at the heart of a brand new series of free workshops hosted by The Independent Woman. The workshops will be held in the Washington,…
A Poor Decision Made Worse? The Use of Capital Appreciation Bonds by School Districts
By Marc K. Fudge What alternatives do school districts have when faced with the need for new facilities yet insufficient funds to pay for capital projects? Over the past several…
An Emerging Innovation in Policy Evaluation: From Theory to Practice
By Steven E. Wallis Within the broad spectrum of social sciences, the world of policy is unique. There seems to be a refreshing candor here that is not found in…
Turning Practice Into Practice
By Robert (Sherman) Yehl Local governments continue to face the economic effects of the 2007-2009 recession. Revenues from a variety of sources are flat (or worse, reduced), employees have been…
NECoPA 2013 Focuses On Public Administration In An Information Society
Join an enthusiastic group of academics, practitioners, and students at the Trabant University Center at the University of Delaware on November 1 & 2 for the 2013 meeting of the…
Building Governmental Cooperation for Development
By William Hatcher and Matthew Howell Last month, the column discussed the importance of social bonds in communities, and how communities that fail to work together also fail to develop.…
The Integrative Project: Integrating Classroom and Real World Knowledge
By Jill Manit and Gloria Messick-Svare In social work, there has been a perception of a gap between the knowledge and skills needed to practice in the community and…
Connecting Education & Service
By Beth M. Renhaus, PhD. Public service and education go hand in hand. In Mosher’s Democracy and the Public Service (1982), he asserts that “it is doubtful that there is…
Stay Out of the Brain Stem – Part I
The Effects of Brain Science on Organizational Culture Part one of a two-part series in understanding the implications of how our brains perceive social interactions in the workplace By Troy…
Congressional Refusal to Fund Obamacare — An Act of Civil Disobedience?
By David Schultz Under what occasions, if any, are members of Congress permitted to disobey a law as a matter of conscience? This is the question posed by House Republican…
The Role of Security in Governance
By Shorenstein Center – Harvard Kennedy School A study just released by Harvard Kennedy School examines the relationship between citizens’ perceptions about government and civic affairs. In the study entitled…