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Limited Series on Founders Forum Fellows’ Research
For the next few weeks, PA TIMES online will publish the work of each of our 2013 Founders Forum Fellows. Two new pieces will be posted each week alongside our…
A Sketch of Sustainability in U.S. City Budgets
“Sustainability” is a buzzword in many fields across disciplines these days. Since sustainable development (SD) was proclaimed at the United Nations (UN) Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de…
Small Businesses Rate Utah and Alabama Friendliest States, California and Illinois Among Least Friendly
Small business owners across the U.S. have spoken, and reveal Utah, Alabama, New Hampshire, Idaho and Texas as the top-five friendliest states for small business. In contrast, small business owners…
Legal Neutrality and the Regulation of Marriage
What role should the law have in deciding who marries whom? On one level this question is about same-sex marriage, but it is also about the power of law to…
Strategic Execution of Change
While public managers know that change is needed today due to budget cuts and sequestration, they also need to recognize that it will require leadership and the changing and aligning…
World Health Day 2013 Calls on All People to Reduce Their Health Risks
On April 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World Health Day in honor of its founding on this day in 1948. Each year, a new theme is selected to…
On a Course of Auto-Destruction
Warning: if you are in a good mood, skip this post, because I’m finding it very hard not to be depressed by the constant reminders of American institutional dysfunction, and…
ASPA Adopts New Code of Ethics
For the past two years, a 31-person working group initiated by ASPA Past President, Erik Bergrud has been reviewing the ASPA Code of Ethics. The group, co-chaired by Jim Nordin…
Finding the Good in the Bad
It was well after midnight and I couldn’t sleep. In the adjoining room of the hotel where I was staying, a baby’s cry pierced through the wafer-thin walls. As a…
The 28th Annual International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members Observed Monday
On March 25, 1985, armed men abducted Alec Collett while he was on assignment in Lebanon for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near…
Successful Collaboration in the City of Hampton, Virginia Budgetary Process
“Borrowing trouble and just increasing our workload!” That is a common passing thought when governmental entities consider expanding upon their use of social media to encourage public engagement and participation…
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