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Public Policy Tools
The major challenge for democratic governments is to effectively influence the behavior of citizens. Thus, we must examine certain tools and practices and why they are effective in implementing policy…
Energy Efficiency – Saving Dollars for the Public Sector
EDF Climate Corps places specially trained MBA and MPA students in companies, cities and universities to build the business case for energy efficiency. During the course of a 10-12 week…
How to Create Good Accomplishments Using Technology and Management Improvements
As a former CIO, I have had the good luck of only having one failed experience over a 30+ year career in local government and that was corrected within…
Planting Seeds of Goodwill
I go to see my favorite tree a few times a year. The tree sits in front of my former home in West Richmond, VA. The City of Richmond has…
Recommendations for Fixing Political Appointments Process & Strengthening the Federal Workforce
We have a broken political appointments process and we face an increasing number of complex demands on our federal workforce, in which we have significantly reduced our investment. These were…
The Butterfly Effect in Public Service
Does the flap of butterfly’s wing in Brazil change the weather in Texas? So asked Edward Lorenz in his 1963 study on the analysis of the “sensitive dependence on initial conditions.”…
“We Can Never Do Merely One Thing”
In 1935, Australia imported a hundred cane toads under the theory that they would (as they had done in Hawaii) eat the Greyback cane beetles, which were destroying sugar cane,…
9th TAD Conference Call for Proposal
For the first time in human history more people across the world are living in urban than in rural areas. This massive urban concentration creates great opportunities for economic growth…
ASPA 2013 CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL ANNOUNCED
The list of candidates vying for election to the 2013 National Council has been selected by the Nominating Committee. Voting will open in November and end in early December. Voting…
Developing Global “Core Competencies” within Public Administration: The Convergence of Program and Information Management
1 Introduction A key core competency within the practice of Public Administration is the management of programs. However, even an advanced search on the word “program” on the Internet…
American Exceptionalism and Equality of Opportunity
Exceptionalism has remained a defining American character since its independence. Everybody is taught that things are exceptional in America. Location, history, power, and wealth are the major national character…