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Implementing the Affordable Care Act: A Historic Opportunity for Public Administrators
By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health care is one of the thorniest public policy issues of our day – and one that has…
The Role of Departmentalism in Aid-Dependent Rule of Law Public Administration
Understanding Departmentalism in Rule of Law Development Assistance Departmentalism is a significant characteristic of the Westminster-Whitehall heritage in Anglophone Caribbean public administration, which is intertwined with state-centrism. This characteristic shapes…
Government Reinvention or Volunteers Willing to Serve?
It seems everyone is trying to solve problems of government, including the politicians, but gridlock and partisanship appear to win out more and more, creating stalemate. The media and polls…
The Attractiveness of Being Part of the Massive Federal Workforce: Is It for Everyone?
The federal workforce continues to be very attractive as a place to seek employment despite the constant discussion and banter about cutbacks and less government. The experts are pointing to…
Democracy on Trial: The Rule of Law and the NSA
Imagine a government that spies on its citizens, often without warrants. A government that holds secret court hearings, or a government that asserts the right to detain and jail citizens…
Pre and Post Termination Hearings: When Public Employees are Entitled to Due Process Hearings
Due to the fiscal woes plaguing many public entities across the United States, not all human resources managers have the luxury of picking up the phone and calling their organization’s…
Exploring the Application of an Integrated Strategic and Change Management Framework to the Issue of Mass Shootings
Acts of gun violence against innocents, particularly mass shootings, are generally agreed as heinous. Yet, government’s effort to legislate on the issue is arguably failing. This article explores an alternative…
The Importance of Infrastructure
For a few days last month, the collapse of the Skagit River Bridge focused the public’s attention on the condition of the nation’s infrastructure. But like in the aftermath of…
Higher Education After Affirmative Action
So what would higher education in America look like without affirmative action? This is the question many are asking if the Supreme Court in June rules in Fisher v. University…
Sustainability and Public Reality
The word sustainability gets mentioned a lot these days in the popular press, in academia and in government. We are told that humanity is faced with the threat of dwindling…
Successful Workforce Planning in the State of California
The State of California employs a vast and diverse workforce of 215,864 full and part-time employees that span 202 state departments, agencies and boards, excluding the California university and California…
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