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Social Security Administration Talent Retention

The Partnership for Public Service reported the Social Security Administration (SSA) dropped from second to sixth rank for employee satisfaction and commitment of 19 large federal agencies surveyed in 2012.…

Public Administration: Prioritizing the Process

Executive Summary Sustainable development is often a difficult concept to grasp, especially considering, as most practitioners can attest, public administration is a domain with very few absolute answers and even…

Saving Higher Education

Saving Higher Education

It’s no secret that higher education is in a state of turmoil—one might even use the word “crisis.” College costs have risen more rapidly than the pace of inflation. Student…

The FUNDing Is GOing aWAY, Oh MY!!

The FUNDing Is GOing aWAY, Oh MY!!

(First, the headline is best when sung to the tune of Lions, Tigers, and Bears…) A few years ago, there was a book called Hope is Not a Strategy.  Agreed,…

Seven Federal Government Employers Named Semifinalists for 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense operational committee, announced that seven Federal Government employers have been selected as semifinalists for the 2013 Secretary of…

Six State Government Employers Named Semifinalists for 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense operational committee, announced that six State Government employers have been selected as semifinalists for the 2013 Secretary of…

Twenty-Nine City Government Employers Named Semifinalists for 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense operational committee, announced that 28 city government employers have been selected as semifinalists for the 2013 Secretary of…

Four County Government Employers Named Semifinalists for 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense operational committee, announced that four county government employers have been selected as semifinalists for the 2013 Secretary of…

I’m looking for someone with 7 years of bad habits…

Bad habits, we all have them. As leaders and developers of human capital in any organization, do we ever stop to reflect internally about our bad habits when it comes…

Sustainability Through Personalized Medicine: Where Health and Technology Collide

Executive Summary In the ten years since the first human genome was sequenced, the cost of genomic sequencing has plummeted, and the field of personalized medicine is positioned to change…

The Cross-Sector Promotion of Public Health Across the United States

The month of April 2013 was a particularly active one in terms of health promotion at my place of employment, Villanova University, located on the outskirts of Philadelphia. In addition…