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Overconfidence and Government Failure – Decision Traps in Public Service
Overconfidence is common in many aspects of public service, from overly optimistic intelligence estimates and military campaigns, to tax cuts that fail to generate promised growth, to assumptions that we…
Bridging Research and Practice for Improved Policing
Modern police agencies are under increased pressure to respond to and get ahead of the ever-changing needs and demands of an increasingly complex society. Doing so means serving the public…
The Need to Incorporate Tribes into Public Administration Education
For the first time Congress will see Native American women, Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Deborah Harland (D-NM), representing their states in the US House of Representatives. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) will…
A Move Towards Cultural Humility in the Public Sector
Public sector personnel must operate in an increasingly diverse and socially complex society. The rapid growth of multicultural, multi-lingual low-income children and families warrants a culturally responsive public sector. The…
Revisions to CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Could Hinder Developing Collaboration
In November 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) instituted an emergency preparedness rule (the rule) issuing specific preparedness requirements for which 17 different types of health care…
Wealth and Government
Conservatives and liberals both assert that the United States is a rich country, and that this is a good thing, even if they have trouble finding much to agree about.…
Public Administrators: Micro and Social Learning Modes a Two-Dimensional Approach for Employee Professional Development
Professional development directors and managers in the public sector strive to provide their workforces with training so they acquire new skill sets and amplify existing ones. However, there is an…
We Need Less Power Distance in Egyptian Bureaucracies
Being an Egyptian who has worked and interacted intensively with government bodies, I can clearly attest to the fact that Egypt is one of the countries which is high in…
A Statesman’s Perspective: A “1984” Dystopian Warning Administrative Challenges
What ramifications exist in the social credit scoring algorithms that assign “worthiness” to be a productive citizen? Mirroring the financial sector to assess “risk” is not new and serves a…
In Consideration of the 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment has recently come into the limelight when President Trump questioned the intentions of “birthright citizenship” as it applies to migrants. While most countries have clauses which support…
Improving Employee Engagement in State Government
The state of Michigan recently released the results of its 2018 engagement survey of state employees. Michigan has conducted six surveys since 2012, as a key part of its long-term…
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