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Good to Know…Week of December 19, 2011
DEATH OF A DICTATOR
North Korea’s Mercurial and Enigmatic Leader Kim Jong Il has Died
Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.
ELECTED…
ASPA Launches Upgraded, Redesigned Website
Washington, DC–Last week ASPA
launched its long-awaited website upgrade and redesign. The new, clean look is aimed at
offering members a simpler and more user-friendly navigation. The site…
Good to Know…Week of December 12, 2011
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Feds Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time
In
a first, federal environment officials today scientifically linked
underground water pollution with hydraulic fracturing, concluding…
Good to Know…Week of December 5, 2011
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Kuwait's New Government to be Formed this Week
Last week, the Kuwaiti Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah appointed
Shaikh Jaber Al Mubarak…
Two ASPA Members Inducted as International NAPA Fellows
The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) elected several new
fellows in the Fall of 2011. Among them, two international NAPA fellows
have been elected.
They are International…
Good to Know…Week of November 28, 2011
HEALTH CARE
Last Chance for Medicare, Medicaid Reform? Nope
The
real lesson of the supercommittee’s collapse is that the political
elements have to line up just right to put the…
ASPA Member Tummala Receives Highest Honor from Indian Institute of Public Administration
A Career of Excellence: Public Administration Professor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Krishna Tummala was one of the first students to receive professional
training at the Indian Institute of…
Good to Know…Week of November 21, 2011
THE GREAT RECESSION
The Great Recession and Its Impact on Americans
The Great Recession has impacted virtually every American. In recent…
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Recently three members of the ASPA National Council traveled to Seoul,
S. Korea to attend the ASPA- KAPA (Korean Association of Public
Administration) Conference. Help us ‘describe’ their cultural experience
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Good to Know…Week of November 14, 2011
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Seattle Police Test Taking Drug Offenders Straight to Treatment
Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, located just south of the…
Evergreen Chapter Members Greet Hyogo Prefecture’s Governor Ido in Seattle
Mary Van Verst
In
late August, Governor Toshizo Ido and a delegation from the Hyogo
Prefecture of Japan visited Seattle. A group of Evergreen Chapter
members attended a…