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Pay for Performance Is Here to Stay
When public employers replace a salary program, the most popular model is based on “broadbands.” The idea, which gained popularity in the private sector when GE adopted it in 1990,…
Creating Space for Engagement: 2018 Annual Conference Addresses Who, What, When, Where and How
ASPA's 2018 Annual Conference convened in Denver, March 9-13, around its theme: Mission Focused and Service First: Creating Innovative Solutions. Within this framework, plenary lecturers and other featured speakers were drawn to a…
Divergents in the Federal Workforce
Veronica Roth’s 2015 bestseller, Divergent, provides an interesting allegory for millennials entering the federal workforce. Despite the divergencies, attracting and retaining millennial workers is critical to the future of public…
How to Improve Quality of Government Management Systems: Lessons of Experience
There is a wide spread perception that government agencies, in general, produce “poor quality” goods and services. However, there are two points to note in this regard. First, like most…
Mission Must Drive Agency Administrative Support Systems
Right now, federal agencies face challenges due to major workforce and budget disruptions. The senior career leadership and administrative bones of the organization have two problems to solve: maintain the…
Rethinking Democracy: Reforming Appointee-Executive Relations
Citizens in many democratic nations are calling into question whether their countries can deliver for them. Public frustration is increasing on income security, health care, public safety, education, public spending,…
The Landscape of Long-term Care in State Correctional Institutions
Just like all other populations within the United States, the population behind bars is continuing to grow older. But, state correctional policies for elderly inmate care highly vary. Part of…
Second Amendment
As perhaps the most iconic Amendment to the Constitution, America’s right to bear arms may be the most cited Amendment of the last 20 years. We all know it, so…
Cycle of Poverty
In a political science class, I referred my students to the case of Singapore and mentioned how one of the key differences between Singapore and Puerto Rico was that in…
Changing the Perceptions of Drug Addiction in the Realm of Public Health
The current opioid crisis has focused the medical research, legislative and fiduciary spotlights on what can and should be done to solve this problem. Treatment methods of the previous 30…
Balancing the Scales: Critiquing Gender Equity Research in the American Legal Field
As March celebrates women’s global contributions and achievements personally and professionally, the legal and economic statuses of women remain in public policy foci. Yet, for the women responsible for balancing…
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