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Black Bodies and Law Enforcement: Three Broad Steps to Advancing Racial Equity
In recent months, there has been a steady stream of race-related incidents involving law enforcement officers. Whether officer involved shootings, violent arrests or their presence being required by a citizen…
Employee Engagement – Is It Really A Priority?
Results from two research studies on the public sector workforce have revealed perplexing and seemingly contradictory results. According to one study, government human resources leaders believe that focusing on employee…
When Email and Phone Records Can Make an Evidence Trail
During a criminal investigation related to drug trafficking, federal investigators sought access to records from a particular Microsoft email account. The Stored Communications Act of 1986 (SCA) compels electronic service providers…
Management and Budgeting for Biodefense Threats: A Call to Action for the OMB
Addressing a major biodefense event in the U.S may require coordination among up to two dozen federal agencies. In order to facilitate this work in advance, a more cohesive budgeting…
Asking the Right Questions to Understand a Cross-sector Collaboration
Cross-sector collaboration can be complex and sometimes opaque, bringing together multiple stakeholders with differing institutional logics, motivations, and practices, who are often navigating ambiguous decision-making processes with varying formality. At…
Does the War on Regulations Make Sense?
On December 14, 2017, the Washington Post reported that president Trump promised to roll back federal regulations from the current level of 185,000 pages to the 1960 level of 20,000…
5th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality
The Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice of The University of Minnesota is co-hosting the 5th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality, September 26-29 2018,…
Public Service In A Place of Meaning: What We Can Learn From 13 Truckers
There has been quite a bit of talk, lately, about choice. But, what is choice, really? Can it simply be described as a selection among a group or set of…
The State of the Impact Investing Marketplace: What is the Role of the Public and Nonprofit Sector, and Why?
Some estimates put the potential size of the impact investing market at $1 trillion. And nonprofits and government are leading the pack in this marketplace. So why are the public…
Governing in a Divided Society
Though the presence of divisions in our society is nothing new, the rancor and drama that is so evident today poses unique challenges to those in the business of administering…
Stepping Up, Then Stepping Back: The Dynamic Role of Law Enforcement in Tackling the Opioid Crisis
Most communities are struggling to get a handle on the recent opioid crisis. In some states, this crisis results in thousands of deaths each year. This is not a crisis…
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