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Public Perceptions of State and Local Government and Cross-sector Collaboration
When asked about the public sector (here limited to state and local government), citizens were ambivalent. They recognized and appreciated the services the public sector provides, such as libraries, public…
The United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals and the Building of a Good Society: A Modest Proposal for the Public Administration Education and Training Community
When the United Nations (UN) announced in 2000 a 15-year effort to implement eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it began what arguably was the most significant worldwide effort to build…
Publishing and Perishing as a Doctoral Student
Writing, editing, submitting, revising, resubmitting, selecting… each stage comes with its own challenges, but the choice is yours to ultimately publish or perish.…
Lesson Learned: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) – How Project Management Improves the Stockpiling and Management of Nuclear Material
While efforts are being made to stop the use of nuclear material to harm citizens, there is an agency which advocates for the use of nuclear science to advance society’s…
The United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals and the Building of a Good Society: A Modest Proposal for the Public Administration Education and Training Community
When the United Nations (UN) announced in 2000 a 15-year effort to implement eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it began what arguably was the most significant worldwide effort to build…
America’s Infrastructure: Is Our Country on the Road to Ruin?!
The prevailing philosophy of our national government has been to let the lower levels of government (states, counties and cities) solve their own infrastructure problems, regardless of the nature of their…
The Distributed Consensus Technology Road to Direct Democracy?
By now, you have probably heard of the new internet technology, blockchain. The blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin which started the digital cryptocurrencies. Blockchain allows for a secure and…
How to Design Effective Team Targets in Government
Government is famously a team sport. Almost everything (really) important we do in government requires effective teams. Whether it is reducing child mortality, disaster management, fighting opioid crisis or stopping…
What I Learned About Being a Good Leader by Working for a Bad Boss
I believe as much, if not more, can be learned by working for a bad boss as can be learned from a good leader. Of course, no one would choose…
Public Administration: Theory or Practice
Trends in the teaching public administration discourse tend toward contemporary course delivery methods in the advent of computers and the internet. Discussions are often about available instructional technologies and teaching…
To Secure the Blessings of Liberty? The Social Justice of American Public Administration
A public administration driven by social justice… while embodied in the Constitution, to what extent does it materialize in modernity? Is it appropriate for American public administration to financially secure…
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