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P.A. Research on Hurricanes
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria that devastated Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico call for social science research. The hard sciences of meteorology and hydrology have already spoken and deserve credit…
Driving a City’s Financial Recovery: An Interview with Detroit CFO John Hill
Jason Juffras spoke with Detroit chief financial officer (CFO) John Hill to learn about Detroit’s financial crisis and nascent recovery. Mr. Hill also played a major role in Washington, D.C.’s…
Veterans Day Offers Opportunity to Honor Service of Immigrants In the Military
With annual Veterans Day remembrances just around the corner (November 11), communities across the country will be organizing activities to thank veterans for their service in the U.S. military, past…
Candidates for Election
This November, American Society for Public Administration’s membership will once again vote in candidates for a variety of National Council positions, as well as vote on bylaws amendments as proposed…
Immigrants are Veterans Too
The U.S. military is still the strongest military in the world. At the core of its success are more than its weapons and new technologies. The U.S. military also has…
The U.S. South is a Festering Problem that Requires a Vigorous Federal Solution
We have a federal government for many reasons. One of them must be to intervene on behalf of decency and humanity, as well as national survival, when the parochial local…
Assessing Cultural Competency and Public Health Outcomes
As a means to address the level of racial and ethnic disparities in the provision of health care, cultural competency creation is a commonly proposed approach toward improving patient outcomes.…
News vs. Commentary: A Nice Mess
In our times of mile-a-minute, pervasive reporting, we need a way to quickly determine, even in the middle of a media broadcast, what is news and what is commentary. Here's…
Blue Ocean Thinking – Creating Innovative Public Policy
Instead of companies competing in established markets (“red oceans”), companies should create markets (“blue ocean”). Red oceans summon up images of companies fiercely competing with each for market dominance.…
Pro- and Anti-Development Groups Agree, Houston’s Style of Development Doesn’t Work
Along with the aftermath brought on by hurricanes and floods, as well as other natural disasters, comes arguments about the environment and human responsibility for the changing climate and criticisms…
The Relevance of Context: Public Management in a Complex Environment
Today’s public sector employees function in a highly complex fishbowl environment, complicated by political leaders and public managers broadcasting their opinions in 140 characters. Sacrificing substance for splash, we’ve entered…
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