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FY 2018: A New Low in Congressional Appropriations?
In The Power of the Purse, the classic study of the congressional appropriations process from 1947 to 1965, Richard Fenno declared, “The power of the purse is the historic bulwark…
From Gatekeepers and Negotiators to Servants: The Potential Effects of a Single Payer Health Care System on Public Organizations and Employees
A single payer health system is one in which a single public entity finances and organizes all basic health care services and generally makes them available to all citizens. Analyses…
More Than Piers and Parking
Our world has changed since America began in 1776. We’ve debated about our foreign policy role over time, and presidential policies set different tones. Security threats have evolved, too. The Constitution…
Addressing Equity in Smart Cities Development: #NextGen #PublicAdmin
The issues of race and class are deep in the fields of green/sustainability/environmentalism, architecture/urbanism/planning/building, and technology which are combined into what is called Smart Cities Development. The inequity legacy of…
Reductions in Medicare Disproportionately Impact Women 65 and Older
It is important to take into consideration the increased impact Medicare cuts and changes will have on women 65 and older compared to their male peers. Fifty-six percent of Medicare…
Purple Heart or Scarlett Letter: PTSD-Stigmatization of War Veterans
Veterans deserve to enjoy the freedoms they fought for. Unfortunately, due to the stereotype that they all suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) and that PTSD makes them inherently dangerous…
Teaching with Multimedia: Creating Better Public Administration Student Discussions with Visual Images
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Lois Warner July 28, 2017 Introduction Discussions are an…
What Are Your Cyber Risks? A Systematic Way to Assess Cybersecurity
Imagine a scenario where you can’t log into computers or use the telephone, paychecks cannot be electronically processed, emergency services can’t access data or coordinate, front-line staff can’t conduct electronic…
The Data Briefing: Will an Artificial Intelligence Agent Be on Your Next Project?
I recently signed up for an online project management application which uses an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to help with common project tasks. Tasks such as notifying team members of…
Two Perspectives on Social Justice
Social justice, this familiar, but arduous to define topic, impacts many aspects of our lives. The difficulty in describing social justice is because of our personal perspectives on justice, equality…
Nuts and Bolts of Implementing Legislation – A Practitioner’s Perspective
Recently, Senate Republicans released a "discussion draft" of a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This column offers an overview of how to read and implement…
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