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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…
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…
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…
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…
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