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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…
Accounting for Social Issues… And How Public Administration Saves the Day (and the Agency)
Agency accounting is essential to the social movement and its most problematic. As the executive director of a social service agency, the altruistic—teacher, social worker, counselor—wants to “save the world.”…
Our Minds are Made Up – Don’t Confuse Us with Facts
When we hear the names Columbine, Sandy Hook, Orlando and Aurora we now immediately associate them with the tragic mass shootings that occurred in each of these cities. Sadly, this…
DACA: Past, Present and Future
Although the DACA program became official in 2012, debates regarding how to address the issue of undocumented children in the United States have been ongoing. Attempts to pass legislation related…
Training and the Policy Entrepreneurship ‘Intention-Behavior Gap’ Amongst Public Workers
The goal of the proposed research is to answer the question: can policy entrepreneurship training affect the policy entrepreneurship intention-behavior gap amongst public workers? If so, how and why? …
A Getting Well Card for Survey Research
It has been a hard run for survey research what with the underestimate of Trump support in key Midwestern states and misses for Brexit. With these misses comes a…
Reducing Voluntary Program Administrative Burden: Lessons from the National Organic Program
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By David Carter October 3, 2017 Voluntary programs are a…
The Changing Face of U.S. Military Service
As our world and country changes so will our military to reflecting our society and the ever-changing world.…
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.…
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