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What Do We Know About Charter School Governance, and Why Should We Care?

What Do We Know About Charter School Governance, and Why Should We Care?

The case of how charter schools are governed is an opportunity to study and address the practical and philosophical challenges that occur when the delivery of public services is shifted…

Want Better Mission Accomplishment? Embrace Telecommuting!

Want Better Mission Accomplishment? Embrace Telecommuting!

The telecommuting option isn’t the future of the workforce—it’s already here. Meanwhile, the evidence for an improved workplace, better productivity and happier, more engaged employees continues to mount. …

Letter to the Editor

Pearl Harbor? Jesus on the cross? Are you kidding me? House Republican apologists for President Trump’s betrayal of America claim that yesterday’s impeachment was akin to these momentous moments. Sad,…

Wanted: Male Allies in the #MeToo Era

Wanted: Male Allies in the #MeToo Era

Legislation requires that government employ a diverse workforce, yet men hold 70 percent of the most powerful and influential roles in government organizations. This, in turn, impacts the opportunities women…

A Lifetime of Classics

A Lifetime of Classics

Public administration authors are known for their desire to provide clarity in implementation. We should strive to contribute to that legacy. Each time we recognize that policy and program evolution…

Multiteam Systems and Public Administration Leadership: Promising New Area for Research

Multiteam Systems and Public Administration Leadership: Promising New Area for Research

There is much research on leading teams and organizations. What is missing is how to lead in-between the teams and the organizations—the multiteam systems. Multiteam systems are becoming increasingly common…

ASPA Evergreen Chapter Fosters International Public Administration

ASPA Evergreen Chapter Fosters International Public Administration

David Broom, Governor Toshizo Ido, and Mary Van Verst, representing ASPA’s Evergreen Chapter to welcome the Hyogo Legislative Assembly For 15 years, the ASPA Evergreen Chapter has had an international…

A Tribute to Bruce McDowell

By Lisa Warnecke The public administration community lost one of its most knowledgeable and dedicated pracademics in late 2017 with the passing of Bruce McDowell. The modest title of Bruce’s…

Government by the Good

Government by the Good

Beginning with the Pendleton Act of 1883, which established the United States Merit System, Government by the Good enjoyed a virtual existence of twenty-three years and ended in 1906. The…

Call for papers: Public Money & Management theme on ‘Developing civil servants’

Call for papers: Public Money & Management theme on ‘Developing civil servants’

This Public Money & Management (PMM) theme, also the subject of PMM Live! 2019, will present a collection of articles on the latest thinking on how to achieve transparency and…

Inclusiveness: A New Term for an Old Ideal

Inclusiveness: A New Term for an Old Ideal

A key aspects of having an inclusive workforce is being representatively diverse, where the umbrella of inclusiveness allows all employees to maximize their extrinsic and intrinsic motivational forces. The concept…