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Aligning Programs to Better Prepare for Public Health Emergencies
The 2016 Zika public health emergency illuminated the need for local health departments (LHD’s) to establish effective infrastructure to respond to new infectious diseases. There are several national programs designed…
Cybersecurity: Protecting Court Data
In June 2016, the international activist hacker group Anonymous Legion claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the State of Minnesota Judicial Branch’s website. This was not the first attack on…
Case Studies, Multimedia, Pay for Success and More: New Additions to the Intersector’s Project Resource Library for Cross-Sector Collaboration
In October of last year, The Intersector Project launched our Resource Library — a section of our website where practitioners, researchers and anyone exploring the field of cross-sector collaboration can…
Cybersecurity and Local Governments in the United States: A Need for Public Administration
A few years ago, I was part of a team that helped local governments in eastern Kentucky offer e-government services by having functional websites, online bill payment and other internet…
How Local Government Can Become More Transparent and Accountable to the Public in an Era of Governance Fragmentation? Explaining the Case of Local Development Corporations in the State of New York
Alternative modes of service delivery are an important institutional choice available to local governments across the country, but the way they are being used may create issues of transparency and…
Sorting Garbage in Yosemite
In 1961, when I was a college student, I got a summer job working as a laborer for the National Park Service in Yosemite. I got it the old fashioned…
Intersector Briefing: Cross Sector Collaboration in Cybersecurity
In 2016, it seemed that cybersecurity, privacy and hacking were constantly in the news, from the heated discussion of election related hacking to the revelation that in December 2013, Yahoo…
As Changes to the ACA Remain Uncertain, the American System of Federalism Allows States to Move Forward with Healthcare Initiatives
It would seem relatively easy at this point to merely write a summary of the attempted but failed repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by Congress last…
An Open Letter to Betsy DeVos
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Carroll Robinson and Michael Adams April 11, 2017 The…
Law Enforcement Partnerships Enhance Cybercrime Investigations
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Chelsea Binns April 4, 2017 Collaboration is an important element…
The Magic Number
By Timothy Dodd May 30, 2017 When municipal officials are asked to develop and then report on metrics, the reactions are not always positive. Typical responses include “My department’s work can’t be…
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