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What Do We Know About Public-Private Partnerships?
Move: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead, by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, makes an important contribution to the literature on public-private partnerships, known to many of us as PPPs or…
Public Integrity Calls for Papers on Military Ethics
Public Integrity seeks paper proposals for a special symposium on Contemporary Issues in Military Ethics. Successfully addressing the ethical challenges of a multicultural, multidimensional professional military requires open inquiry and…
The Audacity of Stealing Hope
Lotteries don’t work for poor people. In most cases, lotteries are designed to take their money. In every case, lotteries are designed to take away something more important than the…
Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day
The Brooklyn Bridge, Hoover Dam, the United States Capitol and Wrigley Field. No, this is not a travelogue. Other than my great fortune as being able to visit to all of…
Privatization, Efficiency and the Public Interest
Analyzing privatization’s impact requires public administrators to consider a fundamental value that often has been sacrificed in the quest to reduce the cost of government. The question? How can the…
ASPA Chapter Visits Japan, Honors Sister-States Relationship
The Evergreen Chapter of ASPA and the Hyogo Administrative Policy Studies Association (HAPSA) have worked in collaboration over the past 12 years. To honor this relationship and pay tribute to…
Alternative Intelligences in Public Safety Training
Recent media headlines seem flooded with stories of police brutality, international terrorism, border security and natural disasters. When you throw in our nation’s increasing cultural diversity, cybercrime and social justice…
If You Like Greek Economics, Just Keep Bashing the IRS
A somber reality of the finances of the U.S. federal government is that they aren’t much removed from that of the Greek government at the moment. Just like Greece, the…
Excelsior College Kicks Off Leadership Series
Excelsior College’s School of Public Service launches its leadership series with a live-stream event on Wednesday, Oct.7. The inaugural event, “Ethics, Integrity and Leadership in Public Service,” will touch on…
Letter to the Editor
I recently published an article with State and Local Government Review (SLGR), the journal produced by ASPA’s Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management. I had been familiar with SLGR as…
The New Housing Crisis
The evidence is overwhelming. The communities across the U.S. experiencing an urban Renaissance are also experiencing a housing crisis. The crisis is one of cost. According to economists at the…