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January 2017 | Thinking about Undergraduate Education in Public Affairs, By Mary K. Feeney*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Public affairs programs across the country are developing undergraduate certificates, concentrations, minors, and majors in public administration, affairs, policy, and service. We face a few challenges when developing public affairs undergraduate programs: (1) Differentiate from our graduate programs.

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23 March 2017 | Making a Difference in the Real World through Public Affairs Research, By Stephanie Moulton

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

It occurred to me that in our role as public affairs researchers, we can make a difference in the real world through our day to day process of collecting and collating data and sharing our findings. We as public affairs researchers can be more intentional about our role in the creation of implementation resources.

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21 August 2017 | Partisan Alignment and Delegation to the U.S. Bureaucracy, By Christine Palus & Susan Webb Yackee*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

It was a great honor to receive the Beryl Radin Award at the 2017 PMRC conference at American University in June for our article entitled, “ Clerks or Kings? Bureaucracy ” in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Partisan Alignment and Delegation to the U.S.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

Working capital management is a managerial strategy that monitors and uses current assets (e.g., This integral part of sound financial management uses a variety of strategic tools to manage cash flows. In our research study, we evaluate one working capital management strategic tool: interfund transfers.

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November 2016 | The Past as Prologue: A Discussion with PMRA Founder H. George Frederickson, By Rosemary O’Leary*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Our new journal, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (PPMG), is likely to succeed in part because of its “comparative boldness.” The deadline to apply for the editorship for PPMG has been extended to March 1, 2017. Stene Distinguished Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Kansas.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

This episode interviews David Rothstein, Senior Principal, CFE Fund and Matt Hanke, Retail Strategies Manager, VP from Northwest Bank as they share the impact and promise of the Bank On program where they are working to bring the unbanked and the underbanked into the financial mainsteam. . Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Fund: [link].

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TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST

Barrett & Greene

That’s somewhat up from 40% in 2017. And while it’s better than the federal government it’s still a very sorry state of affairs. Of course, simply measuring everything in sight isn’t going to grab the public’s attention. But most citizens don’t have access to that because it’s not communicated to them. That’s a big mistake.