Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

They all have city governments that can range from a department of thousands to a temporary meeting place with a part time staff. Although the average citizen may just think of government as an entity that solely exists to tax and spend, there is more going on than that. There are also other city government resources.

Government 40

Government City Manager Budgeting Local Government 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Some of those same local leaders are responding with a plan of their own: Convince the federal government, whose workforce is Metro’s largest customer base, to subsidize the system’s operational costs. But it is also a management failure of local government. And the State governments can vary wildly on their support.

Management 52

Management Elected Officials Transportation Budgeting 52

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JUNE 10, 2022

The program provides participants with Electronic Benefit Transfer cards (EBT), which send money directly from a government funded account to a food retailer—like a debit card. For SNAP, that includes state governments, EBT processors, grocery retailers, among others.

Social Services 40

Social Services Economic Development Public Administration Transportation 40

Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

On June 6, 2013 stories about a secret US government surveillance program that started in 2007 code-named “Prism” appeared 20 minutes apart on the websites of the Washington Post and the UK newspaper the Guardian. But the Obama administration, in the president’s first term alone, used it six times to go after leakers.

Leadership 40

Leadership Communications Security Government 40

Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We received a tremendous response a few weeks ago when we published “A Reader’s Guide to Government Performance” by John Kamensky, a longtime leader in the performance field who we’ve known since the early 1990s when we visited him at his GAO office and he shared knowledge about performance management in New Zealand, Australia and other countries.

Public Administration 52

Public Administration Public Affairs Budgeting Public Policy 52

Death and Taxes

MAY 26, 2022

cash, accounts receivable, and inventory) and current liabilities (e.g., accounts payable and notes payable) to ensure smooth operations. Yet, public managers can only use interfund transfers if they are legally allowed, authorized, and fully disclosed in financial statements. By Michelle Lofton and Mikhail Ivonchyk.

Management 40

Management Financial Management Budgeting Public Administration 40

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 5, 2021

Why we need a critical review of digital transformation of government and the public sector in Australia to support human flourishing through sustainable and shared prosperity. The purpose of government is human flourishing and the chance for everyone to live their best lives. And he’s right.

Public Sector 52

Public Sector Sustainability Government Regulations 52

Death and Taxes

JULY 21, 2021

What is the most significant fiscal challenge for the municipal governments facing the unexpected outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic? It is no surprise that Florida city managers placed the forecasts for the pandemic’s impact on local revenues as the top priority, as local governments are revenue-driven entities.

Local Government 40

Local Government Financial Management Budgeting Public Affairs 40

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

While journalists covered the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements exhaustively, the body of literature in the academic world is still relatively small in examining outcomes based on these social movements; even smaller in public administration and political science emphasized journals.

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Generally, they have the power to weigh in on matters before government bodies. Other cities have differently named similar organizations. My biggest criticism is that they lack resources and are given little in the way of technical assistance (not that the average Commissioner thinks they need it).

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

The Chief Digital Officer Jason Goldman for the Obama administration published to his Medium account “[the] American people will see a multi-platform streaming and social broadcast of the State of the Union that reflects the ways people experience live events in 2016. We’ll be reaching people where they are?—?and

Social Media 40

Social Media Housing Engagement Accountability 40

Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Staats award for excellence in program evaluation in 1985; a National Public Service Award in 1993; and the “Evaluator of the Year” award from the Washington (D.C.) In 1980, he became a fellow with the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) where he contributed to a number of white papers and studies.

Management 52

Management Public Administration Parks And Recreation Public Policy 52

Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In this edition, weve drawn from the same sources, but have also added contributions from Don Moynihan, who recently left the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University to become a professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Manoharan, and Robert Shea. Enjoy and have a pleasant holiday.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Local Government Public Administration Public Sector 52

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

APRIL 28, 2017

Recent efforts by the new administration to change a wide variety of policies and programs has led me to look back at how our field has thought about the role of the public administrator. This is not surprising given that in that time period we saw the emergence of the administrative state.

Public Administration 40

Public Administration Political Process Government Laws 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Basically, I'm interested in continuous process improvement and iterative learning (" Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory ," 2023) applied to government and social program improvement.

Implementation 52

Implementation Leadership Sustainability Public Administration 52

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

The unexpected victory of Donald Trump has upended all manner of enterprise, but is especially salient for those of us who study the workings of government. Public administration can be seen as the study of people, organizations, and institutions. But public administration is inevitably a site of politics.

Public Administration 40

Public Administration Laws Leadership Government 40