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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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San Antonio Deepens Trust With Constituents

GovLoop

San Antonio launched an initiative called SASpeakUp in 2015 to gather better input on the city’s budget and its services. Although the city held public meetings for that purpose, city officials noticed that the same people were attending all of them. Reviewing and commenting on the city budget. Building on Early Success.

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Task Forces: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Barrett & Greene

We contacted Patrick Orecki, director of State Studies at the Citizen Budget Commission to see what he had to say about it and here’s what he told us “We certainly think the task force is a good step. But all too many have been the governmental equivalent of treading water, exhausting time and resources while moving no place forward.

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Why broadening access to Federal administrative data is critical for improving government services and increasing taxpayer value: An interview with Maria Cancian, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison – Episode #134

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

Maria Cancian is a Professor of Public Affairs and Social Work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the former Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty. Today, however, access to data can be so restricted that conducting research and analysis can be very difficult. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Fall Into Free Professional Development

GovLoop

ET to hear from Wendy Wagner-Smith, National Plain Language Writing Expert Trainer and Public Affairs Officer, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Office of Inspector General, about the critical role plain language plays in constituent engagement. Is it incorporated throughout every CX program of or initiative you launch? PT/4-4:30 p.m.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

Many governments, therefore, have interfund transfer policies established that regulate the process of using interfund transfers to prevent arbitrary manipulation and misuse of public resources. This is adapted in part from a Public Budgeting & Finance journal article by Michelle L.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

Collaborating with the Florida League of Cities (FLC), we endeavored to provide a simple and practical revenue forecasting strategy to help cities in Florida plan and prepare for the potential impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic on their budgets. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University.