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AN OPEN LETTER TO ELECTED OFFICIALS

Barrett & Greene

Good day, Last week we were talking to an inquisitive person who is rising in the local public sector world. But when elected officials do so, they are missing the idea that people trust candor. A few answers quickly sprang to our minds, including limited resources and difficulties hiring staff with the necessary skills.

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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)

In sum, a takeaway message from our findings, then, is that agency officials may feel pressure to conform, rather than discretion to innovate, when serving under politically like-minded elected officials.