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Federal communicators offer key insights for navigating leadership transitions in government

Partnership for Public Service

12, the Partnership for Public Service hosted the final 2024 convening of the Federal Communicators Series. During the meeting, federal public affairs officers offered three main recommendations for communications leaders in government to effectively lead their teams through transitions in agency leadership.

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Cultivating a Good Government Culture

GovLoop

“Hopefully, the government can save itself from itself, before it’s too late.” – Jason Briefel, Director of Government and Public Affairs at Shaw, Bransford, and Roth, P.C. He added that leaders need to “push to a better place, because government has a public relations problem.”

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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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REBRANDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Barrett & Greene

Over the years, we’ve chatted with high school and college students about the potential of careers working for state and local governments. Instead of trying to sell jobs in local government as though that had much meaning, do a better job at showing potential candidates all the genuinely exciting missions that local government leads to.

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Call for Chapters: Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS) #ACRL

A Library Writer's Blog

Liaison librarians to political science, public affairs, international studies, and related fields face special challenges in adapting traditional information literacy practices to the dynamic topics and unique resources of their disciplines.

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Call for Chapters: Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS) - Deadline September 8th #ACRL

A Library Writer's Blog

Liaison librarians to political science, public affairs, international studies, and related fields face special challenges in adapting traditional information literacy practices to the dynamic topics and unique resources of their disciplines.

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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)

As engaged scholar, Jill often collaborates with local nonprofit organizations, government agencies and policymakers to collect and compile data that she will use for her research. We as public affairs researchers can be more intentional about our role in the creation of implementation resources.