ASPA National Weblog

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Look beyond recent events and prepare for a change in government with the new administration. Many state and local government employees will experience these federal changes too. No amount of government help can replace the pride of earning a living, raising a family, and having pride in your community.

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ASPA National Weblog

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The good news is that not everything believed about national candidates or national conditions is believed about local government. According to our analysis of this index of confidence among 80,000 residents of over 100 communities, about half of all Americans give excellent or good ratings to each of those public trust survey questions.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

MAY 27, 2016

Bob Behn of the Harvard Kennedy School is one of the leading thinkers on the subjects of public management and leadership. He has argued that public agencies are unlikely to produce better results simply by creating rules, requirements or performance systems.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

Are some governance models more effective than others for different stages of the network life-cycle? If there is a new governance mechanism, would that be the same network or a new one? Networks in Public Administration Scholarship: Understanding Where We Are and Where We Need to Go. 1), i157-i173. Milward, H. Provan, K.

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ASPA National Weblog

OCTOBER 20, 2016

After 36 years within state and local government (and in many roles) I filed retirement documents about 90 days in advance of my final date. I can’t think of any reasons why this gradual retirement process is not already in place at all levels of government. No, I am not advocating for the mass retirement of men.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

Our new journal, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (PPMG), is likely to succeed in part because of its “comparative boldness.” “We need to continue to be mindful of the need for research to inform practice,” George cautioned. The Future of PMRA is Closely Connected to Our Journals and Conferences.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 31, 2017

It is our job to teach within a framework of public service, helping students understand how the world works around them, e.g. how policy is made and the many factors that shape it, how change or stagnation occurs, and how government works or doesn’t. 3) Stimulate interest in public administration, policy, and service.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

AUGUST 20, 2017

Put differently, high-level administrative officials in public sector agencies, either consciously or subconsciously, may feel a heightened need to advance the priorities and goals of those who share the same political affiliation. What does this mean for government in action?

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

MARCH 23, 2017

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. She was speaking in the context of her work related to local food policy.

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Paul Cairney

MARCH 5, 2024

This post introduces chapter 4 of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. What do we mean by state transformation? State transformation describes a collection of major changes to policy and policymaking from the ‘post-war settlement’ … Continue reading →

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Death and Taxes

MAY 26, 2022

Yet, little academic research on governments has evaluated the process for selecting different tools, the policies governments have in place to implement them, and the consequences of using one tool over another. In our research study, we evaluate one working capital management strategic tool: interfund transfers.

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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.

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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

Ask just about anyone to name a few people they consider leaders and most likely you net an elected government official on that list. Woodrow Wilson’s essay entitled “The Study of Administration” (1887) detailed the study of administration and has been viewed as the beginning of public administration as a field of study.

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Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

He served for two years in the army at the White Sand Proving Grounds in New Mexico after which he became part of the then Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara’s Whiz kids; a group which advised McNamara in his efforts to turn around the management of the Department of Defense in the 1960s. We will miss his warm smile and his brilliant mind.”

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The recent natural disasters centered in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico have prompted many to look at government with fresh eyes. Earlier calls to “drain the swamp” seemed distant if not incongruous to presidential tweets that waxed confident, proud and even deferential to government and government officials.

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ASPA National Weblog

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In a 2014 paper in Perspectives on Politics , Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page stated America’s government is demonstrably responsive to the “economic elite and organized business interests.” It is only a matter of time until it will become billionaire versus billionaire in a head-to-head match.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

APRIL 28, 2017

Essentially public-private partnerships, social impact bonds and other such alternatives are by designed to provide private firms access to public dollars in new and more diverse ways. political parties) from capturing and controlling all the branches of government and exercising unconstrained political authority.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

MARCH 10, 2017

Given the collective level of government experience among the President and his close White House advisors (Bannon, Kushner, Miller), we should pay attention to whether they seek and utilize outside advice when crafting policy decisions and from whom they obtain that advice.

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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. For some employees, this may seem like a very good time to leave the federal government.

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