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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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A Startling Insight Into the Auditor/City Manager Relationship

Barrett & Greene

by Hala Altamimi Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas In the public administration literature, it is generally expected that city managers are likely to support practices that improve government performance.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

Working capital management is a managerial strategy that monitors and uses current assets (e.g., This integral part of sound financial management uses a variety of strategic tools to manage cash flows. In our research study, we evaluate one working capital management strategic tool: interfund transfers.

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November 2016 | The Past as Prologue: A Discussion with PMRA Founder H. George Frederickson, By Rosemary O’Leary*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

students who participate in our conferences, yielding a situation where “PMRA has its pulse on the latest research in public administration, current graduate study in the area, dissertations, the job market, and the changing nature of the subject,” George said. Are JPART articles read by those who do public administration?

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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)

Bureaucracy ” in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. He passed away in 2009; yet, his legacy in the field of Public Administration continues to live on. As part of his mentorship, he shared with us the data he collected as part of the American State Administrators Project.

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Meet the New Featured Contributors

GovLoop

They have impressive government and industry experience and will cover topics such as IT; diversity, equity and inclusion; workforce management; process improvement; leadership; career building; and customer experience, to name just a few. His areas of expertise include digital strategy and transformation, acquisition, and program management.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

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. Hai (David) is an associate professor of public administration at the Department of Public Policy and Administration, Steven J.