First State Insights

MAY 18, 2022

Professors Allison Karpyn and Elizabeth Orsega-Smith speak with Julia O'Hanlon, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about the interdisciplinary partnerships supporting older Delawareans. Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Delays and difficulties in collecting payments can lead to significant shortfalls in municipal budgets, limiting the funds available for public services and infrastructure projects. The impact of inefficient payment systems The inefficiencies in current payment systems have far-reaching consequences.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. In my experience working with city governments, I’ve seen firsthand cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Sacramento, and St.

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FedHeads

JULY 11, 2022

The FedHeads got to spend some time reflecting on the productive career of public administration and government affairs lead for the Partnership for Public Service, Kristine Simmons. She’s seen it all! She’s seen it all!

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 31, 2017

Public affairs programs across the country are developing undergraduate certificates, concentrations, minors, and majors in public administration, affairs, policy, and service. Especially for public universities, there is a need to generate revenue and students in seats translate to revenue.

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Public Affairs Education Public Administration Public Service 40

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In far too many places around Europe and the world, the providers of knowledge and the decision makers in public administration are engaged in a dialogue of the deaf. There are also areas that are not so popular with researchers, and one of these is emergency planning. It needs awareness, application, seriousness and solidarity.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

Level of service a s a public administration term The term Level of Service is typically thought of in transportation term is used to refer to vehicle throughput, functioning of intersections, etc. This foue-part series covers the gaps I've identified so far. Technically.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

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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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

To many scholars in the field of public administration and public management, the study of nonprofit organizations is viewed as a narrow niche, a handful of people working at the margins of the field on topics that largely sit outside of mainstream concerns for public managers.

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Nonprofit Government Fundraising Economic Development 40

Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The reasons for this are many, but here are a few of the outstanding ones: The lack of consistent finance-focused public administration, governmental accounting, and governmental auditing instruction at institutions of higher education. As introduced, high schools could be a source at least to get students interested in public service.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

They started with an advisory council and remained a private entity for multiple years to gauge the public’s reaction and build relationships. No matter how they engaged with community, the parks were motivated to provide a positive public service. The public you are a part of recognizes the benefit of you being a public entity.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The economic circumstances they face are issues common to that of municipal finance for communities and metro areas across the country, which I wrote about in " The real lesson from Flint Michigan is about municipal finance " (2016).

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Death and Taxes

JULY 21, 2021

With procyclical fiscal policy, local governments usually face abrupt revenue shortfalls and high demand for public service during economic recession. Furthermore, there is tremendous uncertainty regarding the duration of the pandemic, the magnitude and requirement of federal government aid, and the public’s behavioral change.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 5, 2021

And thirdly, a critical review would offer a sound basis on which to acknowledge that, while the past 20 years have witnessed profound changes not just in government and the work of the public sector but across the economy and society too, what comes next is going to matter even more. quality and impact of public services.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Nothing new here: -- " What to do about DC area Metrorail? ," 2022 -- " Sometimes you have to wonder if transit/transit projects are being deliberately screwed up to make transit expansion almost impossible ," 2022 -- " A tenure of failure doesn't deserve encomiums: Paul Wiedefeld, WMATA CEO ," 2022 -- " WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the (..)

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

City Manager Lynch blogs on everything from budget concerns to public service. Bernard Lynch : The City of Lowell, Massachusetts’s Blog is where they offer the community an opportunity to comment on the city’s programs and progress. One of the more recent entries was on making City Hall more friendly.

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Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

Lynch writes on everything from the budget to public service. City managers are often charged with the day to day tasks of running a city and can be read more about in the below blogs. Blog from the Office of the City Manager. This city manager serves the town of Lowell, Massachusetts. Ventura City Manager.

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Manoharan , executive director of the National Center for Public Performance at the Institute for Public Service (IPS), Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University; Robert Shea , chief executive officer of GovNavigators and former associate director of the U.S.

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First State Insights

MARCH 19, 2025

Professors Calin Hintea and Maria Aristigueta speak with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about challenges facing democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and the United States, the importance and evolution of relationships among countries in this region and the U.S.,

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Public Administration Engagement Public Policy Public Service 52

First State Insights

MARCH 13, 2025

Talla Ciss and Dr. Saloum Ciss, co-founders of the Foundation for a Healthier Senegal (FOHSEN), speak with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about their efforts to enhance maternal and child health outcomes in rural Senegal through local health initiatives and fundraising.

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First State Insights

MAY 9, 2024

Tom DeWire, Founder and Principal Consultant of EdScale, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about his 2023 book, "How To Implement (just about) Anything: Lessons from 25 years in public education."

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First State Insights

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Dan Shortridge, the author of DIY Public Relations, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about how communications professionals and organizations should tell their stories and generate publicity for their work.

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First State Insights

MAY 12, 2023

This episode was recorded on March 20, 2023, for First State Insights, a podcast presented by the Institute for Public Administration (IPA). IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration.

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First State Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This episode was recorded on November 6, 2023, for First State Insights, a podcast presented by the Institute for Public Administration (IPA). IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration.

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First State Insights

JUNE 29, 2023

Archie Campbell, Mayor of the City of Milford, Delaware, speaks with Julia O’Hanlon, policy scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about the challenges and opportunities that led to his Delaware residency, a public service calling, and plans to retire in Milford.

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First State Insights

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Doug Motley, Managing Principal at Jack Lingo Asset Management and current Vice Chair of the State of Delaware's Council on Housing, speaks with Sean O'Neill, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about developing housing in Delaware.

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First State Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Ed O'Donnell, Senior Fellow at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), joins his IPA colleague Julia O'Hanlon to share insights on changes to Delaware's landscapes and demographics observed over a decades-long career focused on land use and infrastructure issues.

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First State Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Jonathan Knopf, Executive Director for Programs at Housing Forward Virginia, speaks with Sean O'Neill, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about developing and leading affordable housing efforts in Virginia.

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First State Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Scott Schuster, Delaware's Farm to School Coordinator, speaks with Julia O’Hanlon, policy scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about his role in supporting community access to local foods and Delaware's agricultural providers.

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First State Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. License.

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First State Insights

JUNE 15, 2023

IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. IPA is a research and public service center within the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy & Administration. License.

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Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Staats award for excellence in program evaluation in 1985; a National Public Service Award in 1993; and the “Evaluator of the Year” award from the Washington (D.C.) In 1980, he became a fellow with the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) where he contributed to a number of white papers and studies.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 12, 2025

Many parks and business improvement districts provide more limited services on weekends, when these districts may have more patronage not less, but it doesn't comport with "business hours." Reddit photo. They need to have more frequent pick up on weekends. This has to do with planning for seasonality and 12 month parks.

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First State Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

School of Public Policy and Administration, speaks with Troy Mix, associate director at the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration, about the history, dimensions, and future of engaged universities in the United States.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

Public administration can be seen as the study of people, organizations, and institutions. Much of our work as public administration scholars has focused on individual-level outcomes or organizational variables, but in a context where we could take for granted a stable institutional background. It means using your voice.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

APRIL 28, 2017

Recent efforts by the new administration to change a wide variety of policies and programs has led me to look back at how our field has thought about the role of the public administrator. This is not surprising given that in that time period we saw the emergence of the administrative state.

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