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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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23 March 2017 | Making a Difference in the Real World through Public Affairs Research, By Stephanie Moulton

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

It occurred to me that in our role as public affairs researchers, we can make a difference in the real world through our day to day process of collecting and collating data and sharing our findings. We as public affairs researchers can be more intentional about our role in the creation of implementation resources.

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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)

Our new journal, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (PPMG), is likely to succeed in part because of its “comparative boldness.” Stene Distinguished Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Kansas. “We need to continue to be mindful of the need for research to inform practice,” George cautioned.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

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For example, a public manager can use interfund transfers to move money from the General Fund, the primary fund used for government activity, to a Capital Project Fund to help pay for the construction of a new government administrative building.

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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)

. * Christine Palus , Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Public Administration at Villanova University & Susan Webb Yackee , Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science at UW-Madison and recently elected Governing Board Member at PMRC.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

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Hai (David) is an associate professor of public administration at the Department of Public Policy and Administration, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. His scholarship focuses on state and local public finance, budgeting and financial management.