Sat.Nov 12, 2016 - Fri.Nov 18, 2016

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Leadership, Change and Respect for Our Foundational Law

ASPA National Weblog

The recent election cycle was painful. Regardless of your viewpoints, it seems our civil liberties were nearly ravaged. Many opinion leaders are calling for healing and more tolerance. Lord knows, we experienced a wicked year of community violence and upheaval that ended with a federal campaign about a war of the words. Throughout the year we have heard about racism, sexism, homophobia, immigration criminals, class warfare, emails, pails of vitriol and you name it.

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Returning to a Government of Competence

ASPA National Weblog

This year, I attended the ASPA National Convention in Seattle. One panel was several members of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) raising the question of what advice should they provide to the new administration and Congress. One of the commentators lamented how do you get them to read it. Forget a stack of professionally bound policy white papers; give them Donald F.