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25 Exciting Career Paths in Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

If looking for a degree in public administration , there can be more to it than just program rankings and salary questions. Because there is no one path to a career in public administration as there is with doctors or lawyers, what to do with your degree can be confusing.

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Episode 87: Grand Challenges in Public Administration

FedHeads

On this episode of #FedHeads, Robert and Francis talk to Terry Gerton, President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration on their new initiative to help tackle to the Grand Challenges in Public Administration On this episode of #FedHeads, Robert and Francis talk to Terry Gerton, President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration on their new initiative to help tackle to the Grand Challenges in Public Administration

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APSA Simon Award for best book in public administration

Andy Whitford

Gary Miller and I just learned that our book Above Politics will receive the 2021 Herbert A. Simon Book Award from the American Political Science Association. Definitely one of the highlights of my career! Also, the book is now available in paperback and ebook editions.

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20 Specialty Search Engines and Web Databases for Public Administrators

Masters in Public Administration

Anyone working in or getting an education in public administration can have loads of research to do and little time. Even items such as the difference between public administration certificates , bachelor’s degrees , and doctorate degrees , can all take up valuable time.

2011 52
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ASPA TIMES Magazine: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

PA TIMES Magazine is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a not-for-profit corporation. This edition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in public administration, including guest columns, insights for the field and interviews with city government DEI officers about their work at the local level.

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10 Interesting Facts About the History of Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

Public administration has a rich history that dates back to the Greeks. Public administration is putting laws in action to better serve a civilization and the public. Here’s a look at 10 interesting facts about the history of public administration.

2011 52
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Understanding the New EPA Financial Capability Assessment Guidance

NLC (National League of Cities)

For over a decade, local leaders have worked in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop frameworks that provide the flexibility local governments need to continue progress toward improving our nation’s waterways.

2023 59
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New Generation of PAA Leadership

Public Administration Associates

You can learn more about Dave, Chris, Kevin and the entire Public Administration Associates team on our About Us page. The post New Generation of PAA Leadership appeared first on Public Administration Associates, LLC

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December 2016 | Does Public Administration Want Diversity…Really? By Leisha DeHart Davis

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Gasman’s op-ed raises the same question for the public administration field: do we really want diversity? As I contemplated the question recently, I realized that the question itself makes two assumptions: (1) that public administration is not a diverse academic field and (2) that the field itself – its associations, conferences, journals, and editorial boards — bears responsibility. public administration to be more inclusive of women and faculty of color.

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What is effective government?

Paul Cairney

This post (1) summarises my oral evidence to the Scottish Parliament Finance and Public Administration Committee Inquiry ‘Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making’, and (2) introduces my report ‘What is effective government?’.

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Housing, Place, and Health Outcomes

First State Insights

Housing, Place, and Health Outcomes by Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware Housing, Place, and Health Outcomes by Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware

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Revisiting yet again the Capital Crescent Trail underground tunnel debacle: Bethesda/Purple Line light rail

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Montgomery leaders publicly assured the trail would continue to carry cyclists and runners beneath busy Wisconsin Avenue after the state sought to use the original trail tunnel for the Purple Line’s Bethesda station.

2026 52
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What I have observed in 35 years of municipal consulting

Public Administration Associates

Recruiting the first administrator in the then Town of Menasha came shortly thereafter. There are considerably more municipalities with administrators and professionally prepared department heads. My first consulting assignment was a study of the Oshkosh Police Department in 1983.

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Boosting Emotional Intelligence-A Key to Improved Local Government Working Relationships

Public Administration Associates

The ten strategies I presented to the group of about 50 local government administrators from southern Wisconsin were the following: Pay Attention to Your Own Emotions First.

2018 130
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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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. public housing should outrage and embarrass residents ," opinion column by Colbert King, Post ).

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Just like DC's public housing fiasco, where 25% of the units are uninhabitable, the massive failures of Metrorail could have been avoided through the execution of sound management, accountability systems, and constant, ongoing oversight.

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Swarming and Followership; Distance Leading

Public Policy Blog

Regarding the topic of followership and technology, particularly in the realm of social media there seems to be a gap in the literature that should be resolved as it pertains to participation, technology, followership and public administration. Public Administration Review , 73 (1), p.

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ICMA Annual Conference Scholarship Opportunity

National Forum for Black Public Administration

Apply for the chance to receive a schoilarship to the 2022 ICMA Annual Conference. The conference is scheduled for September 17-21 in Columbus/Franklin County, Ohio. Deadline to aply is August 10th! Announcement

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30 Most Interesting Water Safety and Management Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

From how to efficiently distribute water to the public, making sure water is sanitized or managing the sewage or waste water, this broad term has many meanings. On the Public Record Take a look at water in California from a citizen’s point of view.

2010 52
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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

It’s through the strategy and policy produced by elected officials, that administrative professionals translate, create context for, and craft these campaign promises into actual deliverable results to the publics and constituencies. Public Administration Review,72 (4), 526-535.

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Making It in Delaware (And the USA)

First State Insights

Making It in Delaware (And the USA) by Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware Making It in Delaware (And the USA) by Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware

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V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

Public Policy Blog

Contemporary Issues Ethics Leadership Participation Public Administration abortion legislation Anniversary of Vaginagate barb byrum Bloomfield Hills Democrats First Amendment Formal and Perceived Leadership Power in U.S.

2013 52
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Leaks And Leadership: What The Era of WikiLeaks Portends For Traditional Theories Of Leader Information Sharing Practices

Public Policy Blog

In the past, reaching the public with pertinent information required access to the mass media in the form of an agenda-setting news entity willing to cover that information. But the Obama administration, in the president’s first term alone, used it six times to go after leakers.

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Wanted: Women’s Golf Clubs In A Gender-Neutral Shade

Public Policy Blog

Sheryl Sandberg recently wrote a book called “Lean In” based on her TEDTalk in 2011 where she pondered why there are so few women at the top.

2013 52
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5 Ways to Incorporate DEIA in Municipal Hiring to Improve Service Delivery

NLC (National League of Cities)

In response to these shifts, municipalities across the nation are working to ensure that elected officials and public administrators are representative of their constituencies to improve municipal service delivery.

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Public Administration Under Trump: An Age of Institutional Decline? By Don Moynihan

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

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. Such use of voice may create concerns of a political public administration that were leveled against the New Public Administration.

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New paper on surveillance in PPMG

Andy Whitford

Jeff Yates and I are pleased to announce that our paper “Surveillance as the Past and Future of Public Administration” is now forthcoming at Perspectives on Public Management and Governance. We maintain that surveillance is inevitable: that the future of public administration will depend on how administrators and others navigate deep rifts in public fear (yet acceptance) of surveillance and other means of data collection.

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Episode 211: Career reflections of a government insider

FedHeads

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. 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.

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Machine learning paper now “highly cited”

Andy Whitford

Jason Anastasopoulos and I are pleased to learn that our paper on machine learning has been included in an open access archive from the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory with other “highly cited” articles.

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Having Difficult Conversations

First State Insights

Leann Moore, a staff member at the Conflict Resolution Program (CRP), speaks with Dabney Brice, a new alumna of the Biden School's Master of Public Administration program and IPA graduate public administration fellow, about how to have conversations with difficult people.

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A Service Learning Snapshot

First State Insights

Gabby Leri, Elise Hance, and Ruth Crump speak with Julia O'Hanlon, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about their shared experiences through Lori's Hands.

2009 52
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Intergenerational Service Learning

First State Insights

Maggie Ratnayake, Executive Director of Lori’s Hands, speaks with Julia O'Hanlon, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about service-learning models to support older adults and promote mutually beneficial experiences.

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Top 50 City Government Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Lynch writes on everything from the budget to public service. Some of the latest were on public hearings. city government MPA Degree Information city administration civil servant local government local politics

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Episode 196: Building the Nation's cyber workforce

FedHeads

The IBM Center for the Business of Government’s Dan Chenok tried to recreate Francis Rose's favorite #FedHeads episode, but instead shared details about National Academy of Public Administration's recent report on the government’s Cybersecurity workforce.

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Peacemaking Circles for Education and Dialogue

First State Insights

For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa

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Why Mediation Matters

First State Insights

For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit [link

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Renaissance in Claymont, Delaware

First State Insights

Brett Saddler, Executive Director of the Claymont Renaissance Development Corporation (CRDC), speaks with Phil Barnes, a staff member at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about the past, present, and future of Claymont, Delaware.

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20 Funniest Presidential Gaffes of All Time

Masters in Public Administration

We’re all human and capable of making mistakes, but those who live their lives in the public eye are for more susceptible to feeling the pain long after the mistake has been made. After lying to his teeth to the American public, President Clinton finally came clean (sort of) in August of 1998.

2010 52
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Community Connections For Older Delawareans During COVID-19

First State Insights

Susan Getman, Executive Director, Mid-County Senior Center, talks with Julia O’Hanlon, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration, about the importance of social connections for older Delawareans, particularly during COVID-19.

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The 50 Best City Manager Blogs, Sites, and More

Masters in Public Administration

Their office is responsible for the effective administration and operation of all municipal services for the entire city. City Manager Lynch blogs on everything from budget concerns to public service. Departments include budget, capital administration, health, and many others.

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