ASPA National Weblog

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Many things have sparked a renewed interest in the vetoing process as I think about accountability and holding elected officials to a higher standard while they make decisions for those who vote them in. I assumed that if I voted, the official would have my best interest in mind. Some good, some not so good.

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Voting Elected Officials 2017 Public Administration 100

ASPA National Weblog

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

I have witnessed many presidential elections since 1960, and there was outcry then (as now) about the apparent inequities of the Electoral College and the popular vote. Nobody claimed perfection before we began, and everybody was aware of the underclasses of Americans who struggle to even vote.

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ASPA National Weblog

OCTOBER 6, 2016

To avoid the local government syndrome “to know it is to hate it,” staff should engage longtime residents in debriefing the factors that enhance or diminish their public trust and adapt those concerns to improve confidence. Submitted by Thomas I Miller.

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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

This dichotomy and more importantly what tasks fall into which category of the dichotomy, has created a complex history of competing interpretations of the politics – administration dichotomy, noting that as, originally framed, it was intended to detach partisan politics and patronage from sound public management.

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Leadership Elected Officials Public Administration 2012 52

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

Moving PMRC from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill was a positive move for diversity and inclusion, but… The board’s decision to move the conference was based on HB2, the state’s bathroom bill that requires public restrooms to be designated for the gender of one’s birth. Court of Appeals). .

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