📍 Board Room, Academy Offices - 1600 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006

📍 Stats A/B: The New Fellows Orientation welcomes and celebrates the induction of a new class of Fellows whose work exemplifies innovation, integrity, and a commitment to public service.

📍 National Academy of Sciences - 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418

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Hosted by Susan Swain, CSPAN

Established in 1948, the Arthur S. Flemming Awards honor exceptional federal employees whose work exemplifies excellence in public service. Administered by the Trachtenberg School at George Washington University, the awards span fields such as applied science, engineering, and social science. With over 500 recipients to date, the program stands as a distinguished recognition of innovation and impact in government leadership.

(Learn more at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration)

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Join us for light refreshments.

📍 Great Hall, National Academy of Sciences - 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418

📍 Auditorium

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The Louis Brownlow Book Award
Since 1968, the National Academy of Public Administration has recognized outstanding contributions to the literature of public administration through the presentation of the Louis Brownlow Book Award. The Award recognizes outstanding contributions on topics of wide contemporary interest to practitioners and scholars in the field of public administration. Generally, it is made to an author who provides new insights, fresh analysis, and original ideas that contribute to the understanding of the role of governmental institutions and how they can most effectively serve the public.

📍 Auditorium

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📍 East and West Courts

Enjoy a catered lunch at the National Academy of Sciences.

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The late Academy Fellow, Herbert Roback, was a highly respected public servant. During his 34-year career, he encouraged talented and promising students to consider lifetime careers in the public service. To honor Mr. Roback, his family and friends established the Herbert Roback Scholarship Fund to perpetuate his work.

To fulfill this goal, the Academy annually awards one scholarship up to $7,500 to a graduate student currently enrolled, or admitted for enrollment, in a full-time accredited master’s degree program in public administration, public and international affairs, public policy, and/or political science.

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📍 NAS 125

📍Lecture Room

📍Members Room

📍West Court (New time and location)

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📍 NAS 120

📍Members Room

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Join us in celebrating excellence as we formally induct our newest class of Fellows. The Fellows Induction marks a defining moment in our National Conference, honoring individuals whose contributions have shaped the field of public administration and exemplify the highest standards of leadership and scholarship.

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Evening reception at the National Academy of Sciences.

📍 Great Hall, National Academy of Sciences - 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418

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📍 Lecture Room, NAS 125, NAS 120

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States next year, looking ahead to the next major milestone after that, what could government and public administration in the United States be like in the Tricentennial Year of 2076?

We're all reimagining government, and we want to hear from you. Following the panel, join us for a facilitated, reflective discussion on the future of public administration.

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📍East and West Courts

Enjoy a catered lunch and closing plenary at the National Academy of Sciences.

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In 2006, the National Academy of Public Administration created the George Graham Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy. This award, named for the National Academy’s first president, recognizes those Fellows who have made a sustained and extraordinary contribution toward the Academy becoming a stronger and more respected organization.

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Technology Leadership Standing Panel

The Technology Leadership Panel examines the latest trends in technology leadership, management, and governance for all levels of government. The group’s mission is to assess technology initiatives designed to improve government performance.

Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance

The Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance focuses on issues of fairness, justice, and equity in a variety of public contexts, including, but not limited to education, policing, welfare, housing, and transportation.

Standing Panel on Public Service

The Standing Panel on Public Service focuses on strengthening policies, systems, and practices for enhancing workforce success in achieving public agency goals.

Standing Panel on International Affairs

The Standing Panel on International Affairs works with global counterparts (scholars, practitioners, institutions) to develop learning from comparing approaches to common "local" impacts of common 21st-century global challenges.

Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management

The Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management (EOM) is the Academy’s oldest and longest-serving standing panel. The Panel focuses on improving the structure, capacity, management, and performance of public institutions.

Standing Panel on Intergovernmental Systems

The Standing Panel on Intergovernmental Systems discusses, researches, analyzes, and takes action to improve the intergovernmental delivery of benefits and services. It also considers challenges and issues related to the U.S. federal system and intergovernmental relations.

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Join the Technology Leadership Standing Panel for "Strengthening the Federal Data Ecosystem"

Since taking office, President Trump and his administration have implemented numerous changes to federal statistical and data systems and proposed additional changes. These disruptions pose a challenge for both data providers and data users. However, while it’s critical to respond to ongoing events, as many organizations are doing now, it’s equally important to take a long view. This discussion will address the question: How can we ensure the future of essential data while also improving, rethinking, or discontinuing data collections and processes that aren’t working well?

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The Social Equity Standing Panel's session will commence with a brief welcome and panel update. Following this, Professor Samuel Myers, Jr. of the Humphries School of Public Affairs, will share his reflections on the current state of equity in this political climate.

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Join the Standing Panel on International Affairs for a review of its ongoing work, including:

1. Comparing and sharing learning on adaptation to increasing and increasingly extreme impacts of climate change: The Panel continues its work, begun initially with Australia, China, and US colleagues in 2021 with the Fudan Institute for Global Public Policy, to develop frameworks for local/regional governance of climate impacts. The initial report, with co-authors from over a dozen universities and research centers, is on the Panel website. The next steps include a webinar series with Monash University (see the Panel website), case study workshops in the US and China to learn from comparing coastal region approaches in cooperation with the California China Climate Institute (CCCI) (based at U C Berkeley) and cooperation with China and global colleagues engaged in testing the application of AI to local/region climate adaptation governance.
2. Deepening and broadening further learning on 21st century global challenges: including (1) NAPA Fellow Evan Berman's work organizing a Panel discussion, with participants from all continents, on comparative national development planning, and follow-up journal special issue (2) NAPA Fellow Alfred Ho's work co organizing with the European Group for Organization Studies a project on comparative learning for current global challenges; and (3) discussion with Fudan University/London School of Economics Institute for Global Public Policy colleagues of a possible workshop on the state of comparative governance scholarship in this time of change.
3. Developing understanding of the evolving protocols for comparative learning in public administration/management/governance: Exploring how to advance research and protocols for international cooperation.

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Outgoing co-chairs Mark Pisano and Shelley Metzenbaum will share ideas on how Fellows can help NAPA strengthen its role as a change agent. Examples include distributing the Academy's work, raising its profile, identifying partners to pursue grants together, or finding financial support for projects. The co-chairs will also discuss:

• Collaborating with the International Standing Panel to transform government approaches to climate change.

• Advancing work on communications, public understanding of government, intergovernmental arrangements, grants and data management, and performance improvement platforms.

All Standing Panel members are invited to contribute ideas for how the Panel can drive positive change. Please let Mark or Shelley know by October 30 if there’s a topic you’d like to discuss.