Quarterly Fellows Luncheon with President & CEO James-Christian Blockwood

Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel Quarterly Meeting

The Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel (ISP) will hold its quarterly meeting on March 20 at 2:00 pm. The purpose is to discuss and clarify the...

Fellows Nomination Process Webinar

Academy Board Chair Stan Soloway and Fellow Engagement Specialist Jillian McGuffey will lead a tutorial on the Fellows Nomination process on March 19 from 1:30-2:3...

Local Government Working Group Meeting

The Local Government Working Group will meet on Wednesday, March 18 at 2:00 p.m. (ET) to continue discussing subcommittees' work related to the research agenda...

Navigating the Partisan Divide

Maintaining a healthy and functional democracy hinges on citizens having sufficient political knowledge to effectively navigate societal challenges, recognize misinformation, engage meaningfully in governance, and...

Transforming Public Governance Institutions Working Group Meeting

The Transforming Public Governance Institutions Working Group invites you to share your insights at its fourth meeting on March 16 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. (ET). The...

Weathering Data Gaps: Adapting to Extreme Weather with Imperfect Information

GAO High-Risk List as a Compass: Accountability, Performance & Government Modernization

Who Decides? State Preemption, Local Power, and the Future of Health Equity

Who really holds decision-making power when states override local action, and what does that mean for communities of color? In this dynamic webinar, hosted by...

Fellows-Only Listening Session II: Strategic Planning

We want to hear from YOU! Join Joe Mitchell, Senior Advisor for Strategy, on February 24th from 1:00-3:00 p.m. for a guided discussion on the...

Fellows-Only Listening Session I: Strategic Planning

We want to hear from YOU! Join Joe Mitchell, Senior Advisor for Strategy, on February 18th from 1:00-3:00 p.m. for a guided discussion on the...

50 States, 50 Breakthroughs: Projects Reshaping Government Across the U.S.

In collaboration with the National Academy of Public Administration and Humans of Public Service, Apolitical will present the ‘50 States, 50 Breakthroughs List’ — some...

Standing Panel on Technology Leadership: Third Annual “For the Love (or Fear) of Tech"

In keeping with tradition and success, this first-of-year panel session will be fully participatory. Bring your ideas and be prepared to listen or voice your...

Global Election Day: Election Security

On Thursday, February 5th, the National Academy of Public Administration, in collaboration with the Brennan Center for Justice, will host a webinar to commemorate Global...

Elliot L. Richardson Prize for Excellence in Public Service

Happy Hour Hosted by Fellow Kathy Newcomer

Critical Conversation: The Practice Gap in Public Administration

Living With 2°C Plus: Slow Burn - The hidden costs of a warming planet

Not all impacts of climate change are dramatic or catastrophic, some are slow moving, almost invisible. These impacts don’t often grab headlines, but their consequences...

Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel Meeting

Incoming chairs Mike Pagano and Kurt Thurmaier will lead a discussion of their plans for the coming year. Questions? Reach out to Mike Pagano, mapagano@uic.edu...

Local Government Working Group Meeting

Join the Local Government Working Group as they share updates on their research agenda. The research agenda, finalized at the 2025 National Conference, includes four...

Networking Happy Hour: Academy Crossover Edition

On Tuesday, November 18, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, the National Academy of Public Administration and the National Academy of Social Insurance are excited to...

The Relationship Between Civil Rights Law and DEI: Implications for the Delivery of Public Services

Amidst the recent Executive Orders issued by the Trump Administration prohibiting the use of DEI-related words and activities throughout the federal government and its grantees...

Weathering the Storm: Insurance, Risk, and Community Resilience

As extreme weather events grow more frequent and severe, the insurance industry faces mounting pressures that threaten both financial stability and community resilience. Rising premiums...

Panel Hosted by the Fiscal Affairs and Sustainability Subcommittee of the Local Government Working Group

The Fiscal Affairs and Sustainability subcommittee of the Local Government Working Group is hosting a panel on October 21, 2025, at 1 pm ET. The...

Staying the Course: Sustaining Equity in Challenging Times

The National Academy of Public Administration’s Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance, the American Society of Public Administration’s H. George Frederickson Center for Social...

The Future of Public Administration Education

Public Service Under Pressure: Understanding the Impact of Recent Actions and Reimagining the Future of Workforce Excellence

The Public Service Standing Panel Steering Committee will host a virtual convening on October 3rd from 2:00-3:30 p.m. (ET) to discuss the impact of the...

Transforming Public Governance Institutions Working Group: Session 2

The Transforming Public Governance Institutions Working Group invites you to share your insights at its second meeting on October 1 from 1-2:30 pm ET. The...

Weathering the Shift: Place-Based Solutions for Extreme Weather Resilience

Local Government Working Group Meeting

Please join the Local Government Working Group for its quarterly meeting on Wednesday September 17 at 2:00 PM ET. Topics to be discussed include a...

Critical Conversations: Bringing AI to Main Street - Maximizing Artificial Intelligence's Positive Impact on Municipal Economies

State and Local Cybersecurity and Digital Risk: Strategies for Success in the Current Policy Environment

As state and local governments face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats and rising digital risk, navigating the current policy and resource environment demands coordinated strategy...

Local Government Working Group Research Agenda Development Meeting

The Local Government Working Group met on July 31st from 2-3:30 pm ET to further develop the research topics identified by the original LG2030 practitioner...

Roundtable Series Part 5: Living with 2°C Plus – The Climate Change Adaptation Challenge

Roundtable Five Join Host Michael Spencer, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Green Lab, Impact Labs, Monash Business School, for the fifth Monash Green Lab roundtables...

Executive Organization and Management Standing Panel Meeting: New Federalism 2.0

Standing Panel on Executive Organization & Management – Featuring Mark Forman and John Mullins Please join us for the next meeting of the National...

Local Government Working Group Preemption Committee Meeting

The Local Working Group Preemption Committee will meet virtually on Thursday, July 24, at 2 PM ET. Joining us for a discussion of the...

Critical Conversations: A 360 View on National Security

Transforming Public Institutions: Session 1

Fellows John Kirlin, Mark Pisano, and Rich Callahan invite you to a conversation about transforming public governance institutions in the United States on Wednesday, July...

Executive Organization and Management Standing Panel Meeting

Standing Panel on Executive Organization & Management – Featuring Fellows Doug Criscitello and Bill Hoagland Please join us for the next meeting of the National...

Roundtable Series: Living with 2°C Plus – The Climate Change Adaptation Challenge

Living in a world of more than 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures will present a host of challenges to water, food, health, infrastructure, ecosystems, social equity...

Local Government Working Group Meeting

Please join the Local Government Working Group for its quarterly meeting on Tuesday June 10 at 2:00 PM ET. The group will receive updates on...

2025 SELC

The National Academy of Public Administration and the Universities at Shady Grove invite you to register for the 24th annual SELC, which will be...

Critical Conversations: The Future of Public Health

How Local Governments Talk about What They Do

Co-hosted by: Intergovernmental Systems Standing PanelExecutive Organization and Management Standing PanelLocal Government Working Group On Wednesday, May 28, 2-3:30 p.m. (ET), the National Academy...

Technology Leadership Standing Panel: Ensuring the Future of Federal Data

The federal government's massive data collections, a critical national resource, are under attack from the Trump administration. Federal agencies have already removed thousands of web...

Critical Conversations: Tariffs and Taxes

Workforce Capacity Challenges and the Intersection of Adaptive Multi-sector Systems, People Skills, and Technology

Join us for the second of three webinars focusing on public health in times of crisis and disaster. In this session, we discuss issues that...

Executive Organization and Management Standing Panel Meeting

Standing Panel on Executive Organization & Management – Featuring Nick Hart and Justin Baer Please join us for the next meeting of the National Academy...

AI, Water, and Wildfires: The New Frontlines

Together with our partners at IBM, we launched the first in a series of case study reports featuring winning cases from our Future Shocks Challenge...

Executive Organization and Management Standing Panel Meeting

Please join us for the next meeting of the National Academy of Public Administration’s Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management, to be held this...

Local Government Working Group Meeting

The newly organized Local Government Working Group will meet on Tuesday, March 18, at 2:00 PM ET. The Working Group focuses on the Academy’s work...

Standing Panel on Technology Leadership: Digital Modernization for Government – Time for Action

Currently, governments face unprecedented demands to increase efficiency through transformational digital technologies like artificial intelligence while maintaining or modernizing legacy infrastructure and applications. Many IT...

Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel Meeting

The February Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel meeting will take place on Feb. 27, at 12 p.m. Eastern Among the topics for discussion: Homelessness — what...

Intergovernmental Collaboration to Manage Disasters, Emergencies, and Crises

The Academy's new Public Health Working Group will host an online webinar to discuss collaboration between federal, state, county, and municipal governments critical for managing...

Celebrate the Love of Tech for Valentine's Day – Open Mic!

Please join us on February 12, 2025, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, for a brainstorming and planning session for the 2025 NAPA Standing Panel on...

Standing Panel Meeting on Executive Organization and Management

Please join us for the first Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management meeting of the year on Friday, January 31, at 10:00 a.m. We’ll...

Evidence-Based Solutions for Improving Federal Government Performance

NAPA and McKinsey Organizational Health and Performance Webinar

The Academy is hosting a virtual session with McKinsey & Company on December 11th from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET to discuss ways to strengthen...

Grants Management Symposium

On Tuesday, December 10, at 2:30 PM ET, join the National Academy of Public Administration and Cherry Bekaert for a Grants Management Symposium focusing on...

2024 Fall Meeting

Cost Management Collaborative, Session 2: Co-Hosted with Cherry Bekaert

You are invited to attend the second session of the Cost Management Collaborative, part two of a four-part series addressing one of the 12 Grand...

Recent Reforms of the Pathways Programs and Federal Hiring Experience

Moderator: Kimberly Walton, Chair, NAPA Standing Panel on the Public Service Panel Members: Latonia Page, Deputy Associate Director, Talent Acquisition, Classification, and Veterans Programs, OPM...

Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance presents: Equity in Federal Government Agencies- Initiatives over the Past Four Years

Join NAPA for a timely conversation on equity in federal government agencies! Hear from Rehka Balu (Urban Institute) and Kimberly Walton (NAPA Public Service Standing...

Data Governance in the Age of AI

Effective data governance is critical to making both public and non-public data ready and usable for public good. With the explosion of new AI technology...

An Elections Working Group Webinar: The Election Workforce - What's Ahead and What You Need To Know

So far in 2024, the election workforce has successfully managed the many primary and special elections. Although no one can predict what might happen in...

The Consortium of Race and Gender Scholars "The Future of Work: Will Remote Work Lead to a More Equitable Workplace?"

Speakers: Soocheol Cho, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington Trey Johnston, Cisneros Institute, George Washington University Moderators: Rachel Breslin, Department of Defense Kathryn Newcomer, George...

Trust in Government with the Partnership for Public Service

The Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management will meet Friday, September 27 at 10:00 a.m. In our continuing look at trust in government, we...

The Language of Good Government: Executive Organization and Management Standing Panel Meeting

Join us Friday, August 30, at 10:00 a.m. for a special meeting of the Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management. Academy President and CEO...

"Reducing Homelessness in the United States: An Intergovernmental Challenge"

Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel Meeting: "Reducing Homelessness in the United States: An Intergovernmental Challenge" Wednesday, September 11, 1 p.m. Eastern After nearly two years, the...

Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel Meeting

Fellows Josh Sharfstein and Georges Benjamin (both with extensive federal, state, and local experience) will reflect on lessons for federal efforts of the Covid-19 experience...

Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management and the Agile Government Network share results of trust in government study with Cherry Bekaert

The EOM Standing Panel and the Agile Government Network are pleased to announce that representatives of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will...

What can be learned from comparative study of 21st century national planning? An International Affairs Panel workshop

While the U.S. has been a outlier in the use of formally titled "national plans," in the late 20th century national development planning was otherwise...

AI Governance: A critical consideration of what’s needed and who leads

Government at all levels and globally are increasingly recognizing that the use of artificial intelligence in government, as with any technological innovation, needs governance. At...

The Cost Management Collaborative Webinar, co-sponsored with Cherry Bekaert

The National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) identified the need to Advance the Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Health as one of the 12 Grand Challenges...

2024 Social Equity Leadership Conference (SELC)

Click Here to View the Conference Website The Social Equity in Governance Standing Panel would like to invite you to next year's Social Equity Leadership...

Elections, Technology & Trust: Understanding the Benefits, Limitations, and Challenges

On Wednesday, June 12th, 2024, the Academy's Technology Leadership Standing Panel and Elections Working Group hosted a webinar on the intersection of elections and technology...

An Elections Working Group Webinar: Poll Workers - The Backbone of Free, Fair, and Secure Elections

The fair, secure, and nonpartisan administration of elections is essential for fostering trust in election outcomes. But who are the people we rely on to...

Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management and the Agile Government Network: Trust in Government

You are invited to a special joint meeting of the Academy’s Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management and the Agile Government Network on the...

Executive Organization and Management Standing Panel Meeting - March

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget recently launched a public inventory of more than 2,300 of the government’s financial assistance programs. You can check...

An Elections Working Group Webinar: Who Are the Election Workers, and Why Should We Care?

Elections occur continuously in the US, and local election workers are the bedrock of making these elections “work.” Yet, most of us know very little...

Celebrate the Love of Tech on Valentine's Day – Open Mic!

Please join us on February 14, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. ET, for a brainstorming and planning session for the 2024 NAPA Panel on Technology Leadership...

2023 Elliot L. Richardson Prize Event

About the Elliot L. Richardson Prize for Excellence in Public Service This award recognizes individuals for extraordinary public service, in the fine tradition of Elliot...

IGS and EOM Standing Panels Event - University of North Carolina Local Benchmarking: Jan 18th, 2024

This event highlights how UNC School of Government Professor Obed Pasha is working with North Carolina local governments to help them benchmark more constructively. VIEW...

IGS and EOM Standing Panels Event - Performance Management Lessons from Mesa, AZ: Dec 7th, 2023

This event highlights performance management and how the city of Mesa, Arizona, manages and communicates wisely to improve performance. VIEW THE EVENT RECORDING VIEW THE...

Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel: 21st Century Governance Event - Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts: Nov 15th, 2023

The Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel held an event on November 15th, 2023, to highlight how Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts (EIFDs) are a modern method to...

2023 Academy Fall Meeting

The 2023 Academy Fall Meeting will be held Wednesday, November 1 - Friday, November 3, 2023 in Washington, DC at the Grand Hyatt Hotel -...

EOM Standing Panel: Improving Government Using Agile Practices and Data

On Friday, October 27, the Academy hosted a Joint Meeting of the Executive Organization and Management Panel and the Agile Government Center. This Joint meeting...

Joint IGS and International Affairs Standing Panel: Climate Adaptation Workshop Series Part 1

Climate Adaptation Workshop Series Part 1: What can be learned from comparing country governance responses to ongoing climate impacts for which preparations had been made...

Tech Leadership Standing Panel: Solving the Data Problem for the Climate Crisis Part 2: Solving the Local Data Problem for Climate Action

The world urgently needs more and better data to solve the climate crisis. Global earth observation data is essential for understanding, modeling, and predicting...

EOM Standing Panel: Changes to OMB Circular A-11

OMB recently released the latest update of Circular A-11. Chock full of expectations of agencies in everything related to the budget, but also of the...

Tech Leadership Standing Panel: Solving the Data Problem for the Climate Crisis Part 1

The world urgently needs more and better data to solve the climate crisis. Global earth observation data is essential for understanding, modeling, and predicting...

EOM Panel: Learn about the Agile Government Center

Learn about the Agile Government Center Friday, June 30th, 10:00 am – 11:45 am (ET) Join us for a conversation with leaders from NAPA's Agile...

Forum on Schedule F and the Future of the Public Service

Schedule F and the Future of the Public Service Thursday, June 29th, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm (ET) On Thursday, June 29, NAPA will host...

Modernizing Public Benefits Delivery - Paper Release Event

VIEW A RECORDING OF THE EVENT HERE Sponsored by Stan Soloway and the Center for Accountability, Modernization, and Innovation (CAMI), the Academy developed a white...

Agile Government Network Meeting: How Government Can Transcend Boundaries to Solve Big Problems

The National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) and the IBM Center for the Business of Government are pleased to host the next meeting...

2023 Social Equity Leadership Conference

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Joint Webinar: Strategic Planning and Community Engagement in Local Government

Register Now The National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) and Funkhouser & Associates (F&A) are pleased to host a joint webinar on May 17th...

Standing Panel on Technology Leadership: Generative AI and Time for a Time Out?

Generative AI and Time for a Time Out? Thursday, May 4, 2023; 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. EDT The May meeting on the Standing Panel on...

EOM April 28 Standing Panel: Cross boundary Collaboration and Governance

Cross boundary Collaboration and Governance Friday, April 28, 2023; 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. EDT The April meeting of the Standing Panel on Executive Organization and...

Public Service April 14th Standing Panel

Discussion of Not Accountable by Philip Howard Friday, April 14, 2023; 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT The Public Service Standing Panel's next Panel meeting will...