Academy Insights

Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Public Administration

Type: General News

Apr 19, 2019

In early 2018, the Board of the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) challenged its Standing Panels to develop...

Meet Our Fellows: Dale Bertsch ('79)

Type: General News

Apr 11, 2019

Dale Bertsch, elected in 1979, reflects on his greatest accomplishments from a wide-ranging career in public service and Grand Challenges...

Meet Our Fellows: James Colvard ('85)

Type: General News

Apr 01, 2019

James Colvard, elected in 1985, reflects on his greatest accomplishments from a wide-ranging career in public service. Reflecting on your...

The President's Management Agenda Turns One

Type: General News

Mar 27, 2019

NAPA recently hosted an event on the first anniversary of the President’s Management Agenda with senior administration officials to discuss...

Sirius XM's Tim Farley interviews Terry Gerton on the President's Management Agenda

Type: General News

Mar 25, 2019

It's the one year anniversary of the President's Management Agenda and Terry Gerton, Academy President/CEO, joined Tim Farley on Sirius...

Meet Our Fellows: Nancy Kingsbury ('98)

Type: General News

Mar 25, 2019

Nancy Kingsbury, elected in 1998, reflects on funny stories, her greatest accomplishments, and more from her wide-ranging career in public...

Meet Our Fellows: William Clinger (‘98)

Type: General News

Mar 07, 2019

Former Congressman William Clinger reflects on his greatest accomplishments and Grand Challenges. Reflecting on your career, is there a highlight...

What Are the Elements of Sound Public Governance?

Type: Standing Panel News

Feb 15, 2019

Background This session focused on an initiative by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to develop an integrated...

Meet Our Fellows: Michael Maccoby ('85)

Type: General News

Feb 12, 2019

Dr. Michael Maccoby, elected in 1985, reflects on funny stories, his greatest accomplishments, and more from his wide-ranging career in...

COMING SOON

Type: Standing Panel News

Feb 08, 2019

Implementation of the Evidence Act: A Discussion at the NAPA EOM Panel

Type: Standing Panel News

Feb 05, 2019

Background: In one of its last actions before adjourning last month, the 115th Congress passed the “Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking...

Africa Working Group Meeting

Type: Standing Panel News

Feb 04, 2019

Please join us for the next Africa Working Group meeting on Friday, February 22nd from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m...

Meet Our Fellows: Ralph Widner ('75)

Type: General News

Jan 28, 2019

Ralph Widner, elected in 1975, reflects on a wide-ranging career in public service and Grand Challenges in Public Administration Reflecting...

February Social Equity Meeting

Type: General News

Jan 08, 2019

Mark your calendars for our first meeting in the 2019 calendar year on February 14 from 10 to noon, followed...

Shared Services: Why the Voice of the Customer Matters

Type: General News

Jan 08, 2019

JUST RELEASED: POWERFUL IDEAS FROM A DREAM TEAM COLLABORATION! The Shared Services Leadership Coalition, the Senior Executive Association and the...

February Social Equity Meeting

Type: Standing Panel News

Jan 07, 2019

Mark your calendars for our first meeting in the 2019 calendar year on February 14 from 10 to noon, followed...

Meet Our Fellows: Chester Newland ('75)

Type: General News

Jan 02, 2019

Chester Newland, elected in 1975, reflects on a career of public service, his Academy Fellowship, and Grand Challenges in Public...

Academy President and CEO on GovMatters

Type: General News

Dec 23, 2018

The partial government shutdown continued Sunday. Congress and the President could not agree on a funding deal to re-open nine...

Advice to Political Appointees

Type: Standing Panel News

Dec 19, 2018

Introduction This section includes a compilation of advice for political appointees that have been prepared in recent years for new...

Reforming the Appointment Process

Type: Standing Panel News

Dec 19, 2018

Introduction Over the last thirty years, there have been numerous studies calling for major reform of the political appointment process...

Managing in a Political Environment

Type: Standing Panel News

Dec 19, 2018

Here you will find advice from former political appointees on navigating the political aspect of government agencies. Seven Rules for...

Your Agency Operations

Type: Standing Panel News

Dec 19, 2018

Learn how to enhance your agency operations through both innovative and classic techniques and approaches. Managing the Risks in the...

Help Tackle the Grand Challenges of Our Time

Type: General News

Nov 27, 2018

The last two decades have marked a period of near-constant change for the United States. As new challenges have arisen...

Panel Meeting: Insights from the 2012 Obama Business and Trade Reorganization Initiative

Type: Standing Panel News

Oct 09, 2018

President Obama announced in his 2011 State of the Union that he would pursue reorganizing federal agencies to improve government...

Standing Panel on the Public Service Session with Key PMA Leaders

Type: Standing Panel News

Oct 09, 2018

In the third session of the Academy's series focusing on the PMA and key leaders within the Trump Administration, Suzette...

National Trade Policies and International Competitiveness - Public Administration Challenges

Type: Standing Panel News

Sep 07, 2018

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CHALLENGES IN FORMULATING AND IMPLEMENTING TRADE POLICIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS View the presentation here.

Being Inspired by Others

Type: Standing Panel News

Aug 30, 2018

By Jonathan D. Breul, NAPA Fellow I’m always intrigued by how other countries have tackled a management challenge that we’ve...

Upcoming Meeting

Type: Standing Panel News

Aug 03, 2018

Save-the-Date! The next meeting of the Standing Panel on International Affairs will be Friday, August 24th. Speaker details to follow...

Joint Session of the Standing Panels on the Public Service and Technology Leadership: Roundtable with Suzette Kent

Type: Standing Panel News

Jul 18, 2018

In the third session of the Academy's series focusing on the PMA and key leaders within the Trump Administration, Suzette...

Call for Abstracts: Bridging the Gap Between Gender Responsive Budgeting and Participatory Budgeting

Type: Standing Panel News

Jun 29, 2018

Introduction Two government budget initiatives that have been implemented in countries around the world since the 1980s are participatory budgeting...

Organizational Meeting

Type: Standing Panel News

Jun 18, 2018

On July 13, an organizational meeting to begin to chart out the path for the Social Equity Panel over the...

Meet and Greet with IREX’s Mandela Fellows

Type: Standing Panel News

Jun 15, 2018

The Africa Working Group of NAPA's International Standing Panel will host the Public Management Track participants of the 2018 Mandela...

The Federal System – A Look Back in Time

Type: Standing Panel News

May 30, 2018

In June of 1968 the Policy Committee of the Republican Governors Association accepted a staff report titled “Handbook of Suggested...

Building a Shared Map of the Nation’s Infrastructure to Enable Smart Investments

Type: General News

May 29, 2018

Funding the nation's surface transportation system has been on the Government Accountability Office’s biannual high risk list since 2007. The...

RECENT EVENT: STANDING PANEL ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Type: Standing Panel News

May 23, 2018

The Standing Panel on International Affairs recently met on May 21, 2018 to discuss public administration in environments external to...

Standing Panel Information

Type: Standing Panel News

May 23, 2018

To learn more about the Academy's Standing Panels and how to get involved, contact Kaitlyn Hudgins, Director of Fellow Engagement...

Exploring the reconstitution of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

Type: Standing Panel News

May 21, 2018

Academy Fellows Gov. Parris Glendening, Dr. John Kincaid & Dr. Carl Stenberg testifed last week before the bipartisan Speaker's Task...

Promoting Equality in an Age of Austerity: The Role for State and Local Governments

Type: Standing Panel News

May 21, 2018

The annual conference sponsored by NAPA’s Standing Panel on Social Equity will be hosted this year by the Marxe School...

Public Service Recognition Week 2018

Type: General News

May 11, 2018

Kicking off Public Service Recognition Week - Govmatters.tv Terry Gerton, president & CEO of NAPA and Bill Valdez, president of...

Research on Artificial Intelligence

Type: Standing Panel News

May 04, 2018

The future and with it, Artificial Intelligence, is almost here. You can follow some of the recent research done by...

Helping Managers Understand Attrition and Retention Issues Using Federal Employee Survey Data

Type: Standing Panel News

May 04, 2018

At the core of the recent National Academy of Public Administration report titled Strengthening Organizational Health and Performance in Government...

Transforming Federal Grants Management: Evolving from Oversight to Insight Generation and Performance Improvement

Type: Standing Panel News

Apr 10, 2018

Introduction Grants are among the most important tools the federal government uses to advance its vast array of objectives in...

Federal Advocacy Priorities of Associations Representing State and Local Government Officials in Washington, DC

Type: Standing Panel News

Apr 10, 2018

Introduction This article demonstrates the federal policy priorities of the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, National League...

A Reconceptualization of Government | Jos C.N. Raadschelders

Type: General News

Apr 10, 2018

Jos Raadschelders has been teaching and writing about public administration for 35 years, lately at the John Glenn College of...

From Oversight to Insight: Federal Agencies as Learning Leaders in the Information Age

Type: Standing Panel News

Mar 30, 2018

NAPA Fellow and IGS Panel member, Shelley Metzenbaum authored "From Oversight to Insight: Federal Agencies as Learning Leaders in the...

Public Service Recognition Week Charity Walk/Run

Type: General News

Mar 30, 2018

The Public Service Recognition Week (#PSRW) Charity Walk/Run will be on May 6 at National Harbor, MD and for virtual...

Improving Employee Engagement: A Virtuous Cycle

Type: Standing Panel News

Mar 21, 2018

I think I’ve heard just about every government joke there is. Most are mean-spirited and just plain wrong. But here’s...

Tackling AI and Robotics at NAPA

Type: Standing Panel News

Mar 15, 2018

By Dr. Alan R. Shark, Chair, NAPA Standing Panel on Technology Leadership There can be no doubt Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

Improving Employee Engagement: Reflections of a Former HUD Deputy Secretary

Type: Standing Panel News

Mar 14, 2018

What happens when you tie your Employee Engagement effort to shared mission and goals? Lots. In 2014, the Department of...

Managing the Risks in the Retained Organization: A Priority for New Leaders

Type: Standing Panel News

Mar 08, 2018

Introduction The movement to shared services should continue to be a priority for the new leaders of our government. Shared...