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...

EOM March 31 Standing Panel

Discussion with OMB's New Associate Director for Performance and Personnel Management Friday, March 31, 2023; 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. EDT The March meeting of the...

International Affairs and Social Equity March 2 Panel

What can be learned from comparative (cross-country) Covid governance? Thursday, March 2, 2023; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST In this time of geopolitical tensions, can...

A Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships Webinar: Election Administration and Equitable Voting Access

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at 2 PM ET, the Academy's Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships and Wayne State University Law School’s Levin Center for Oversight...

Tech Leadership Feb 9 Standing Panel: Is Your Issue on the List for 2023?

Is Your Issue on the List for 2023? Thursday, February 9th, 2023; 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. EST Please join us on February 9, 2023, at...

EOM Jan 27 Standing Panel: Addressing Government Failures

Discussing Government Failures and How to Prevent Them Please join us for this year’s first monthly meeting of the National Academy of Public Administration’s Standing...

International Affairs December Standing Panel

Addressing Challenges in International Engagement between Academic InstitutionsDecember 2, 1:00 - 3:00 pm (ET) International engagement is an essential part of scholarly work in public...

2022 Academy Fall Meeting

Theme: Strengthening Social and Economic Development Through Meaningful Work Thanks to everyone that attended the hybrid event with three host sites from Wednesday, November 2nd...

Intergovernmental Systems Oct 21 Standing Panel: Best Practice Benchmarking

Fellow and Professor Emeritus David Ammons (University of North Carolina School of Government) described how his university helped local governments find and learn from the...

Taking on the Heat with Tech: How Our Cities Are Responding

The heat is on. Heat alone causes more death than any other weather event. Our air, land, and water are heating up resulting in dramatic...

Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel: Business Meeting Oct 19, 2022

The Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel met on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, for their quarterly virtual business meeting and discussed the following topics: Updates from NAPA’s...

Reimagining Social Equity: Centering on Intersectionality and Social Class

Beginning in 2019, growing and maturing through the pandemic years, scholars associated with the Consortium of Race and Gender Scholars (CORGES) have advanced a...

EOM Sept 30 Standing Panel: Strengthening Trust in Government Institutions

Strengthening Trust in Government Institutions Friday, September 30, 10:00 – 11:30 am (ET) In its report, Building Trust to Reinforce Democracy, the Organisation for Economic...

How Fellows Can Uphold and Protect Electoral Integrity in the 2022 Election

Recent months have revealed a significant increase in threats to the election workforce. These threats negatively impact the ability to recruit and retain needed staff...

Claiming Complexity: Solutions to Improve Take-Up and Administration of the CTC and EITC

The Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit have both been effective in reducing poverty and providing crucial financial assistance for millions of American...

Joint Public Service and Social Equity Standing Panel: Sept 9th, Diversity

Description: Join our national dialogue on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) at the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). The Standing Panel on Public...

Intergovernmental Systems July 20 Standing Panel

The Standing Panel on Intergovernmental Systems met on July 20th to discuss the Charter, brainstorm potential topics of interest and partnerships for the CIP, and...

Technology Leadership July Standing Panel: Technology Policy and the NAPA Grand Challenges

Technology Policy and the NAPA Grand Challenges Friday, July 15, 2022; 10:00 am - 11:30 am Technologies are rapidly advancing in many of the areas...

Executive Organization and Management June 24th Standing Panel

EOM June Standing Panel: Role of Chiefs in Government Friday, June 24, 2022; 10:00 am - 11:45 am EST The Executive Organization and Management Standing...

Roundtable Forum with the PRAC and the Academy: What's It Like Applying for Pandemic Relief Funds?

Join the Academy and the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) for a panel discussion on the public’s experience applying for financial assistance from different pandemic...

2022 Social Equity Leadership Conference

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Public Service May 20 Standing Panel

Schedule F and the Future of Merit in Government Friday, May 20, 2022; 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST The Standing Panel of Public Service...

Joint Intergovernmental Systems and Technology Leadership Standing Panel

The Data Dilemma: Tapping technology advances to manage for better public policy outcomes across government Friday, May 20, 2022; 10:00 am – 11:30 am EST...

NAPA Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance: Discussing the Experiences of Chief Equity Officers

On May 6th, the NAPA Standing Panel on Social Equity will host a panel discussion of former and current Chief Equity Officers. The Panel will...

EOM April 29 Standing Panel: Discussing Climate Change and Sustainability

Discussing Climate Change and Sustainability Friday, April 29, 2022; 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. EST The Executive Organization and Management (EOM) Standing Panel will be meeting...

Intergovernmental Systems April 20, 2022 Standing Panel

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Discussing the Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel's COVID-19 Working Group Paper

The COVID-19 pandemic offers an unprecedented opportunity to examine federalism in action. To better understand the strengths and vulnerabilities of the intergovernmental responses to...

Expanding the Nation’s Cybersecurity Workforce: A National Imperative

On April 5th, the National Academy of Public Administration and the Florida Center for Cybersecurity hosted a forum, Expanding the Nation’s Cybersecurity Workforce: A National...

ACUS-NAPA Event: Advice and Consent: Problems and Reform in the Senate Confirmation of Executive-Branch Appointees

A joint event from the Administrative Conference of the United States and the National Academy of Public Administration The federal government relies on political appointees...

Executive Organization and Management March 25, 2022 Standing Panel

Discussing the GAO's Strategic Plan with GAO's Managing Director for Strategic Planning, Stephen Sanford The Government Accountability Office’s Strategic Plan is the closest thing we...

Public Service March 11, 2022 Standing Panel

Conversation about the Academy's CISA Report with Project Director Sally Jaggar and Co-Chair of the Report, Daniel Chenok Friday, March 11th, 2022, at 1:00-2:30 pm...

Technology Leadership March 9, 2022 Standing Panel

Cybersecurity Leadership – What Senior Public Managers Need to Know and Ask Chair Dr. Alan Shark, Vice President Public Sector, CompTIA and Associate Professor of...

Discussing the Evidence Agenda: Executive Organization and Management February 2022 Standing Panel

Discussing the Evidence Agenda with the Data Foundation's Dr. Nick Hart, OMB's Dr. Diana Epstein, and DOL's Dr. Christina Yancey Friday, February 25, 2022...

Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships: Infrastructure Workforce Strategies Discussion

The Academy's Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships (the Center/CIP) hosted a discussion around the problems and effective practices related to the significant challenge of finding and...

Elliot L. Richardson Prize Ceremony (Virtual)

Watch a recording of the ceremony below.

Academy Report Release Event: Cybersecurity Workforce Development

The Academy released its report on cybersecurity workforce development, "A Call to Action: The Federal Government’s Role in Building a Cybersecurity Workforce for the Nation."...

Discussing the President's Management Agenda: Executive Organization and Management January Standing Panel with Dustin Brown

Discussing the President's Management Agenda with OMB’s Deputy Assistant Director for Management Friday, January 28, 2022; 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. EST Last fall, the Biden...

January Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel Meeting

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