MEDIA ADVISORY The National Academy of Public Administration To Host Panel Discussion of Intergovernmental Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Academy of Public Administration and its Center for Intergovernmental Partnership (CIP) will host an April 13^th forum, Intergovernmental Dimensions of the COVID-19 Responses and Consequences, to discuss a new Academy working group report on the same issue.

As the nation enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Academy this week released its new report, “Intergovernmental Dimensions of the COVID-19 Responses and Consequences,” that examines the varied and sometimes conflicting governmental responses to the pandemic and outlines 37 actionable recommendations across four intergovernmental focus areas (COVID-19 testing, non-pharmaceutical interventions, COVID-19 vaccine distribution, and cross-cutting and over-arching issues) to help improve the nation’s response to the next pandemic.

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 the COVID-19 pandemic, the forum’s panel of experts will delve into those issues and opportunities.

Registration for the event can be found here.

WHAT: Intergovernmental Dimensions of the COVID-19 Responses and Consequences

Hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration

WHEN: April 13, 2022

1:00 PM ET

WHERE: The event will be held virtually, via webinar

WHO: Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association; Academy Fellow

Dr. John Kirlin, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, University of the Pacific; Academy Fellow

Lauren Larson, Director, Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting, State of Colorado; Academy Fellow

Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Co-Chair of the Academy Working Group on the Intergovernmental Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic; Academy Fellow; Senior Executive Advisor, Aegis Group; Adjunct Professor, Stanford University (moderator)

Richard Callahan, DPA, Co-Chair of the Academy Working Group on the Intergovernmental Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic; Academy Fellow; Professor, University of San Francisco (moderator)

MEDIA: Media planning to attend the webinar session should register here.

About the National Academy of Public Administration

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