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Grand Challenge News May 31, 2021

Thoughts from Our Fellows: Modernize and Reinvigorate the Public Service

Welcome to Thoughts from Our Fellows, a collection of recent activity regarding the Academy's Grand Challenge of each Month. In May, the Academy focused on Modernize and Reinvigorate the Public Service. Below you will fi…

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General News May 26, 2021

Celebrating Public Service

I serve because... I joined the government in 1974, starting as a civilian intern for the Army. In the Office of Personnel Management, I focused on personnel research and innovation. I was able to apply these ideas in su…

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General News May 25, 2021

Celebrating Public Service

I serve because I believe in public service, democracy, and the importance of good governance. I appreciate public servants because they are often the unsung heroes who do much work behind the scene to solve our communit…

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General News May 22, 2021

Celebrating Public Service: Terry Buss

In writing this introspective piece, I recalled that a successful career in the public service depends largely on the contributions of others: mentors, role models, enablers, supporters, protectors and cheerleaders. My i…

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Grand Challenge News Apr 28, 2021

Thoughts from Our Fellows: Steward Natural Resources and Address Climate Change

Welcome to Thoughts from Our Fellows, a collection of recent activity regarding the Academy's Grand Challenge of each Month. In April, the Academy focused on Steward Natural Resources and Address Climate Change. Below yo…

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Standing Panel News Apr 2, 2021

Joint Meeting of the Standing Panel on International Affairs and Africa Working Group

Friday, April 2, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Eastern Time PROGRAM: COVID-19 RESIDUALS: How Has the Pandemic Impacted Civic Norms in Communities Presenters: Valerie Lemmie, Director of Exploratory Research, Kettering Found…

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General News Mar 28, 2021

Celebrating Women's History Month: Enid Beaumont

Intrepid. That’s been the essence of Enid Beaumont her whole career, whether wrangling consensus across the Big Seven (the nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations of state and local government officials), managing executive…

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Grand Challenge News Mar 26, 2021

Thoughts from Our Fellows: Create Modern Water Systems for Safe and Sustainable Use

Welcome to Thoughts from Our Fellows, a collection of recent activity regarding the Academy's Grand Challenge of each Month. In March, the Academy focused on Creating Modern Water Systems for Safe and Sustainable Use. Be…

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General News Mar 23, 2021

Celebrating Women's History Month: Alice Rivlin

As a Bryn Mawr undergraduate, Alice Rivlin wanted a career in public administration. And with her rare combination of intelligence, grace, and moxie, she swept past, jumped over, or outwaited all the sexist obstacles pla…

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General News Mar 9, 2021

Celebrating Women's History Month: Nesta Gallas

Nesta Mabyn Gallas was born in Herne Bay, England in 1917, the year before property-owning British women over age 30 were given the right to vote, and a decade before British women attained universal suffrage. Had Nesta …

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Standing Panel News Mar 1, 2021

Standing Panel on International Affairs

Standing Panel on International Affairs National Academy of Public Administration Date: 1 March 2021 From: Arnold Fields, Chairman, NAPA Standing Panel on International Affairs Subject: Academy’s Standing Panel on Inte…

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General News Feb 28, 2021

Celebrating Women's History Month

Traveling back through time, scant few women leaders have been included in history books. The contributions of those who have often been minimized or treated as outliers. In Egypt, for example, Hatshepsut (1478 BCE- 1458…

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