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Standing Panel News Nov 3, 2021

Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel: Fall Meeting Nov 3, 2021

What lessons have we learned about what works well and what works less well for effective intergovernmental implementation? That is the question five local government experts discussed at this session, addressing three q…

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General News Sep 26, 2021

Meet Our Fellows: H. Brinton Milward

Who or what inspired you to work in public service? After graduating college, I joined the Peace Corps and spent two of the best years of my life in Liberia, West Africa. It was this experience that made me decide to g…

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General News Sep 19, 2021

Meet Our Fellows: Dr. Ron Sanders

Who or what inspired you to work in public service? Growing up, my parents taught me that we had a duty to ‘give back’ to our country and our fellow citizens. That’s something they practiced first-hand—although my father…

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General News Sep 12, 2021

Meet Our Fellows: Marjory Blumenthal

Who or what inspired you to work in public service? Having grown up with parents whose early careers were in public service, I had two formative public service internships as a college student (long before internships be…

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Standing Panel News Sep 9, 2021

Intergovernmental Systems Sept Standing Panel Meeting

Tuesday, September 14th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm EST Meeting Agenda 2:00 – 2:03 Welcome and agenda adjustments Shelley Metzenbaum and Mark Pisano, Standing Panel co-chairs 2:03 – 2:15 NAPA as a national platform and NAPA Fellows …

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General News Sep 6, 2021

Meet Our Fellows: Stuart C. Gilman

Who or what inspired you to work in public service? I was 13 when I heard John Kennedy’s inaugural address. What resonated with me was “do not ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” …

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General News Aug 15, 2021

Meet Our Fellows: Barry Bozeman

Who or what inspired you to work in public service? More what than who. I was a Viet Nam, civil rights era, War on Poverty young adult. It was in the wind. With some of us it resulted in a lifelong commitment to publi…

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Standing Panel News Aug 12, 2021

Technology Leadership Standing Panel August Meeting

Technology Leadership Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Pandemic Thursday, August 12th, 2021, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time (ET) Governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have both enabled and relied on a wide ra…

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General News Aug 6, 2021

Meet Our Fellows: Robert Durant

Who or what inspired you to work in public service? I was inspired to study and do research on public service initially when I watched my father, who was a small business person, trying to deal with government regulation…

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General News Jul 25, 2021

Meet Our Fellows: Alan Shark

Dr. Alan R. Shark, Executive Director of CompTIA’s Public Technology Institute, NAPA Fellow and Chair of Standing Panel on Technology Leadership. And associate professor at the Schar School of policy and Government, GMU.…

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General News Jul 18, 2021

Meet Our Fellows: Alan Lyles

Who or what inspired you to work in public service? Early experiences confirmed life’s precariousness, and how few dependable options exist for children in poor, undereducated and dysfunctional families. My family was po…

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General News Jul 5, 2021

Meet Our Fellows: Randolph May ('08)

Who or what inspired you to work in public service? I think as far back as high school, I knew I wanted to be a lawyer because I had in mind that lawyers played a key role in shaping public policy, and I wanted to be par…

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