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Standing Panel News Aug 31, 2020

Grand Challenges in Public Administration: Connecting Individuals to Meaningful Work

By Academy Fellows Mark Pisano, Barry VanLare, Scott Fosler, Maria Aristigueta, and Rich Callahan The Academy named in 2019 as one of twelve Grand Challenge in Public Administration, “Connecting Individuals to Meaningfu…

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Grand Challenge News Aug 28, 2020

New Zealand: Whānau Ora Agile Government Case

By Patrick Lucas and Janine O'Flynn of the Australia and New Zealnd School of Government and the University of Melbourne Overview The Synopsis: What is the objective? Aotearoa-New Zealand walks between two cultural w…

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Grand Challenge News Aug 28, 2020

Ten Ways to Build a More Resilient Community

By Jay Fisette, former Member and Chairman of the Arlington County Board in Virginia and a former Auditor with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), current Managing Principal of DMV Strategic Advisors and Aca…

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General News Aug 27, 2020

Meet our Fellows: James E. Baker ('19)

The Hon. James E. Baker is a professor at the College of Law with a courtesy appointment in the Maxwell School. Also serving as Director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law, Judge Baker teaches classes on nation…

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General News Aug 26, 2020

Data Literacy:  The Importance of Speaking the Language of Data to Public Sector Missions

Data literacy and aculture of evidence can lead to creative problem solving and innovation By Academy Fellow Judith Douglas ('14) In previous articles, we focused on how enabling the right environment and recognizing t…

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Grand Challenge News Aug 25, 2020

Election 2020: Make Government AI Ready

By an Election 2020 Academy Working Group including fellows Alan Shark, Erik Bergrud, Kaye Husbands Fealing, James Hendler, Theresa Pardo, and Doug Robinson. Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda for 2021 Artificial In…

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General News Aug 7, 2020

Meet our Fellows: Dr. Gregg Van Ryzin ('19)

Dr. Gregg G. Van Ryzin is a Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University–Newark . His research employs surveys and experiments to study a range of topics, including citizen satisfact…

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Grand Challenge News Jul 26, 2020

Roundtable on Developing Public Governance and Engagement

Effective problem solving usually requires federal, state, and local governments to work successfully together, and often with the private and nonprofit sectors. Fragmented and fractious inter-governmental arrangements—c…

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General News Jul 23, 2020

Meet our Fellows: Dr. Stan Meiburg ('19)

Dr. Meiburg is the Director of the Master of Arts in Sustainability Program and associated dual degree and certificate programs at Wake Forest University. He works with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Ce…

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Grand Challenge News Jul 15, 2020

Election 2020: Develop New Approaches to Public Governance and Engagement

By the Election 2020 Academy Working Group including fellows, Nick Hart, Nancy Potok, Xavier Briggs, Susan Dudley, Sally Katzen, Randy Lyon, Shelley Metzenbaum, Sean O'Keefe, Robert Shea, Kathy Stack., and Danny Werfel. …

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Standing Panel News Jul 1, 2020

Social Equity Resources

Tyrone P. Dooley (2019) Searching for social equity among public administration mission statements, Teaching Public Administration, 1-13 DOI: 10.1177/0144739419867121 The main research question considered in this article…

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Grand Challenge News Jun 30, 2020

Election 2020: Foster Social Equity

By the Election 2020 Academy Working Group including fellows, Margaret C. Simms, RaJade M. Berry-James, Gary Glickman, and Demetra Nightingale. Improving Child Well-Being & Reducing Food Insecurity Food insecuri…

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