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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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Grand Challenge News Jun 29, 2020

Roundtable on Social Equity

Social equity—a key pillar of public administration alongside economy, efficiency, and effectiveness—addresses fairness, justice, and equity within a variety of public contexts. Although the United States has made signif…

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Grand Challenge News Jun 26, 2020

Promoting Social Equity Through Civil Rights Education For Public Service: Miles' Law, Different Experiences, But Toward Common Action

By Phillip J. Cooper, Douglas and Candace Morgan Professor of Local Government, Department of Public Administration, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University and Fellow of the National Academy of …

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General News Jun 25, 2020

Meet our Fellows: Dr. RaJade M. Berry-James ('19)

Dr. RaJade M. Berry-James is an associate professor of public administration and resident faculty in the Center for Genetic Engineering & Society in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at NC State U…

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Grand Challenge News Jun 22, 2020

The Agile Journey at the World Bank

By G. Edward DeSeve, Visitng Fellow IBM Center for the Business of Government and Academy Fellow Introduction The case study summarized below is the latest in a series of cases available at the NAPA Agile Government…

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General News Jun 11, 2020

Meet our Fellows: Dr. Laura Bloomberg ('19)

Laura Bloomberg, PhD, has served as dean of the Humphrey School since June 2017. Prior to her appointment to dean she served as associate dean for four years, during which time she led efforts to support the global expan…

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General News May 28, 2020

Meet our Fellows: Ms. Tracy Wareing Evans ('19)

Tracy Wareing Evans is the President and CEO of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), a bi-partisan, non-profit, membership organization representing state and local health and human service agencies th…

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Grand Challenge News May 26, 2020

Roundtable on Modernizing and Reinvigorating the Public Service

As federal, state, and local governments are increasingly called upon to address complex and interconnected “wicked problems,” their need for leaders, managers, technical experts, and front-line workers in the right jobs…

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Grand Challenge News May 20, 2020

Australia Post Case Study

By Patrick Lucas & Janine O’Flynn, Australia and New Zealand School of Government Overview Synopsis Australia Post faced both disruption and opportunity as the digital era began to shift consumer demands towa…

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Grand Challenge News May 1, 2020

Defining Agile Government

By Academy Fellow G. Edward DeSeve Following up on the successes using agile techniques in software development, many leading private sector companies have used agile principles to transform their organizations. Oth…

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