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Grand Challenge News Apr 20, 2020

Roundtable: Steward Natural Resources and Address Climate Change

As the nation's industry and population grows, it is critical that the public, nonprofit, and private sectors effectively steward natural resources and protect the environment for ourselves and future generations. In ord…

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General News Apr 16, 2020

Meet our Fellows: Angela Bailey ('19)

Angela Bailey is the Chief Human Capital Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. Ms. Bailey has dedicated close to 38 years to public service, with almost 32 of those years in human resources. Ms. Bailey was appo…

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Grand Challenge News Apr 8, 2020

When Everything Is Urgent and Important

By Elizabeth Kellar, the Director of Public Policy at ICMA, the former President and CEO of the Center for State and Local Government Excellence, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Cities …

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Grand Challenge News Apr 6, 2020

Summary Agile Government Principles

Published on: April 6, 2020 Last Updated on: November 17, 2021Summary Principles for Agile Government. The purpose of these Principles is to provide guidance to organizations that are seeking to improve the outcomes of …

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General News Apr 3, 2020

NAPA Co-signs Letter in Support of the Report of the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service

An open letter to President Donald J. Trump and Members of the 116th Congress: We are writing to you as organizations dedicated to inspiring public service and encouraging excellence in government. We welcome the final …

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General News Apr 2, 2020

Meet our Fellows: Dr. David E. Lewis ('12)

David E. Lewis is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of two books, Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design (Stanford University Pres…

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Standing Panel News Apr 2, 2020

An Intergovernmental Web and Effective Disaster Response: Difficult, but Possible

Blog Entry by Academy Fellow Dr. Katherine Willoughby ('13) With contributions by Donald Bathurst, Gregory Devereaux, Kay C. Goss, Elizabeth Kellar, Shelley Metzenbaum, John Ten Hoeve, and Louis W. Uccellini Never has …

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Grand Challenge News Mar 23, 2020

Roundtable on Creating Modern Water Systems for Safe and Sustainable Use

Climate change, aging infrastructure, and dated governance and management structures have combined to undermine the safety and sustainability of the U.S. water systems. In order to restore these critical systems, the U.S…

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Grand Challenge News Mar 23, 2020

Agile Federalism in Times of Crisis

G. Edward DeSeve, Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration and Executive in Residence, Brookings Executive Education. The Many Forms of Federalism Under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, “[t]he powers …

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General News Mar 19, 2020

Meet our Fellows: Dr. Margaret Simms ('19)

Dr. Margaret C. Simms is a nonresident fellow in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban Institute. Until April 2018, Dr. Simms was an Institute fellow and director of the Low-Income Working Fami…

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Grand Challenge News Mar 18, 2020

A Social Equity Lens for COVID-19 Action: 10 Key Questions

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

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General News Mar 5, 2020

Meet our Fellows: Stan Soloway ('16)

Stan Soloway is President & CEO of Celero Strategies, LLC, a full-service strategic consultancy focused on the federal market. Celero Strategies is Soloway’s latest step in a career during which he has become widely …

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