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General News Jun 27, 2025

Ensuring Human Capital Capabilities and Capacity During Organizational Change

As the federal government undergoes sweeping reforms and structural shifts, the National Academy of Public Administration has provided a timely and essential resource: Ensuring Human Capital Capabilities and Capacity Dur…

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General News May 21, 2025

Healthcare and the Hollow State

First published in the Arizona Daily Star, May 8 2025 Elon Musk’s DOGE has put entire federal agencies in the woodchipper and thrown out several hundred thousand civil servants. Beyond these layoffs and firings are thous…

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General News Mar 28, 2025

Procurement Reform: How can we shape this vital system for the better?

By David Gragan and Jason Whetsell Finally, we have the opportunity to make comprehensive procurement reforms. Decisions made in the next few weeks will likely shape the system for decades. This creates an ideal opportu…

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General News Mar 26, 2025

Public Sector Leadership: Helping Communities Adapt to a New Era

By David Bray, PhD - Chair of the Accelerator & Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center Since its establishment in 1979, the Senior Executive Service (SES) has experienced a consistent set of pressures that impacts our…

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General News Mar 14, 2025

Building Trust in Government pt 3: What Public Administrators Can Do to Improve Trust in Government 

by Amanda Mullan The American people report that government institutions are not serving them effectively. Substantive improvements to government operations are required to achieve results that matter to people and to r…

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General News Aug 1, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Charlie Stevenson

Dr. Charles A. Stevenson has been teaching American foreign policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies for two decades. Born in Denver, first in his family to go to college, he has AB and PhD de…

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General News Jun 6, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Andrew Podger

Academy Fellow Andrew Podger is Honorary Professor of Public Administration, Research School of the Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University, and an award-winning Australian Public Administrator. Who or w…

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General News May 15, 2024

Baltimore County debuts Enterprise Strategic Plan, with help from the Academy

County Executive John Olszewski Jr., has debuted the Baltimore County Enterprise Strategic Plan for 2024-2026, with the help of the Strategic Initiatives team at the National Academy of Public Administration. Academy sta…

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General News Mar 22, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Roderick Hickman

Roderick Hickman is a nationally acclaimed corrections executive, reformer, federal court monitor, and consultant. Professionally he is recognized for his work in leading the historic reorganization of corrections in Cal…

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Standing Panel News Oct 23, 2023

AI and Government Communications

AI and Government Communications: Huge Together If We Can Manage The Risks By Jerry Mechling, Former Fellow of the Institute of Politics and Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Societies have alw…

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General News Jul 30, 2023

Fellow Spotlight: Robert A. Burton

What has been the most rewarding experience in your career so far? Without question, working at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was my most rewarding professional ex…

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General News Jul 9, 2023

Fellow Spotlight: James P. Pfiffner

What encouraged you to pursue a career in the field of public service? My commitment to public service stemmed from my education, scholarship, and experience with the American government. As I went through high schoo…

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