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Academy Study Aug 8, 2022

Social Security Administration - A Report to Congress on Sources of and Access to Death Data

Background The mission of the Social Security Administration (SSA) is to provide quality Social Security services to the public. It collects death data, including death data from state vital records offices, to administe…

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Academy Study Jun 21, 2022

Agile Regulation: Gateway to the Future

The National Academy of Public Administration, the Project Management Institute (PMI), and the Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust embarked on an effort to address federal regulation, which many view as the least agile area …

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Academy Study Apr 5, 2022

Modernizing Public Benefits Delivery: How Innovation Can Deliver Results for Eligible Households and Taxpayers

Background The United States experienced a massive disruption beginning in 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic that forced government agencies at all levels to rethink their basic service delivery models. People urgently nee…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/modernizing-public-benefits-delivery-how-innovation-can-deliver-results-for-eligible-households-and-taxpayers

Academy Study Mar 22, 2022

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Cultural Competence Assessment

BACKGROUND The U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), located in New London, CT, is a four-year, tuition-free federal service academy that prepares its cadets physically, intellectually, and ethically for careers in the U.S. …

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/u-s-coast-guard-academy-cultural-competence-assessment

Academy Study Nov 23, 2021

Comprehensive Assessment of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) is an accredited institution of higher education with about 950 cadets located at Kings Point, New York. The mission of the USMMA is “to educate and graduate licensed merchant mar…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/comprehensive-assessment-of-the-us-merchant-marine-academy

Academy Study Mar 30, 2021

National Marine Sanctuaries Program - The First Fifty Years, and the Next Fifty Years

NOAA’s ONMS contracted with the National Academy of Public Administration to conduct: An evaluation of the impact and major achievements of the National Marine Sanctuaries program over the past five decades. An assess…

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Academy Study Mar 17, 2021

United States Office of Personnel Management Independent Assessment

Section 1112(b) of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization (NDAA) Act directed the Director of OPM to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) to conduct a comprehensive, inde…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/united-states-office-of-personnel-management-independent-assessment

Academy Study Jan 20, 2021

An Innovation Foundation for DOE: Roles and Opportunities

In recent years, Congress has created a number of agency-related nonprofit research foundations to provide a flexible, efficient method to establish and enhance public-private research and development partnerships. The C…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/an-assessment-of-the-value-of-a-non-profit-foundation-to-promote-department-of-energy-technology-transfer-to-the-marketplace

Academy Study Oct 16, 2020

Agricultural Research Service: Follow-Up Assessment of Administrative and Financial Management Services

The genesis of this study was a 2017 report for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) by the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy). That work was an extensive examination of customer service and custo…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/agricultural-research-service-follow-up-assessment-of-administrative-and-financial-management-services

Academy Study Aug 19, 2020

United States Department of Commerce: Space Traffic Management

The National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy), pursuant to directives set forth in the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020, has contracted with the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration to conduct…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/united-states-department-of-commerce-office-of-space-commerce

Academy Study Aug 4, 2020

Independent Assessment of Allegations of Scientific Misconduct Filed Under The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Scientific Integrity Policy

In September 2019, NOAA’s Scientific Integrity Officer (SIO) received four complaints of alleged violations of scientific integrity filed under the NOAA Scientific Integrity Policy (NOAA Administrative Order 202-735D: Sc…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/independent-assessment-of-allegations-of-scientific-misconduct-noaa

Academy Study Jul 31, 2020

Agricultural Research Service: Office of National Programs Revitalization

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the United States Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific in-house research agency, conducting approximately 690 research projects across the country. ARS reorganized its a…

https://napawash.org/academy-studies/agricultural-research-service-office-of-national-programs-revitalization