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General News May 23, 2025

Launching the Extreme Weather Resilience Hub: Public Administration for a New Era

Amanda Mullan is the Extreme Weather Resilience Hub Coordinator and Project Director at the Academy On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the National Academy of Public Administration launched the Extreme Weather Resilience Hub at…

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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 May 16, 2025

The Australian Election and the United States

The Albanese (center left ‘Labor’) Party had a stunning win in the Australian election on May 3, 2025, over the Coalition (center right) parties. Though not to the extent seen in Canada’s recent election, President Trump…

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General News May 13, 2025

Who Moved My Government? Navigating Change in Public Administration

Who Moved My Government? Navigating Change in Public Administration On May 6, 2025, Leadership Connect and the National Academy of Public Administration brought together a powerhouse panel of experts for a timely discus…

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General News May 1, 2025

Program Integrity Lessons from the Public Health Emergency for Today’s Risks: Lessons Learned & Implications for the Future

The Public Health Emergency (PHE) disrupted the course of daily activities for the nation. The provision and manner in which medical services were provided—including to Medicare and Medicaid populations—changed from almo…

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General News Apr 27, 2025

Fellow Highlight: Bill Hamm

Who or what inspired you to enter into public service? The experiences my dad (John E. Hamm) shared with me about his work at the National Recovery Administration and the Office of Price Administration sparked my in…

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Standing Panel News Apr 7, 2025

VIDEO Part 3: Living with 2°C Plus – The Climate Change Adaptation Challenge Monash University

Insurance is at the forefront of the discussion about climate impacts. While climate changes the risk profile for physical assets (and non-physical assets), with the potential for loss and damage, insurance translates th…

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General News Mar 28, 2025

Fellow Highlight: Gloria Somolekae

Gloria Somolekae is the Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow of the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis and an Academy Fellow since 2024. WHO INSPIRED YOU TO ENTER PUBLIC SERVICE? I was born just…

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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 21, 2025

Looking Forward – Taxes and Technology

By Brenna Isman, Director of Academy Studies The current administration is taking a very different approach to supporting the mission of the IRS, compared to years past. This is shining more intense light on the IRS. The…

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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 Mar 7, 2025

Fellow Highlight: Brenda Donald

Who or what inspired you to enter into public service? I have always been struck by the power of public institutions to influence the lives of the people they serve - either positively or negatively. In my early career, …

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