INSIDE: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION VOL. 30 NO. 11 NOVEMBER 2007 PA TIMES SPECIAL SECTION: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THE MEDIA PA TIMES Public Administration and Pop Culture 3 30 Years • 1977-2007 A Powerful Voice for Public Service . . . Popular culture impacts large segments of society. Ask the average person who Benjamin Harrison is, and what the Monroe Doctrine was, and you’re liable to get a blank Federal Government Receives Poor look. Ask who Harrison Ford is and who Marilyn Monroe was, and you’re liable to get a prompt and accurate response.–Beth A. Wielde, Management Grades from Citizens David Schultz Media and Public Administration 4 Study Finds Most Don’t Know How the Government Spends Their Money Media and public administration are not separate entities. They are Crystal City, VA–Primavera Systems, Inc., America Grades the Government: two out of three Americans also feel left in entwined as the spine is to the body. recently announced the results of its Confusion at the Ballot Box the dark regarding federal expenditures. –Caroline S. Westerhof “America, Inc.– Annual Shareholder With just over a year until the next Grading the federal government’s ability to Skipping the Middle Man with a Management Report,” a new study that Presidential election, the “America, Inc.” effectively manage and obtain value from Governmental E-News Site 5 shows most Americans do not know how study reveals that 89 percent of Americans private-sector contractors, some 92 percent their government spends their money and give the government a grade of C, D, or F of Americans do not believe the government Right now, most government agencies gives the federal government poor manage- in fiscal responsibility and management have a website that is limited to its gets best value. Expressing the reform ment grades. The study highlights a discon- efficiency. Drilling down on specific particular stovepipe. Boring! priority, 60 percent of Americans said the nect between the American public and demographics, 98 percent of retirees give –Mordecai Lee government should hold contractors government managers on the need for the government a failing grade–an interest- Keep and Eye on the Media 6 accountable for project failure. Fifty-three management changes. The majority of ing perspective in light of the aging popula- In the field of public administration Americans call for new visibility, structure, tion dynamic. Just as the public is skeptical See POOR GRADES, pg. 2 or public policy, the role of the and standard management practices. of government management performance, media is often left unexamined. I, personally, know this to be true. –Judi T. Haberkorn Latinos, the Media and Vote in ASPA’s National Public Administration 7 aspanet.org/2008conference Council Elections. See With the growing Latino population Candidate Statments, pg. 18 in America today, there is a simulta- neously growing dilemma that often gets overlooked. This dilemma is the lack of understanding and recogni- tion of U.S. Latinos and their diversity.–Tony Carrizales Insights on HR Mgmt. 8 FEMA and Red Cross Challenges Insights on Strategic Mgmt. 9 Aid California Wildfire Evacuees Frederickson Perspective 11 Found in Global Ethics Moment 12 Where Things Stand 13 Warming ASPA TIMES Failure to Address Energy ASPA Member Proposes Section on National Security 15 Anxiety Could Derail Global Guest President’s Column: Warming Policies ASPA’s Global Role: Collaborating with Professional Associations to Build Governance Capacity 16 New York–A new poll on global warming released by the Nathan Cummings If ASPA is to collaborate more Foundation and the Breakthrough Institute effectively with other professional shows hurdles for those advocating increas- associations to build global ing the price of carbon to reduce global governance capacity, its leaders warming, but opportunity when solutions are should contemplate some critical shifts in vision and mission, centered around achieving energy independ- programs, and governance that are ence, reducing the cost of clean energy, and essential if we are to keep up with creating new jobs. The poll follows a review our changing world.–Don Klingner of public opinion on energy and global National Council Election warming released earlier this summer. Candidate Statements 18-19 Lance Lindblom, president and CEO of the Career Center 20-21 Nathan Cummings Foundation noted the New Members 22 importance of understanding the political environment while crafting public policy. Recruiter 23 “This poll demonstrates that getting the Conferences Calendar 28 Marvin Nauman/FEMA photo policy right means getting the politics right,” Lindblom noted. “Elegant policy Irvine, CA, October 26, 2007 -- Red Cross worker Mari Hill and FEMA Community Relations prescriptions that cannot generate the politi- Specialists Duane Marusa and Sid Jones talks with Fire Evacuee Autumn Jimenez and her children cal support necessary won’t do anything to who are staying at a Red Cross Shelter. Community Relations Specialists contact fire evacuees to For more information on how to be effectively address the challenges of global PA TIMES published in , please contact let them know about registering for FEMA aid available to them under the Individual Assistance climate change.” Christine Jewett McCrehin at Program. [email protected]. See GLOBAL WARMING, pg. 2 PAGE 2 PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 American Society for Public Administration Most Americans Have No Idea How Government Spends Their Money

From POOR GRADES, pg. 1 Managers indicate that the government called for increased visibility into how updates should be deployed may be set up to flunk–75 percent say federal agencies manage programs, and their agency does not use a standardized 61 percent reported that agencies need to • 38 percent said standardized systems percent of Americans called for the project management system. In addition, enhance their management structure– for reporting projects in real time federal government to levy penalties on most Federal managers do not receive establishing clear program goals and should be deployed contractors that fail to deliver. recognition for a job well done. Seventy- milestones, reporting against these goals, “Clearly, ‘Good enough for government Government Grades Itself: one percent of managers report that their and holding stakeholders accountable. In work’ is no longer good enough,” said Does the Math Add Up? agency does a poor job of recognizing sync with government managers, some 50 Margo Visitacion, industry and product While Americans fail the Federal govern- them for meeting program objectives. percent of Americans asked the govern- marketing manager, Primavera. ment to implement standardized manage- “Feedback from government managers ment in management efficiency, Federal Federal managers cite limited access ment practices and reports to allow for reveals significant contradictions. We managers overall are satisfied with their to project information as impacting efficiency comparisons across agencies. must build structured management management systems. Eighty percent of project management success. Only 25 practices into a new curriculum if we are Federal managers believe their manage- percent can easily access a complete and When asked how to improve visibility o improve report card grades.” ment system meets or exceeds basic current database of agency-wide invest- into how federal agencies manage govern- t requirements. Additionally, 61 percent are ments and only 29 percent can easily use ment programs, federal managers The “America, Inc.– Annual Shareholder comfortable with their agency’s program project management databases for provided the following recommendations: Management Report” findings are based management performance. resource allocation. on an online survey of 677 members of • 51 percent said agencies should enact a the general public and 151 Federal However, 69 percent of Federal New Curriculum: standardized project management system managers. The study is available for managers report that only 1 in 5 projects The Management Opportunity download at www.primavera.com/americ- finish on budget and on time. Many The requirement for increased manage- • 42 percent said agencies should move astudy. Federal managers also report a lack of ment structure is the key area of coales- away from the homegrown spreadsheet approach measurable objectives, with 60 percent cence between public opinion and that of stating that they spend 50 percent or less government managers. Asked how to • 40 percent said standardized systems of their time working on projects with improve government management for reporting and tracking project measurable objectives. performance, 62 percent of Americans Americans Worry More about Rising Energy Prices than Global Warming

From GLOBAL WARMING, pg. 1 This survey jointly conducted by these consequences did not increase their American ingenuity. Again, we find that American Environics and EMC Research desire to take action on global warming. American respond better when we appeal confirmed that analysis. Global warming to their native optimism.” Among the survey's key findings: ranked dead last of the 16 issues tested in “Telling voters that global warming will the survey, trailing the cost of gas and lead to environmental disaster did not lead Finally, the poll tested public support for • “Global warming” continues to rank low to increased support for action on global a variety of global warming policy as a priority for Americans, electricity, dependence on foreign oil, and even “quality of the environment.” warming,” noted John Whaley who prescriptions. Voters expressed initial • Americans continue to be extremely conducted the survey for American support for a variety of potential govern- anxious about the cost of energy, Voter concern over the cost of gas and Environics. “In addition, when voters were ment actions, with support for an Apollo- • Messages about the potential catastrophic electricity was evident in a number of told that specific proposals would lead to type investment strategy scoring highest. effects of global warming do not increase question responses, from both a strong higher energy costs, support for policies to However, when told of the potential costs support for government action, preference for proposals to lower the cost limit carbon dropped dramatically.” of those programs, support dropped of clean energy (68 percent) over propos- “What I find particularly intriguing is that precipitously, with only the Apollo-type • Of the major global warming policy als designed to reduce consumption by the vast majority of voters (70 percent) investment proposal retaining support proposals, investment in clean technol- making dirty energy more expensive (18 think the evidence is ‘solid’ that the earth from a majority of voters. ogy is most popular. percent), to a majority opposing a carbon is warming, but remain more concerned The survey tested a number of proposed Earlier this year, the Nathan Cummings tax (58 percent) with 39 percent strongly opposing such an action. about deficits and crime, and nearly as policy prescriptions including a “Cap-and- Foundation and the Breakthrough Institute concerned about taxes than they are about Trade” program, the “Sky Trust” proposal, conducted a review of publicly available The poll also divided the sample to the climatic shift that will no doubt have a and an investment-centered “New Apollo” polling data that demonstrated a substan- observe the effects of various psychologi- bigger effect on their lives and their program. Respondents were then presented tive problem for initiatives to increase the cal primes on global warming public children’s lives than any of those issues,” with likely arguments against each price of carbon: energy cost anxiety. opinion, including using specific noted Alex Evans, principal at EMC program to track shifts in opinion. Voters consistently rated energy costs as a consequences of global warming Research. “It is clear to me that scaring higher concern than global warming, and expressed by the environmental people is not the way to get them to act The investment-centered “New Apollo” resisted policies that would increase the community such as the movie “An particularly when they display such a See GLOBAL WARMING, pg. 12 cost of electricity and gasoline. 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Beth A. Wielde, David Schultz its viewers thought about President against government? How has Hollywood containment unit does not meet code. Kennedy’s assassination, and there is cast public servants in recent movies? Is it Peck shuts down the containment unit The Relevance of Popular Culture ample evidence that Hillary Clinton’s 2000 positive, negative, or is there a balance? without attempting to determine the ramifi- appearance on David Letterman’s show cations of his actions. He releases the Popular culture impacts large segments Based on our research of a pilot of society. Ask the average person who changed public attitudes about her, eventu- contained ghosts into New York City, ally assisting in her successful bid to study sample of 20 recent movies depict- heralding a chain of events that would Benjamin Harrison is, and what the ng public servants and the top 20 become a United States Senator. Overall, i result in the near end of the world–and the Monroe Doctrine was, and you’re liable grossing American movies from 1945 to pop culture, including movies, can affect jolly-faced Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man to get a blank look. Ask who Harrison 2004, the good news is that despite the how people think about the world. rampaging throughout the city. Peck’s Ford is and who Marilyn Monroe was, critique of these depictions by commenta- arrogance comes back to bite him; he is and you’re liable to get a prompt and tors, for the most part, the overall More surprisingly, rudely dismissed by the Mayor of New accurate response. depictions are positive. both the sample and larger York, and later coated in melted marshmal- Movies introduce ideas creating, for Mr. Bureaucrat Goes to Washington low from the defeated Stay-Puft man. many, windows into–or their definition study yielded a plethora of The initial pilot study revealed there was Monstercrats have great passion–for of– reality. Popular culture has histori- sufficient evidence that public servants cally provided a frame of reference that images of public servants serving themselves or exerting power for may not be depicted as negatively in its own sake rather than serving the can affect how individuals view or think popular culture movies as many theorists about the world. Upton Sinclair’s “The that could fit into seven citizenry. Monstercrats use their position speculated. Latent content analysis reveals to enforce the rules a little too hard, Jungle” prompted new sanitary standards public servants were typically portrayed in food production after its shocking distinct typologies. influence decisions with their “expert in a neutral manner at the beginning knowledge,” or just plain try to crush narrative about disgusting practices (“start series”) of movies (37 percent), but (exaggerated or not) in the meat packing underlings or colleagues. Government and Public Servants as the character developed, positive traits industry. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s BlackHatocrat. Like the Monstercrat, in the Movies became dominant toward the end of Nest,” a tale of the patients at Bellevue ovies (64 percent of the sample), he BlackHatocrat tends to focus on Volumes of literature have been written m t psychiatric center, illustrated a world of leaving a positive final (“end series”) ambition and self-interest over the public about the way popular culture, including mistreatment and cold bureaucracy. impression with audiences. good. Unlike the Monstercrat, the movies, depicts politicians and concluding BlackHatocrat will use illegal means to Popular culture movies such as Oliver that they have not fared well. In American Since 1990, depictions of public servants achieve their greedy ends. In “Dave,” Stone’s “JFK” impacted the way many of filmmaking, several authors have reached have achieved a mix of positive and presidential staff plan and execute a similar conclusions about the negative negative portrayals. Even the negative “switch” between the ailing president and depictions of politicians but few have images come with messages that punish- a look-alike (Kevin Kline). Slowly they extended the study to look at career ments are dealt to those acting improperly, reveal the ethical violations of the public servants. such as the comeuppance of Kevin Kline’s president in order to bolster their own The December Public servants in movies are usually a presidential staff in “Dave” (1993). The potential rise to higher office. secondary character, supporting an elected trend in the 1990s and 2000s shows strong, Obsessocrat. The Obsessocrat devotes position. They are shown more as devices exciting roles for public servants, such as themselves almost exclusively to their 2007 PA TIMES to further the plot or elevate the main Harrison Ford’s presidential staff in “Air careers. Obsessively devoted to their jobs, character (usually the politician) into a Force One” (1997) or Ed Harris’s portrayal the depictions showed levels of loyalty to greater role. This might actually be an of the unshakable Gene Kranz in “Apollo special section 13” (1995). accurate depiction of public service–it is the profession that often go above and beyond just the call of duty. In “City Hall” designed to carry out the duties and More surprisingly, both the sample and (1996), John Cusak’s character, Deputy is titled: policies set forth by lawmakers and larger study yielded a plethora of images Mayor Kevin Calhoun, starts out as the elected officials. of public servants that could fit into seven consummate Obsessocrat. A recurring joke There is still space distinct typologies. Characters could shift Public administration scholars have is for the mayor (played by Al Pacino) to from one typology to another during the expressed concern about the potential ask Calhoun about his evening plans. The course of a movie (“start series” and “end impacts of negative portrayals of the constant response, “I don’t know, I haven’t series”), but almost always fit one or bureaucracy in popular culture. Perhaps thought about it.” His career obsession is more of these characteristics. negative depictions of public servants best illustrated by a later exchange in and “bureaucrat bashing” in the movies Monstercrat. These public servants try to which Pacino admonishes Cusak to “Get a has contributed to the negative images dominate other characters by flaunting life!” and Cusak retorts, “I’ve got yours, of government and declining trust their position. In Ivan Reitman’s 1984 that’s good enough.” Useful PA IT: among Americans. movie “Ghostbusters,” Monstercrat Walter Herocrat. These public servants seem to Peck, an agent of the Environmental Are pop culture images of public adminis- have superhuman qualities, where their Have We Really Protection Agency (EPA), states the ghost trators negative, driving Americans service to the elected official or to the Gotten Past E-mail, public went, physically, far beyond the call of duty. The public servant was shown as a Herocrat, different from the Web Pages and Obsessocrat by their physical prowess and amazing abilities, yet differing from the Solitare? upcoming Ethicrat by the use of brawn over policy. The Herocrat evolved from 1976’s “All the President’s Men,” where administrative staff swallowed their fear MPA MPP Key MPA MSOD PhD and slowly unraveled the inner workings of the Watergate scandal, despite terror Department of Public Administration and Policy Faculty for life and limb. This sent a message that available for advertising Anna Amirkhanyan Neil Kerwin Beryl Radin truth will win out and ethics overcomes and articles. Robert F. Durant Robert Kramer Bernard Rosen (ret.) dirty play every time. Katherine Farquhar Samuel Krislov David H. Rosenbloom Ethicrat. Ethicrats prefer not being put Deadline for both is into the unfolding conflict situations, but November 20, 2007 Maja Holmes Laura I. Langbein Bernard H. Ross, emeritus since they are, they will choose ethics Brad Huther Harvey Lieber Bradley R. Schiller over ill-gotten gains. These Elliott Contact: Richardson type characters send the Alison Jacknowitz Robert J. Marshak Robert Tobias message that there are renegade public [email protected] Jocelyn M. Johnston Howard E. McCurdy Sonja Walti servants who will defy the lures of Daniel R. Mullins personal gain and choose to serve the public by demonstrating what’s right spa.american.edu [email protected] 202-885-6230 See POP CULTURE, pg. 6 PAGE 4 PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 American Society for Public Administration Public Administration and the Media SPECIAL SECTION Media and Public Administration

Caroline S. Westerhof The media write about presidential or will not be held has no structure from government. The media is an arm of the “photo-ops.” The proving of facts to the one presidential administration to the public sector, driven by the private sector, Media and public administration are not public has always been recognized as an next. The swiftness and volume of within a framework of public policies. integral part of administration, whether information–whether fact or fiction, separate entities. They are entwined as the Public administration and the media are the information is fact, fiction, or whether through use of information spine is to the body. Public administrators, enveloped historically through other presented in a controlled environment (top technology or print and wire services–is academicians, scholars and practitioners government entities, such as the Federal secret, on deep background, etc.). increasing globally and nationally. are pragmatic; their responsibilities and Communications Commission (FCC) and activities are served by media, internal Foreign correspondents are permitted to attend press conferences, when approved its regulatory processes. They review and external to government. regulations governing the numbers of The media is an arm of the by the office of the press secretary. It was Dwight Waldo, who said in public sector, driven by the newspapers, television and radio stations 1953, that public administration as a Jerry TerHorst, the first press secretary, that companies are allowed to control in any particular market. discipline has entered into a period of was appointed by President Gerald Ford. private sector, within a Approved by the U.S. Senate through the wide interchange…. The most notable “advice and consent” clause of the U. S. Media and public administration together consequences have been the development framework of public policies. challenge intellectual and professional Constitution, he misunderstood whether of its fruitful interrelations with other honesty. They are not separate entities in a his boss was the president or the citizenry. disciplines. emocratic political system, as they are in In trying to “protect” the president, d a totalitarian regime where they are Government information procedures, TerHorst gave misinformation regarding It was not until the latter part of the 20th controlled by a government. The century that studies had been done on the handled by government appointed the pardon for former President Nixon. functionaries, have become increasingly The result was that within a week he challenge always will be to adhere to the role of media within government, both principle of ethics. It is an ongoing and professional. Information officers may resigned, for the media no longer would officially and unofficially. Further, there inclusive process. was not a study of the role, function and participate in the formulation of programs believe his statements. and policies. management of the position of press Media, public administration, government Caroline S. Westerhof is a media and policy-making management specialist. She secretary to an elected government official. The press secretary position is molded in and politics are intertwined in this 21st is an online professor at Colorado Substantive issues that concerned the use an informal structure jury-rigged by the century. Their relationships must adapt to actors. The role demands adaptability and vastly different circumstances. The Technical University and California of the press have appeared in scattered National University for Advanced Studies. journals. However, there has not been any quick thinking. Frustrations may cause the devastating aspect of these relationships is secretary to resign his or her position. E-mail: [email protected]. definitive endeavor to relate the behavior linked to the intricacies of public adminis- Two months ago Tony Snow, a former of the press secretary in the last half of tration, for the media, unknowingly, may “Fox News” newscaster, resigned as press the 20th century to policy making build upon the propaganda that it is fed by secretary to President George W. Bush. decisions of elected officials and agencies. In the early 1900s there was no policy to When the White House press room hold scheduled interviews. Few was being renovated at taxpayers’ interviews were arranged; there were expense, Tony Snow invited former favorite reporters who were able to secure press secretaries to the opening. The private interviews. This cronyism is a president, who was present, called them human nature phenomenon that will “spin meisters.” always exist. Look at the heat Karl Rove An online tool for journalists, Wobbing.eu and Robert Novak took over the CIA leak. is used to understand how freedom of The first sense of media officially in the information requests have emerged as laws office of the president as a press secretary allowing access to official documents. “To was Roger Tubby, who served President wob” is originally derived from slang used Harry S. Truman. It was President by a Dutch reporter “to make a freedom of Theodore Roosevelt who first knew how information request.” Such wobbing laws to use the print media. He would hold a are for requesting access to official press conference on a Monday he felt the documents. Originally developed by news would be “light,” and would get reporters from the Nordic countries and The Netherlands, they are made possible better coverage. It was the fireside radio because transparency is the norm. chats introduced by President Franklin Roosevelt that brought broadcast media The United States has some of the oldest into the presidential fold. Freedom of Information laws, but like in Europe, it also has a record for delay. The The first, major books on visual and verbal National Security Archive, an institute content in news about the U.S. presidencies based in Washington that specializes in and the presidents began to come on the retrieving confidential information from market in the early 1990s. The first user of government, has been waiting for 19 years television in a presidential campaign, and for one request. then the office of the president, was John F. Kennedy. Through the interaction of Public contentment between the military politics and administration the press and the press during the Gulf War had a secretary assignments have evolved into a short term effect on the public’s general modern functioning operation, the partisan concept of censorship. Today, with the and political assignments interacting with war in Iraq, the public is disturbed about routine newsprint and broadcast functions. misleading statistics, misleading informa- tion and contrived stories. Anderson The explosive impact of the mass media Cooper of CNN talks about “keeping on the political and governmental government honest.” processes has encouraged sweeping changes in the conduct of government and There is administrative structure in the government office of the press secretary media. This makes us more aware of the through its own internal regulations and the enormous power and influence the media sense of order in its relationship to the have in creating, stabilizing and altering a press; though there may be a deputy press public image. Public administrators secretary and there is hierarchy within recognize this situational leadership itself, it can very easily manufacture its power, and often, privately, will question own rules, totally separate from the media. “how to handle a serious leak.” Their media contacts will be well used to leak The one connecting link is the relation- details they want the public to know, as ship to the media, and how it is well as trial balloons to get reactions. controlled; when the news conference will American Society for Public Administration PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 5 Public Administration and the Media SPECIAL SECTION Skipping the Middle Man with a Governmental E-News Site: Public Administration, the Media and News Consumers

Mordecai Lee ment-oriented beats. When the roving and the technology is there to advance the ago nobody was reading newspaper spotlight of the news media suddenly traditional early 20th century concept of websites, going to the web for traffic The website is updated several times a focuses on government, it tends to be for public reporting one step further: the congestion updates or for the latest day, contains news of interest to a broad all the wrong reasons: cheap shot stories governmental e-news center. All the weather forecasts. The key for this cross-section of the population, and has about bureaucrats supposedly victimizing building blocks are there and the technol- concept to work would be to resist two contributions from writers with expertise innocent citizens, yet another example of ogy is getting increasingly simple to use. natural tendencies: the desire of the chief in many different aspects of public affairs. purportedly unnecessary red-tape, and all elected executive officials (whether The homepage of the local daily newspa- manner of waste-fraud-and-abuse stories. governor, mayor or county executive) to per? No, it’s the new concept of a govern- All of these different journalistic themes When the roving spotlight turn the site into a “look what a great job mental e-news site, a source of general play into Americans’ natural tendency to of the news media suddenly I’m doing” site. Conversely, there’s a and relevant information for the residents distrust government. (Don’t blame the need to transcend the traditional of that city, county or state. current generation. It started in 1776…) focuses on government, stovepipes of the public sector. Government agencies don’t particularly Right now, most government agencies What’s a public administrator to do? Ever it tends to be for all play well with others. Each agency likes have a website that is limited to its partic- since the birth of the profession of to inhabit its own little world, maintain its ular stovepipe. Boring! Similarly, chief government management about a century the wrong reasons… own website and resist “meddling” from elected executive officials, such as ago, the field has advocated the duty of horizontal-oriented leaders. governors, mayors and county executives public administrators to engage in public also have websites regarding their official reporting, i.e. to contribute to an informed Such a website would operate like the The governmental e-news center would be activities (in contradistinction to their citizenry. Most public reporting occurred homepage of a daily newspaper, contain- a place where all the departments and campaign websites). These tend to be indirectly, through the news media. There ing stories of broad interest and up-dated agencies of that level of government (city “here’s what I did today” sites, usually of were only limited opportunities for direct on an hourly basis, more frequently if or county or state) get to demonstrate the little interest to the average citizen. public reporting, such as annual reports. necessary. What would be the content? All value of their work to the citizenry at the agencies of that level of government large. Not boring tomes about the latest Meanwhile, the news media’s coverage of Now, in the 21st century, it’s time to cut out would be invited to contribute stories that elevator regulations. But day-to-day news public administration is shrinking. There the middle man, escape the apathy or would be of interest to the population at that affects the lives of large chunks the are fewer and fewer working reporters in hostility of the news media and provide large, or at least to relatively large public-at-large. the United States and a diminishing important information directly to the public segments of the public. percentage of the survivors have govern- on a much larger scale than just annual Such news sites can accomplish several reports. I’m suggesting that the time is right Imagine, for example, a state govern- goals simultaneously. First, they would be ment’s website that looks like that of a a 21st century evolution of the early 20th newspaper. It could contain the latest century concept of public reporting. Yes, updates from a wide variety of state all government agencies had–and still agencies about events and developments have–a duty to report to the citizenry that affect the public: health advisories about their stewardship of public funds. about air pollution levels, reports from the But, instead of boring annual reports, state patrol about highway conditions, they’d shift now to tidbits that are consumer protection advisories, latest on interesting and relevant to the citizens. health insurance scams targeting seniors, and new hunting regulations for the Second, such sites would be a way upcoming season. The same would be true to bypass the news media and get of a website of a large urban municipality important information to the public, or of a county government. even if reporters and editors don’t deem it newsworthy. I realize that many webmasters for states, counties and cities would argue that their Third, these sites would be useful to the governmental unit already does this. But citizens. That, in turn, could gradually I’d argue that there’s a need to go one step build a public support for that level of further by adapting the look and contents government, as the public gradually to that of a newspaper’s site. Crackling becomes aware and appreciative of the copy, snappy headlines, frequently day-to-day work of modern public changing content, lots of photos. They’d all administration. be focused on “what’s important” and ASPA member Mordecai Lee is editor of “news you can use.” The change of Government Public Relations: A Reader, mentality is perhaps the key to transform- which will be published next month. He is ing existing sites into news centers. professor of governmental affairs at the It would take a while for these sites to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. build a readership. But, heck, 10 years E-mail: [email protected]

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Judi T. Haberkorn stories about the man that bit the dog, the ownership policies will be even further third most often reported story is that of relaxed then they are today. So what, you In the field of public administration or accidents, fires or disasters. So, we are may ask? If the current trend continues, public policy, the role of the media is scared, then bored, then scared again. fewer people will be able to own more often left unexamined. I, personally, know Where in the statistics of these 14,000 media outlets across the United States. stories that were examined as part of the this to be true. Therefore, in certain areas of the United Want to subscribe to Local Television News Project at the States, one person may be able to own the Prior to entering my doctoral program, University of Delaware local newspaper, a TV station, an Internet PA TIMES? my life’s work and passion was health (www.localtvnews.org), do public company, and the majority of the radio care for the underserved. I spent many a policy stories fall? Not surprisingly, stations. Where does that leave small, day and night at the bedside of patients near the bottom of the list; approximately independent, mom and pop media outlets? who, in the wealthiest nation in the world, 7 percent of stories on the local television Out in the dark. were simply dying because they news were public issue-based stories. contracted the disease of poverty. Regardless of your area of expertise in the Like it or not, fields of public policy or public administra- Fast forward three years, my passion tion, I guarantee that the media plays a remains the poor and underserved, but a in study after study, part. It would behoove you and the people newfound interest in the media has the local television news that you serve, to keep a watchful eye on developed. Why? Because the media is a the ownership debates that are occurring at powerful determinant of public opinion remains the most utilized the FCC. Because, if we are not careful, and public perception of reality; the there will be even fewer outlets to turn to, predominant source of information for vehicle for information for when we need the media to bring our issue Americans is the local television news. to the eyes and ears of the public. Click on PAR/PA TIMES Like it or not, in study after study, the local Americans. television news remains the most utilized ASPA member Judi T. Haberkorn is a www.aspanet.org vehicle for information for Americans. doctoral candidate at the University of The local television news is spending very Delaware, Newark. She has worked with Given this reality, what are Americans little time talking about education, the Danilo Yanich and the members of The learning on the local television news? Well, environment, or my personal passion, Local Television News Project at the they are bombarded with crime stories (in health care. Unless, of course, you think University of Delaware, all statistics are a a recent examination of stories from 1998 that Viagra and cosmetic surgery are all result of that projects examination of over and 2002, over 25 percent of the approxi- one needs to survive. 14,000 news stories from local television mate 14,000 stories presented on the local news broadcasts across the United States television news were crime stories). As concerned citizens and active partici- in 1998 and 2002. pants in our nation’s democracy, what are E-mail: [email protected] Once we Americans learn that our world we to do? The first answer that comes to is a scary, crime ridden one, we then are mind, is get our news from alternative overwhelmed with stories of Brittany sources. That’s a good solution, assuming Spears or the duck that laid the largest of course, that there will still be “alterna- egg (over 16 percent of the stories tive sources” to go to. presented on the local television news were soft news/human interest stories). If, Federal Communications Chairman, After being scared and then bored with Kevin Martin, has his way, the media Movie Depictions Not All Bad From POP CULTURE, pg. 3 life government employees are the occasional faces of the government that the public confronts. Yet more likely than Call for Abstracts versus what the policy is or what is in not, depictions of public administrators in their greedy self-interest. pop culture may be the more frequent face “All the President’s Men” features an of the government that citizens encounter. Race and Disparities: anonymous, yet stunning Ethicrat in Deep Latent content analysis of a sample of 20 Throat (now known to be Mark Felt). This top-grossing government-themed movies character is deeply embedded in the since 1945 that depict public servants A Research Forum scandal, even though it is unclear whether yielded two conclusions. First, contrary to this individual is on the election committee the expectations or fears of some, not all or presidential staff. Despite the threat to movies depict government servants career and possibly even life, this Ethicrat negatively. Second, the movies revealed manages to deliver crucial evidence that seven species of public servants, producing Cape Town, South Africa eventually exposes wrongdoings in the a more complex picture of public adminis- Nixon administration. Ethics overrides trators than one might have thought. July 14-16, 2008 personal interest; as it did for the real-life “Deep Throat.” These depictions yield a historical mixed set of pop culture messages toward public Romanticrat. Romanticrats are often administrators that contradict the generally Deadline for the call for abstracts: introduced as Obsessocrats, such as librar- negative impressions of elected officials. ian Marian Paroo in “The Music Man,” or Moreover, recent cinematic depictions December 1, 2007 fellow librarian Emily Sears in the 1945 reveal a definite shift away from the movie “Adventure.” As the plot rolls negative and toward positive, or at least along, they are swept up by (usually) a moralistic, portrayals of the public servant. dashing but questionable character and love wins out, turning the too-focused Beth A. Wielde is an assistant professor in For more information, please visit: Obsessocrat into a romantic figure, the department of urban and regional revealing a romantic human side hidden studies at Minnesota State University, www.learningcirclenetwork.com by their Obsessocrat leanings. Mankato, MN. E-mail: [email protected] Reality presents to the American public Lewis “Scooter Libby,” Elliott Richardson ASPA member David Schultz is a profes- Co-sponsored by The Polis Holding Group, LLC and the local, nameless government sor in the graduate school of management bureaucrat who processes their license at Hamline University, St Paul, MN. tabs or audits their tax returns. These real E-mail: [email protected] American Society for Public Administration PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 7 Public Administration and the Media SPECIAL SECTION Latinos, the Media and Public Administration

Tony Carrizales In newspaper, news television or internet Public administration should recognize that the issue should be explored and this media, grouping diverse individuals into recent immigrants come from more than 20 typically entails recognizing and With the growing Latino population in the singular term of Latino can be Latin American countries. This is critical in understanding Latino diversity. expected. Delving any further into the any attempt to address concerns or to America today, there is a simultaneously One example where the Latino dilemma aspects of an individual’s background formulate national and local policy. An growing dilemma that often gets can present a challenge for the field of isn’t necessary, other than to identify understanding of the relationship between overlooked. This dilemma is the lack of public administration is amid the concept race/ethnic background; beyond this, the the country of origin and the United States understanding and recognition of U.S. of a representative bureaucracy. To have a true story the media outlet seeks to share as well as possible reasons of immigration Latinos and their diversity. representative bureaucracy at any level of is lost or diverted. can dictate effective policy. One perpetuator is the U.S. media, which government based on ethnic/racial de-emphasizes the specific characteristics Most prominent in today’s media stories One perpetuator is the U.S. demographics (or passive representation) of individuals from Latino populations and regarding Latino populations, is immigra- would presume similarities in among groups them into singular terms such as tion. Immigration policy and undocu- media, which de-emphasizes Latinos for there to be effective active Latino or Hispanic. This presents potential mented residents are both critical aspects the specific characteristics of representation. However, the political, problems for the field of public administra- for the field of public administration at economic and even cultural differences of tion. Both in theory and practice, public the national and local levels. individuals from Latino Latinos embody an inherent obstacle for representative bureaucracy in research, administrators often refer to Latino popula- At the national level, elected officials are populations and groups them theory and practice. tions by the characteristics that contempo- continually debating federal immigration rary media highlight for viewers. policy. Latin Americans represent a signif- into singular terms such as The key aspects of the Latino dilemma This is not to say that some of the icant portion of recent immigrants, both outlined above, represent only a portion prominent characteristics are inappropri- documented and undocumented. It is to Latino or Hispanic. of the variation among individuals who so ately utilized by the field of public no surprise that term Latino surfaces in often are grouped under the term Latino. administration, but the fact that limited national immigration media stories. Although this can be overlooked amid a In the late 1980s significant migration from media story, it can not and should not be characteristics are often involved when Likewise, at the local level undocumented Latin America to the United States did not done by the field of public administration. using the term Latino, is inherently flawed. day laborers have become a key issue originate in Mexico. Central Americans What are some specific questions the field amid municipal public administrators. The media of today has taken to identify- came in the thousands to the United States, of public administration can ask when Although Latino is used by the media in ing individuals of Latin America or Latin and not always in search of economic Latino populations are involved? The reference to these recent immigrants, American descent as Latino or Hispanic, opportunities, but for refugee. Puerto following three questions are a good public administration must understand the overlooking the specific country of origin Ricans, on the other had, have been starting point. or generational aspects of the individuals. issue even further. citizens of the United States for decades. • What is the country of origin or region In addition to recognizing the differences from which an individual comes from? in country of origin, there are also signifi- This question is for those emigrating cant differences among individuals from from a Latin American country. As the same country. Regardless of where suggested above, there is internal one stands on an issue, knowing the migration in which Latinos are simply difference between Mexican immigrants relocating within the United States. to the Southwest and Mexican immigrants to the Northeast can help prevent • What is the historic relationship between implementing an ineffective national the local or federal government and the policy on immigration. specific region from which Latinos are relocating from? Understanding the Likewise, there are significant differences historic reasoning for migration among immigrant populations from highlights push-pull factors. These the same country when examined economic, political or other key reasons through generations. for migration must be taken into consid- Cuban immigrants from the 1960s, 1980s eration during policy formulation or and today all have distinct characteristics, execution. which prohibit each generation of • Finally, which generation of Latinos is immigrants being grouped under one represented within the issue? Recent common label such as political refugees. immigrants and second generation Mexican immigrants from the past two Latinos have distinct ideologies, as decades are quite different from Mexican- would be expected with any immigrant Americans whose families have been in population group, but it is often the United States for many generations. overlooked among Latino populations. In addition to immigration policy, politi- We are familiar with the growth of the cal power/influence of Latinos is also a Latino population in the United States. prominent media story. Latinos are What the field of public administration characterized as being predominantly must become familiar with is the vast democratic in voting. However, there is diversity of Latinos. Over 20 Latin also emphasis on Latinos as a conserva- American countries, over 200 years of tive, family-value driven, population. This Latinos in what is today the United States, only underlines that fact that Latinos, as a and one term–Latino. group, are quite diverse among their political ideologies, and any attempt to Looking past media characterizations and collectively characterize those of Latin oversimplification of the individuals American decent by one term is futile. allows for a better understating of Latino diversity which is critical for public With variance among country of origin, administrators who formulate and reason for migration and generation, implement policy. Latinos have many unique differences that do not warrant a singular term for public ASPA member Tony Carrizales is an administration purposes. This is not to say assistant professor of public administra- that the field shouldn’t collectively think tion at Marist College. of issues that are facing Latino popula- E-mail: [email protected] tions, however, it should not stop with the term Latino. A further understanding of PAGE 8 PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 American Society for Public Administration

INSIGHTS ONHUMAN RESOURCES by BOB LAVIGNA Too Many Numbers?

Robert Lavigna that are most closely linked • Managers’ satisfaction in its early stages and is therefore very Last month, I spoke at the annual confer- to–“drive”–employee satisfac- with quality of candidates much a work in progress. As we move ence of the International Public tion and engagement. and hires forward, we will refine our approach, our Management Association for HR (IPMA- Lots of numbers, for sure. But • Diversity by race/national thinking, and our metrics. HR). My topic, “Building a Best Place to these numbers are just the origin, gender, age Second, it’s important to emphasize that Work,” focused on the Partnership for start. We need more data in • Turnover among new these metrics (or any metrics) are not one- Public Service’s Best Places to Work in public sector HR, to figure out hires (e.g., first year, first size-fits-all solutions. They are examples the Federal Government rankings of 283 if we’re doing our job. That three years) of what we should be measuring in HR. federal departments, agencies and is, enabling our agencies to For individual governments and agencies, subcomponents. Although we ranked attract, develop and retain • Reasons for attrition (exit measures must be in harmony with factors federal agencies only, the Partnership’s talent. How else can we know interview data) such as mission, strategy and goals; politi- results are useful for state and local if the federal government, states, counties, • Turnover in mission-critical positions, cal situation; extent of unionization; legal governments too. That’s because we don't cities and towns have healthy workforces? among high performers, and employees and regulatory environment; information just rank the agencies; we also identify the with critical skills/competencies systems; organizational culture; etc. workplace factors that promote employee Too many numbers? That got • Attrition rates, by retirement eligibility It’s also important to focus measurement engagement, no matter where the on results, not activities. In HR, we often workplace is located. my attention. I’ve been (in other words, are experienced people voting with their feet as soon as measure things like the number of people Since my IPMA-HR presentation was arguing for a long time that they can?) who attend training, the percentage of about ratings and rankings, it included a employees who receive their performance lot of data. I also showed statistics on the the problem in HR is not too • Performance improvements/gains as a evaluations on time, or the number of composition of the public sector many numbers, but too few. result of training reclassifications we crank out. These workforce compared to the private sector, Goal–Employees are satisfied, engaged, may be useful numbers, but they don’t the prospects for a U.S. labor shortage, and treated fairly. Potential metrics: measure results. Outputs are no substitute and the enormous demographic changes for outcomes. • Results from periodic employee surveys government faces, including (but not That’s one reason why the Partnership has Instead, we need to find ways to measure limited to) the aging workforce and the embarked on another project, State of the (the kind that every organization should be conducting) whether training is cost-effectively improv- looming onslaught of retirements. Public Service, to assess the figurative ing the competencies important to the So, I presented a lot of numbers. And I’m health of the federal government • Annual grievances/100 employees, organization. Note that I didn’t just say not apologizing, because the people I workforce. In this long-term project, we percent of grievances upheld; number “competencies,” since the goal is to speak to seem to find the data useful. aim to develop, compile and regularly and percent of discrimination develop the competencies that really matter report on metrics that will measure complaints, number and percent upheld Well most of them do, anyway. As I was to organizational success. And identifying whether the federal government, the these competencies is a big part of what reviewing the IPMA-HR session evalua- nation's largest employer with nearly Goal–Leadership is strong and so is the tions, which were good (surely due to the leadership pipeline. Potential metrics: workforce planning is about, but that’s 2,000,000 workers, has the skills it needs another column. content, not the presenter), one comment and is delivering the services our nation • Percent of supervisors/managers who are really struck me. This person wrote, “Too requires and the times (and our taxpayers) promoted from within compared to The same goes for performance evalua- many numbers.” demand. We believe this project will also percent hired from outside tions. It’s not just about checking the Too many numbers? That got my attention. be relevant to other levels of government. “evaluation completed” box. It’s about • Career progress/advancement of partici- whether the performance management I’ve been arguing for a long time that the If Best Places is too many numbers, wait pants in supervisory/leadership develop- problem in HR is not too many numbers, system is making a difference by improv- until you see all the exciting numbers in ment programs ing individual (and therefore organiza- but too few. Our colleagues in other State of the Public Service. During our • Turnover among supervisors, managers tional) performance, and enabling the disciplines use numbers to evaluate planning, we’ve been working to identify progress and results, and figure out where and senior leaders organization to reward good performers potential metrics, focusing on the kinds of and identify the poor performers so they to allocate resources. But in HR, too often • Employee survey data on satisfaction measures that will enable government to can be dealt with. As for reclassifications, we don’t have empirical data to evaluate evaluate (and improve) HR and workforce with supervisors, managers and leaders our effectiveness or support our arguments I‘m still not sure why we go through all effectiveness. After all, you can’t manage Goal–The public is satisfied with govern- for resources. that trouble when there are better ways to what you can’t measure. And you can’t ment service and performance, and increase pay and advance employees to For example, it’s become almost a part of evaluate whether you’re using resources understands the role of government. the next level. So I’m not sure how to personnel folklore that when budgets are effectively unless you can measure Measured through citizen surveys, town measure the outcomes of the reclassifica- cut, the first casualty is training. In part, progress and results–even in HR. hall meetings, etc. tion process. maybe that’s because we have trouble So, how are we approaching this measure- Now, a few qualifiers. I’ll even take this output versus outcome making a data-driven business case to ment project? First, we have been looking show that training makes a real bottom- First, these are just a few of our prelimi- at what’s already being done in the private See NUMBERS, pg. 12 line difference. sector and in government. For example, nary ideas. State of the Public Service is Too often, we seem to shy away from we’ve reviewed OPM’s (www.opm.gov) using data. After all, ours is a “people good work to collect and analyze federal business,” some will argue, and numbers workforce data. We’re also looking at or statistics can’t tell the real story. important projects in state and local government, including the state-focused Cultural Aspects of Public Management Reform I disagree. Government Performance Project Edited by: Kuno Schedler, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; Isabella Proeller, In Best Places, for example, we do have a (www.gpponline.org) and the International University of Potsdam, Germany City/County Management Association lot of numbers, around 10,000 of them if Contents–Part I: Defining Culture 1. Public management as a cultural phenom- you count every way we rank the 283 Center for Performance Measurement enon. Revitalizing societal culture in international public management research agencies and subcomponents. Using (www.icma.org/performance). 2. Cultural characteristics from public management reforms worldwide 3. The employee satisfaction survey results from We’re now developing our own set of poetics of management, and the politics of organizational cultures. A sociologi- more than 221,000 federal employees potential metrics (linked to key HR goals) cal view on npm-reforms in Switzerland 4. Reforms of central government coor- (generated and graciously provided to us dination in OECD-countries: culture as counterforce for cross-national unifying such as: processes? Part II: Artefacts of Culture 5. Public managers? Religiosity: impacts by the U.S. Office of Personnel Goal–Government hires, develops and on work attitudes and perceptions of co-workers 6. Public administration mod- Management–OPM), we score and rank ernization: common reform trends or different paths and national understandings agencies overall and in ten key workplace retains the right talent. Potential metrics: in the EU-countries 7. Determinants of confidence in the civil service: an inter- dimensions that include leadership, the • Percent of job offers accepted, vacancy national comparison 8. Cultural evolution of organizations from bureaucracy to hyperarchy and net- match between employee skills and rates, time to fill vacancies, applicant centricity: reaping the advantages of it and modern technology 9. Time out? Part III: Country agency mission, training and develop- Perspectives 10. Culture and public management reforms: a review and research agenda on the yield, cost per hire basis of experiences in Switzerland 11. Governance reform outcomes through cultural lens: ment, work life balance, and six others. • Percent of candidates who are assessed Thailand 12. Deconstructing administrative culture – exploring the relationship between cultural We also compute and report scores for as qualified (and well-qualified) patterns and public sector change in the UK and Germany 13. Triggering change through culture each agency–overall and in each clash: the UK civil service reform program, 1999 – 2005 14. E-government in Asia: how culture dimension–by gender, race/national origin • Sources of the best-qualified candidates affects patterns of adoption. and age. And, we run regression analyses (e.g., current employees, websites, A must-have for scholars and practitioners in public management! college campuses, co-ops and interns, to identify, for each of the 283 organiza- To order please go to www.elsevier.com tions ranked, the workplace dimensions employee referrals, advertising) American Society for Public Administration PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 9

INSIGHTS ONSTRATEGIC MANAGEMENT by CHRISTINE GIBBS SPRINGER Managing Through Strategic Agendas

Christine Gibbs Springer be created within government including the State of Rio quality of life, maintain national stability or outside of it by a coalition Grande do sul as well as and achieve a vibrant, competitive Nation While we as public administrators like to of stakeholders. extra-governmental entities of opportunity. Through rigorous, phased such as Todos pela implementation, officials defined think that government solves social and When developed within a economic ills left unaddressed by others, EducacÃo which is a broad objectives, identified measures and priori- governmental entity, a strate- public-education initiative tized national programs associated with we also are aware that government gic agenda involves a broad solutions sometimes follow predictable led by a nonprofit and outcomes. They developed 26 ministry- cross-section of leaders who includes academics, level maps and identified their vertical formulas: elected officials formulate long- address economic and social term plans which too often are agendas business people and other linkages to the national strategy. They issues from the top down as citizen groups. even created a strategy governance laid out during a campaign, legislators then comprehensively as possible authorize the budgets and public adminis- process that is now developing a National including an alignment to In 2006, Rio Grande do Sul Office of Strategy Management. trators are tasked with implementing the important goals. When initiated outside of had gone from one of Brazil’s richest states programs which are often under funded. government, the strategic agenda usually to near-bankruptcy. A number of attempted In order to stay aligned and to maintain its involves diverse stakeholders including government reforms had also consistently commitment to transparency and accounta- Even when progress seems to business leaders, community activists, failed. Some 950 civic leaders convened bility, each ministry publishes its strategy politicians, educators, multiple jurisdic- that year to formulate a vision for the state map annually as well as its commitment to be occurring, an election can tions and levels of government. It’s not as well as objectives, targets and initia- national programs in the major media. potentially undo the agenda easy but it has been deemed to be worth tives. The stated vision became–the best Senior ministry officials are also regularly the effort. state in which to live and work in 2020. interviewed on television and radio shows. and direct resources and Participants also developed a governance In addition, this past Spring, the Ministry Some recent strategic agendas have been model, a plan for communicating the of Education developed a series of attention to other priorities. developed in emerging nations in Latin agenda to the public and a strategic pamphlets to communicate the national America, Africa and Asia, perhaps, due to management process. By October, 2006, vision to all school children. the crises that they face in terms of failing the strategic agenda was presented to the economies, rampant inflation, lack of the two state government candidates both of And finally, agendas provide a mechanism The good news is that new mechanisms rule of law, medical epidemics and for aligning different stakeholders, building have begun to surface which adapt result- whom committed to it in front of more corruption. As an example, in 2004 the than 1,000 people and the media. political consensus and coordinating oriented practices from business to public Brazilian Industry Confederation clarified lobbying activities through the addressing administration through the development of its views as well as specific goals for There are usually four reasons why of constituents’ disparate interests over initially tools like the Balanced Scorecard Brazil’s sustainable development by organizations or countries choose to time. It certainly can take time to reach and now through strategic agendas. These establishing targets for the federal govern- establish strategic agendas and all of them consensus on complex issues and to agendas identify a societal vision and a ment to achieve which have since been have to do with seeking greater govern- formulate solutions through law, public corresponding set of long-term objectives, adopted by several state governments and mental accountability and a recognition policy and program implementation. targets and actions in a plan that can either administrative departments in Brazil, that effective outcomes can only be achieved in an interdependent world. Increasingly, this requires leadership forums, strategic committees and advisory First, agendas help develop a vision along councils whose mission is to drive with objectives, targets and initiatives so economic and social change. Agendas that the organization is able to stay focused help political groups to organize through a on strategic priorities that have been common foundation of objectives, targets Public Voices established by key stakeholders. These and initiatives. They also empower and agendas have the capacity to bring a long enable the monitoring and measuring of Journal of the Section on Historical, Ar tistic, and Reflective Expression (SHARE) term perspective to economic and social political group performance and effective- of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) programs while at the same time reducing ness so that a governmental assessment the likelihood of discontinuity from one does not occur in isolation and so that Public Voices is a unique journal that focuses on administration to the next. When they stakeholders remain equally account- historical, artistic and reflective expression concerning developed in an open process, these able for results. Agendas also demonstrate public administrators and the public service. Unlike agendas can provide a platform for politi- to elected leaders that the community of traditional social science journals, Public Voices cians as well as a community consensus stakeholders share their priorities and are publishes unorthodox, controversial perspectives on about what challenges and goals need to be willing to step up to assist in meeting bureaucracy in particular and the public sector in addressed through recommended actions. strategic targets. general. The material is not limited to analytical articles Secondly, agendas serve as a framework Declining trust in government here and but also includes original fiction, poetry, photographs, for monitoring government and nonprofit abroad accentuates the challenges art, critiques of existing works, and insights based on performance as well as a vehicle for embedded in public administration. experience, observation and research. Among the aligning public and private initiatives to a Citizens seem to increasingly question the journal’s contributors are public servants, writers, common purpose and common objectives ability of public officials in America and artists, and academics in all fields. so that divergent types of initiatives can in countries around the world to Volume IX, issue 1, a symposium entitled Music and Civic Space, was guest- be tracked with eye toward overall implement and manage complex social edited by Dr. Linda Dennard, Department of Political Science and Public success. New agencies or organizations and economic solutions. These difficulties Administration at Auburn University-Montgomery. Featured articles include: need not necessarily be created, just a are often due to a lack of transparency, common focus and purpose. Metrics at accountability for results and political • Music and Civic Space: The Political Harp the national level often include things like discontinuity. Even when progress seems • The Beatles, the Beatles Generation, and the End of Cold War the UNV Human Development Index, the to be occurring, an election can • “Love and Peace or Else”: U2 and the Development of Social Gini Indicator (a measure of income potentially undo the agenda and direct Consciousness Inside and Outside the Framework of Rock inequality) and Gross Domestic Product resources and attention to other priorities. • John Adams, Klinghoffer and The Transmigration of Souls: Musical (GDP) Growth. Responses to Terrorism That is why the establishment of an • Beyond the Fife and Drum: Northern Protestant Working Class Cultures Thirdly, agendas help create a democratic agenda that is long-term in nature and that • The Politics of Aesthetics means of developing a common political has been developed by diverse stakehold- • “Let Us Say Yes…” Music, the Stranger and Hospitality platform that can be incorporated into ers through a community engagement • The Suppression of the Music of Ionian Islands by the Modern Greek State: campaign platforms and proposed govern- process is critical to success not just in Culture that Did Not Fit the Political Agenda mental programs and/or reform by elected developing countries that need to deal officials and by public administrators. with complex economic, infrastructure, Since the process is transparent and if health, education and regulatory issues done correctly, represents the interests of but also in a country like the United All members of SHARE receive an annual subscription to Public all stakeholders, it creates a ready-made States where those issues are all the more Voices . Members of ASPA may add SHARE membership on their annual platform for politicians. complex due to the federal system of renewal form, or may send the $20 annual dues at any time to: government within which we operate. As an example, in 2004 the Republic of ASPA Botswana created its National Strategic ASPA member Christine Gibbs Springer is C/o SunTrust Bank Agenda for achieving Vision 2016. That principal with Red Tape Limited in Las Department 41 vision was literally converted into a map Vegas, NV, and a former ASPA president. Washington, DC 20042-0041 designating how to enhance a greater E-mail: [email protected] PAGEPA 10 TIMES PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 American Society for Public Administration 2008 Editorial Calendar W!! Save this page for reference! Note: Items in parenthesesNNEEW are intended as subject ideas for monthly topics. Authors are not limited to these subjects and are encouraged to write in their specific areas of expertise/interest. 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H. George Frederickson making level and the level measures, we can label them was Ronald Reagan who essentially of policy implementation– “failing schools,” and can invented modern education politics. He Fifty years ago, in the space of 10 days, the day-to-day operation of point out to the third graders initially campaigned to eliminate the U. S. nine black children integrated Central schools. The public and their in those schools that, when Department of Education, only to High School in Little Rock, AR, and the democratic representative’s they and their teachers were discover the political usefulness of the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the want, indeed demand both held accountable, they didn’t “Nation at Risk” report produced by his world’s first Earth-orbiting satellite. quality and equality, as if measure up. Secretary of Education. they are non-competitive The point is this: No Child y the end of his second term he has Triggered by the Supreme Court’s Brown objectives and as if seeking B Left Behind tells us more morphed into our first “education versus Board of Education case three more of one will not be at about school equality, and president;” an irony because the years earlier, the integration of the Little the expense of getting less particularly inequality, than Department of Education was a Jimmy Rock schools set off waves of educational of the other. equality reforms that continued through it tells us about school quality. Carter initiative. Since Reagan we have n the last 50 years and especially in the much of the rest of the 20th Century. I A brief look back helps us understand been swamped by dozens of education last 10 years, the forces associated with Sputnik set in motion waves of how we got to this unfortunate state. governors and even education mayors. educational quality reforms that gathered educational quality seem to have been The lesson is that criticism of the schools strength through the 20th Century, stronger and more effective than the In many states courts decided, following is easy and that education reform is culminating in the No Child Left Behind forces associated with educational Brown versus Board of Education and always good politics. (NCLB) tsunami in 2002. equality. Still, in case after case, as Little Rock, that public schooling was schools implement educational quality distinctly unequal and that such equality Good politics, as every serious student of The contemporary school accountability reforms and particularly No Child Left was unconstitutional. The remedies– public administration knows, is not and performance reform movement Behind, they are met with the question school spending equalization and necessarily good policy, and the politics represented by NCLB is best understood about fairness–in other words, educational busing–were only put in place after of modern education reform is a painful in the context of the two primary public quality for whom? bruising political battles, battles often example. Central to the logic of the school policy objectives–quality and modern politics of education quality In each American metropolitan area the pitting representatives of rural and equality. American public education has reform is the setting of targets and goals, interplay between school quality and suburban areas against representatives always been about educational achieve- as if to say that schools will be made equality reforms is played out in the from inner cities and against the courts. ment on one hand, and educational better because a law has been passed or context of our unique jurisdictional opportunity on the other. As the years went by it became evident an executive order signed. arrangements for public education–poor that equal spending and busing did not Educational achievement has to do with racial minorities concentrated in inner city make inner city schools equal to suburban For example, under NCLB, all schools are student and teacher merit, quality, tests, school districts, surrounded by better off schools and school equality reforms lost to have “highly qualified” teachers in grades and other kinds of student evalua- and whiter suburban school districts. The their momentum. In California and Texas, every classroom by 2005-6, and to get all tions, advancement, capability and work. results of the application of the universal as well as several other states, politics children to “proficiency” in math and Educational opportunity has to do with testing regimes required by NCLB have moved sharply away from equality reading by 2013-14. Which schools will justice, fairness, and an equal chance for yielded one nearly universal conclusion– reforms and state courts were less come closest to hitting these targets? You students and for their families. inner city schools are not as good as inclined to support equality reforms. guessed it, suburban schools. suburban schools. We knew that all along, Busing was discontinued and other forms yack in their The values of educational quality and of course, but now we know exactly how Larry Cuban and David T of educational special treatment based on book “Tinkering Toward Utopia,” have it achievement often compete with the values much worse inner city schools are. Now, poverty, race or ethnicity faced stiff of fairness and equality both at the policy with the authority of performance right. “The concepts of progress and opposition, on the grounds that such decline that have dominated discourse treatment was unequal. By the 1990s the about educational reform distort the actual emphasis was on individual and school development of the educational enterprise “merit” rather than equality. over time. Merit, of course, means essentially the Public Administration with an Attitude brings The ahistorical nature of most current Announcing... same thing as quality. The modern reform arguments results in both magnifi- together some of H. George Frederickson’s education quality movement traces to cation of present defects in relation to the most penetrating and thought-provoking Sputnik and the role of schools in the past and an understatement of the difficulty columns from the pages of PA TIMES. In the context of competition with the Soviet a new publication from ASPA of changing the system. Policy talk about book, Frederickson takes on the issues facing Union. Over time threats of competition the schools has moved in cycles of gloomy today’s public administrators with the changed from the Soviets to the Japanese assessments…and overconfident solutions, intellectual integrity that established him as a and Germans, and now to the Chinese and producing incoherent guidance in actual leader in the field. If there is something Indians. The threat of competition is reform practice.” Public wrong or right with the way public policy is essential to the logic of the many consult- being administered, Frederickson lets you ants, experts, and policy entrepreneurs There is no question that the public Administration know. Like his column, Public who make up the modern “schools are schools, and particularly the inner-city with an Administration with an Attitude is easy to no good” army. schools, have serious problems and read and jargon-free, and, of course, it is Over the past 50 years, in one form or challenges. But top-down politically often witty. another, that army has savaged the public driven federal and state education reforms school. Given this relentless criticism, tt is based on high stakes testing and imposed Students preparing for public service careers no wonder that contemporary polls indicate on local schools districts, is not working will benefit not only from the wisdom and that the majority of Americans believe that for the students who are most in need of insight in Public Administration with an “the schools” are ineffective. These same good schools. That is because modern by H. George Frederickson Attitude, but from the pervading theme of the people, however, indicate that the schools education reform places too much honor and dignity of public service. they attended or their children attended emphasis on test measured quality and not enough emphasis on education equality. Order now at www.aspanet.org Practicing public servants will enjoy the rich were effective. The point is that polls or call Steve Dunphy at use of examples, the telling of great public indicating that people believe “the schools” ASPA member H. George Frederickson is are ineffective is not evidence that they 202-393-7878, ext. 213. administration stories, and especially the Stene Professor of Public Administration descriptions of public administration heroes are, only evidence that the “schools are no at the University of Kansas and co-author and heroic moments. good” army has been effective. of both The Public Administration Theory Public Administration with an Attitude It turns out that criticism of the schools is Primer and The Adapted City: approx. 220 pages — $14.95 softcover This book is a lot more interesting than a © 2005 American Society for Public Administration spreadsheet (...and more accurate)! easy and is almost always good politics, Institutional Dynamics and Structural particularly good executive politics. It Change. 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A Slippery Slope? Announcing a new book

It is standard practice for developers to seek neighborhood support for rezoning in the ASPA Classics series property. Developers often agree to make Editor-in-Chief Marc Holzer, Rutgers University, Campus at Newark improvements in the neighborhood or provide for mitigation when a project is potentially threatening to a neighbor- hood’s esthetics, traffic flow, or natural environment. Typically this is done New through a public hearing process and Public Personnel mitigation is financially handled by an appropriate local government agency. Administration and AAnn Labor Relations But what happens when Neighborhood Associations (NA) decide to “encourage” Norma M. Riccucci, Ed. developers to provide them with cash considerations? Can developers become the EEthicsthics These classic articles trace the historical and “victims?” Possibly, maybe even absolutely. evolutionary development of the fields of public personnel administration and labor relations from Here’s what one developer who is building MMomentoment the point at which the first civil service law was nearly100 homes in West Tampa has to say passed—the Pendelton Act in 1883—through the about cash deals: “It’s kind of a standard related to the potential harm caused by present. The collection covers everything from the practice. Where do you cross the line here? the development? I don’t know. It puts everyone in a very seminal concerns of civil service (e.g. keeping the difficult position and it’s hard to tell where 2. What happens when a developer doesn’t spoils out) to topics that early reformers would legitimacy ends and impropriety begins.” go along to get along? Will the neighbor- never have imagined (e.g. affirmative action and hood association work hard to ensure drug testing). To facilitate an instructor’s ability to Another adds: “This happened because that the developer doesn’t get his way? assign readings that illuminate lectures and course small groups of people are basically material, a correlation matrix on the M.E. Sharpe trying to use their influence to shake 3. Do city ethics codes deal with this down builders. It’s wrong.” situation? Do any ethics codes deal with website shows how this book can be used alongside this situation? eight leading textbooks. Is there a slippery slope here? Perhaps, but in my neighborhood? You gotta be kidding! Sources: St. Petersburg Times, June 23, 368 pages 0-7656-1679-3 Cloth $89.95 / 1680-7 Paper $34.95 2007; Tampa Tribune, June 23, 2007. Questions: ASPA member Donald C. Menzel is ASPA’s 1. Is there anything wrong with getting past president and professor emeritus of developers to improve one’s neighbor- Northern Illinois University. Also available hood? Does the improvement have to be E-mail: [email protected] Public Administration Local Government and Law Management Julia Beckett and Heidi O. Koenig, Eds. Current Issues and Global Warming Not a Priority Best Practices “An extraordinarily valuable book because Douglas J. Watson From GLOBAL WARMING, pg. 2 of public opinion. “Global warming it makes the legal dimensions of public and Wendy L. Hassett, Eds. proposals that can be framed as increasing administration eminently teachable and the cost of gasoline and electricity will accessible to both graduate and upper- This volume includes thirty of the most program received more support than either likely trigger tremendous backlash from level undergraduate students. … A fine outstanding journal articles that have Cap-and-Trade or Sky Trust proposals. an anxious electorate.” Additionally, when voters were told of the book that should be required reading in been published over the past sixty years. negative consequences of each program The strong support for action to achieve every MPA program.” It is an ideal supplement for any course in (cost of energy for Cap-and-Trade and Sky energy independence, create new jobs, – David H. Rosenbloom, local management and administration, as Trust; tax and deficit implications of and lower the cost of renewable energy American University well as for practicing professionals. Apollo-type investments), Apollo was the sources provides an opportunity to only program to maintain majority support overcome voter anxiety over energy to 304 pages 440 pages of the electorate (54 percent). Support for a confront global warming. 0-7656-1542-8 Cloth $79.95 / 1543-6 Paper $27.95 0-7656-1127-9 Cloth $89.95 / 1128-7 Paper $34.95 Cap-and-Trade program fell from 62 “The key to passing substantive limits on percent to 46 percent when voters were told carbon emissions is to couple those limits of the potential impact on energy prices. with specific policies to make clean “Voters remain extremely anxious about energy cheaper,” noted Navin. “Unless About the series– the cost of energy, and care more about advocates can address the real anxiety energy costs than global warming,” noted Americans feel about the cost of energy, Conceived of and sponsored by the American Society for Public Administration, the Jeff Navin, a political analyst who worked passing substantive limits on carbon ASPA Classics series publishes volumes on topics that have been, and continue to on both this survey and the earlier review emissions will prove extremely difficult.” be, central to the contemporary development of the field. The ASPA Classics are intended for classroom use, library adoptions, and general Too Many Numbers in HR? reference. Drawing from the Public Administration Review and other ASPA-related journals, each volume in the series is edited by a scholar who is charged with From NUMBERS, pg. 8 numbers and we don’t make good enough presenting a thorough and balanced perspective on an enduring issue. use of the numbers we have. Each volume is devoted to a topic of continuing and crosscutting concern to the issue further and make the perhaps hereti- Sometimes I finish my presentations by administration of virtually all public sector programs. Public servants carry out their cal argument that time-to-hire as a metric showing the Scott Adams Dilbert cartoon responsibilities in a complex, multi-dimensional environment, and each collection must be used carefully. Time-to-hire is an that has Catbert, the evil HR director, will address a necessary dimension of their performance. output, not an outcome. The most saying, “If I could do math I wouldn’t be working in human resources.” As you can The guiding purpose of this ambitious series is to bring together the professional important question is whether we’re dialogue on a particular topic over several decades and in a range of journals. hiring the right talent–people who fit, who imagine, this gets a mixed reaction when I’m speaking to HR groups. So I quickly excel and who stay with the organization. point out that this is the old HR model. I once heard an executive say that he These days, there will be math on the test, “hires slow and fires fast,” but I won’t go and it can actually help us. that far. I understand the need for timely M.E. Sharpe hiring because it greatly enhances the ASPA member Bob Lavigna is vice president of research for the nonprofit, probability of a good outcome–hiring the TO ORDER: Call 800-541-6563 or 914-273-1800 best talent–but it’s not an end in itself. nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service (www.ourpublicservice.org). Fax 914-273-2106 So, too many numbers in HR? I disagree. He has also served in federal, state and If there is a problem with numbers in HR, Visit our website: www.mesharpe.com local government. AD612V it’s that there aren’t enough of the right E-mail: [email protected]. American Society for Public Administration PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 13 Reports on the Web WhereThingsStand Featured Report: The Partnership for WTS Public Service recently released its project report: “Making the Difference: A Blueprint for Matching University Students with Federal Opportunities,” that outlines what Congress, federal agencies and Survey Finds Support for The Partnership has been established by information for all of Miami-Dade campuses can do to better recruit the next Government Regulation of the Association of Government County’s elected officials promotes a generation of federal government leaders. Accountants (AGA) to foster cooperation direct connection between government www.ourpublicservice.org Companies’ Environmental and communication between govern- and the citizens it serves. ments with the goal of improving The best way to learn about the portal is GAO Reports: performance and accountability. 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Ray de Arrigunaga within the broad umbrella of “National section. Interest must be verified by a and provide all members with a proposed Security”: National Defense Policy, U.S. minimum of 1 percent of the membership course of action, a proposed timeline and In keeping with ASPA’s policy for the Military Organization and Employment (approximately 90 members) agreeing in a list of tasks to be accomplished. Policy, National Intelligence Policy, writing to join such a section. Once that establishment of new sections, this article Thanks to all of you for reading this. I Foreign Military Threats, Terrorism, commitment is made, the other administra- constitutes a formal advisory notice to the hope to hear from many of you, assuming Crude Oil Procurement Policy, Homeland tive details will have to be complied with. entire ASPA membership that a new you feel that a section such as this is Security Policy (excluding emergency section dealing with the broad topic of Accordingly, I am requesting each ASPA necessary and would be of benefit to the management policy and operations), and "National Security" is proposed for member who is interested in creating and public administration academic and Foreign Policy and Diplomacy. This list is establishment. joining such a section to please send me NOT meant to be all inclusive and there practitioner career fields. an e-mail expressing his/her support and It is felt that worldwide issues are having may be other topics of interest as well. member Ray de Arrigunaga teaches desire to participate (or not) in the ASPA a major impact on the foreign and public administration and political It is further postulated that there are governance thereof. My e-mail address domestic policies of the United States, science at the University of Miami. He literally hundreds of thousands of federal is: [email protected] and these–in turn–are causing a degrada- has twice served as president of the South professional public administrators (and tion to our overall national security. In addition, please indicate whether you Florida Chapter (Miami) and is a retired many state officials) who earn their liveli- Among these are the current situations in are a practitioner or academician and U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel. He is Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Venezuela, hood in many of these areas and might be inclined to actively participate in such a which governmental entity or academic a former Command Pilot having over Bolivia, Russia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, institution you are affiliated with. 3400 hours military flying time, of which section, in addition to joining ASPA itself. Pakistan, Turkey and some of the other over 700 were in combat. Assuming that the requisite number of Muslim nations of the world. The first step in the process is to determine E-mail: [email protected] ASPA members respond in a positive if there in an interest among the entire It is further contemplated that the follow- manner, I will then set up an e-mail list ing topics would be pertinent for inclusion ASPA membership in establishing such a SECoPA Conference a Success New ASPA Chapter Founded for Coastal Bend Texas Area

There is a new professional public service Public administration consists of federal, chapter available to public servants in the state, and local government agencies that Coastal Bend Area, specifically serving administer, oversee and manage public Nueces, Kleberg, San Patricio, Aransas programs and have executive, legislative and Jim Wells counties of Texas. or judicial authority over other institutions within a given area. Public administration The Coastal Bend Chapter of ASPA was is, broadly speaking, the implementation chartered on July 23, 2007. The chapter of policy within a state framework. is one of over 100 chapters in ASPA, the Nonprofit and charitable organizations are nation’s most respected society represent- also considered part of the field. ing all forums in the public service arena since 1939. For more information about the new chapter contact Sylvia Arispe at Through its programs and services, ASPA SECoPA Board Chair Claire Mostel (left) and Boorsma Award Chair Arie Halachmi (2nd from [email protected] or 361-826-3078. seeks to improve public service by right) congratulate 2007 Senator Peter B. Boorsma Award winner Thomas Lynch (2nd from helping members acquire the knowledge, left) and 2007 Distinguished Public Service Practitioner Award winner George Burgess, technical skills and resources necessary to County Manager of Miami-Dade County, FL (right). be excellent public servants. SWPA National Award Nominations Now Open

Washington, DC–Each year the There is no formal nomination form as leadership and accomplished professional- research on an issue significant to the role Section for Women in Public such; however, nominators should submit ism in the individual’s own public service of women in public administration and Administration (SWPA) presents four a cover letter addressing how and why the career, and commitment to the public made an impact through that research on National Awards recognizing outstanding candidate should be considered for the administration profession through women’s lives. contributions of women leaders. award and a vita of the nominee with membership in ASPA. Recipients of the Awards will be honored current contact information. The national Julia B. Henderson Award at the SWPA National Awards Breakfast awards chair will then direct the nomina- Marcia P. Crowley Award This Award honors a woman who has held on Monday, March 10, at 7:30-9:00 tion material to the chair of the appropri- This Award recognizes outstanding demonstrated her commitment to interna- a.m. at the Fairmont Hotel during the 69th ate award subcommittee, who will make service to the SWPA. The Nominee must tional public administration in particular Annual ASPA Conference in Dallas, TX, recommendations to the SWPA Board of have served the Section for several years, or to international pubic service in general March 7-11, 2008. Directors. The criteria for each Award are have made a demonstrated impact on the by a lifetime of public service, to careers listed below: work of the Section, and is a current in international public administration and Nominations for the 2008 SWPA National member in good standing. public service. Awards are now open, and should be sent Joan Fiss Bishop Award to Patricia Alt, awards chair, at This is awarded to a woman who, by Rita Mae Kelly Award We encourage all ASPA members and other professional colleagues to nominate [email protected] with the specific SWPA example and action, has promoted This Award recognizes outstanding outstanding individuals for these Awards. National Award Nominee mentioned in increased participation of women in the research contributions to gender-related The Deadline for Submissions is the Subject Line of the transmittal e-mail. public service profession, exhibits a issues. It is not a requisite that the December 15, 2007. The list of past Award Honorees is defined contribution to increased involve- nominee be a member of the Section or available at www.swpanet.org. ment in the public sector, innovative the Association, but shall have performed PAGE 16 PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 American Society for Public Administration PRESIDENT’S COLUMN Harvey White

ASPA’s Global Role: Collaborating with Professional Associations to Build Governance Capacity

President White has asked incoming ASPA administrators, ASPA must also target additional corporate membership or of these as a discussant on conference President Donald Klingner to write this those non-profit and private sector sponsorship category would allow panels organized by more specialized month’s column as an introduction to employees engaged in public service employers of government contractors to and practitioner-based associations. thoughts and goals for his coming tenure delivery as potential new members. It award individual memberships to their • Attract More International Members. as ASPA president. Klingner will assume must also focus on issues like interagency employees as a public service gesture or ASPA needs to attract more international the ASPA presidency at the conclusion of effectiveness, multilateral accountability, a training and development opportunity. members. We can do this by more widely ASPA’s annual conference in March 2008. organizational culture and personal ethics In return, ASPA could recognize these advertising our international electronic generated by the conflict and collabora- corporate sponsors by giving them membership, increasing ASPA sponsored Don Klingner tion across sectors and levels of govern- reduced journal advertising or confer- programs and other activities through ment as the locus of its member-driven ence exhibit rates, or reduced conference Sections and memoranda of understand- Professional associations like ASPA are programs and activities. or workshop registration fees. essential to building global governance ing (MOUs), and asking the international capacity for three reasons: global connect- If ASPA is to collaborate • Offer Reciprocal Membership Discounts professional associations that collaborate edness increases the need for building with other Professional Associations. We with us to advertise ASPA and reciprocal public management capacity; professional more effectively with other could emphasize ASPA’s overarching and membership discounts on their web sites associations provide essential member facilitative role by inviting members of (with reciprocity). To overcome the services that build this capacity by increas- professional associations to other related professional association to negative impact of distance and visa ing individual and organizational build global governance join ASPA at a discount. Potential money- requirements on conference attendance, competence; and societies that include both handling issues could be minimized by ASPA might offer international members academics and practitioners can connect capacity, its leaders should extending this reciprocal benefit to an more virtual conferences and more web- theory, research, practice and teaching. identical number of members of each based discussion groups, case studies and contemplate some critical organization. In addition, to emphasize other professional development resources. Hierarchies were once the standard ASPA’s global interests and membership, After resolving the copyright implications method of organizing human activity. shifts in vision and mission, we should include our international of this initiative, we might offer all ASPA Classical management theory developed counterparts such as the UNPAN regional publications on line for international around bureaucratic hierarchies; available programs and governance… partners in this offer. members. Financial issues also often information and communications • Cooperate with other Associations in preclude membership or conference technologies reinforced the relationship • Widen ASPA’s Vision from United States Conference Exhibits and Programming. attendance. ASPA could reduce these fees between hierarchical design and central- to Global Public Administration. The Many ASPA members belong to other for members from developing countries ized policy-making; and classical public great need to support professional public professional associations. ASPA could (as determined by World Bank or United administration equated centralized control administration and public service see if any of these had “smart practice” Nations development indices), after first with legal and political authority. internationally offers ASPA an opportu- innovations that ASPA could adapt and determining the true cost in financial and Today, major shifts in each of these nity to attract international members and adopt. And we could also ask, “What staff resources of electronic membership. areas–how we measure organizational strengthen relationships with counterpart other strategies could ASPA consider Governance effectiveness, how we use information and global organizations. This will help us that might lead other associations to The ASPA Governance and Strategic communications technologies (ICT), and get ideas from international colleagues think of ASPA as a resource they could Planning Task Force under former how we define governance–are working about how best to support public use to benefit themselves?” President Edward Jennings is now drafting together to reinforce a transition to administration and public service For example, ASPA might cooperate ASPA’s quadrennial strategic plan for networks as a more effective way for globally from a US perspective. with other professional associations by review and approval by the ASPA National people to work together. Moreover, focusing on big global issues exhibiting at their conferences. We Council at the March 2008 annual confer- If ASPA is to collaborate more effectively like poverty, social equity, economic might also take advantage of its ence. As it does so, it might consider with other professional associations to justice, environmental sustainability, and membership base of generalists and See PRESIDENT’S COLUMN, pg. 17 build global governance capacity, its public service ethics can re-energize academicians by offering to provide one leaders should contemplate some critical U.S. ASPA members by re-connecting us shifts in vision and mission, programs, with the reasons why professionalizing and governance that are essential if we are public administration and public service to keep up with our changing world. were so important to developing public administrative capacity in the US two Vision and Mission generations ago. Call for Papers While continuing to emphasize our traditional role as the premier generalist Programs organization for US public administrators, To move in these directions, ASPA should and Panel Proposals ASPA should also make two essential strengthen or initiate programs like these: conceptual shifts: 7th Annual Nonprofit Management Conference • Market ASPA to Employees of NGOs • Enlarge ASPA’s Vision from Government and Government Contractors. “The Changing Face of Nonprofit Management” to Governance. When ASPA was founded Increasingly, non-profit organizations in 1939, supporting public administration and the private sector deliver public The conference will be held on February 1, 2008 in Orlando, meant professionalizing government services. Temporary and part-time Florida, and hosted by the Central Florida ASPA Chapter and the agencies and civil servants. This is still workers now join full-time public Nonprofit Advisory Board of the University of Central Florida’s true today. But contemporary public administrators. We in ASPA should administration is increasingly state and welcome these organizations and their Department of Public Administration. We encourage proposals local rather than federal. employees as full partners in support of that emphasize innovative approaches to nonprofit management. It is also much more likely to involve professional public administration and cooperative and competitive service public service values. To submit a manuscript or panel proposal, please provide a 150- delivery among public agencies, NGOs • Offer Corporate Memberships or 200 word abstract of your paper electronically by November 19, and private businesses. So along with its Sponsorships. ASPA now offers only 2007 to Dr. Mary Ann Feldheim [email protected]. traditional membership base of public individual memberships. Creating an American Society for Public Administration PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 17 President-Elect Klingner Implores

Leadership • Vision • Dedication Members and Leaders to Think (SEE MY CAMPAIGN STATEMENT IN THIS ISSUE) Globally

From PRESIDENT’S COLUMN, pg. 16 was created in 2004 without a Bylaws change by assigning this responsibility to an existing National Council member. whether two changes in governance might However, as ASPA evolves to include make it easier to continue or initiate the more members that are international and programs needed to keep pace with an to support more activities that are expanded vision in a changing world: global, it may be advisable to elect or • Clarifying International Activities’ appoint an additional at-large interna- Purpose and Coordination. Some tional representative as a voting ASPA-related international activities National Council member. lack clear accountability to the National ASPA member Don Klingner is president- Council or consistent alignment with the elect of the Society. He is also a professor strategic plan. The dilemma is that at University of Colorado at Colorado ASPA encourages international initia- Springs. E-mail: [email protected] tives by individual members, but usually does not review them in advance ASPA member Harvey White is ASPA because the resources required to initiate president and an associate professor at them come from other organizations. the University of Pittsburgh. E-mail: [email protected] (please copy Thus, ASPA often is asked to sponsor [email protected] on all activities long after they have started, correspondence). without appropriate advance review of the purposes and risks from ASPA’s perspective. • Revise National Council Representation. The International Coordinator position ASPA Contributors VOTE Mitchell F. Rice Supporting Contributors James W. Thomas Texas A&M University Rancho Cucamonga, CA Mel D. Powell California, MD Frederick Kurt Hall For New Castle, DE Thomas C. Webster Endowment Contributors ASPA Vice President Huntington Station, NY Rosslyn S. Kleeman Leo A. Kellogg Washington, DC East Greenbush, NY A global activist and articulator Albert C. Hyde Individual Contributors San Francisco, CA Member of ASPA for more than 30 years David Martin Weir Costis Toregas Indianapolis, IN Past President of COMPA Chevy Chase, MD Timothy B. Clark Past Chair of SECOPA Bethesda, MD Faculty of Public Administration/ Political Mark A. Pisano Science for more than 30 years Los Angeles, CA Author & Co-Author of more than 100 different publications

Global Activities • Diversity • Collaboration

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Vice Presidential Candidates District I Candidate with ASPA members to function well in an organization that is centered in promot- ing professionalism in Public Meredith A. Mitchell F. Ann Hess Administration. Newman Rice Braga I have a natural curiosity which has been Florida Texas A&M Boston City Council refined through my research experiences International University and I approach most situations with a University As the PA landscape questioning, analytical perspective, wondering how the situation could be My vision for ASPA changes, I hope improved and how degrees of change can is: globalization, continue working If, as King and be measured. I always assume there is internationalization, with ASPA as its Stivers suggest, more to learn about each situation, yet collaboration, governance, and diversity. District 1 representative to focus on: “government is us,” then each of us has realize that both decision-making and These areas must be a decisive and an opportunity, indeed an obligation, to be • Increasing professional development: action must often proceed with less than continuing focus. WHY? ASPA is a a forceful advocate for our profession and We are all lifelong learners, and what we complete information available. Although unique, professional development organi- organization. My public service career has do not use, we lose. I will assist local not risk-averse, risk is carefully calculated zation and must continue to: evolved over the past 30 years – from the chapters to develop skills based then pursued only with alternatives and private to the public sector, from interna- • Strategically position itself as leader in programs and make the national confer- fall-back strategies in place. tional to domestic. Prior to my career in the forefront of public administration, ence a better opportunity for learning academia, I served with the Australian My management philosophy is that a public service, and governance–nation- new skills and sharing best practices. Foreign Service in France and Vietnam, council member’s role is to act as a ally and internationally. the U.S. Department of State in Senegal, • Growing the next generation: Without catalyst to mobilize resources, motivate Malaysia and Singapore, and the World • Enhance itself as professional develop- instilling the value of and commitment to people, facilitate performance and deal Bank in Washington DC. I currently ment leader by engaging in three R’s: public service at an early age, the retiring with a variety of ongoing problems in serve as Professor and Director of the reinvigorate, revitalize, and restore. Baby Boomer HR crisis will develop into linking an organization to its rapidly- School of Public Administration at Florida an institutional one. Working with changing external environment. Problems International University. • Increase capacity to provide services to students of all ages through a variety of are best approached with process-oriented its members. programs, ASPA can stem the tide of this decisions involving as many vested partic- I have been an ASPA member for almost • Increase diversity of its membership. HR crisis. I will work to develop opportu- ipants as practically possible. Adaptability, 20 years, proudly serving as: SWPA nities for existing PA leaders to grow the diversity of opinion, personal respect and Chair; SPAR Chair; Section on Ethics These tasks are doable if we continue to next generation. identification as a contributing member of Executive Committee; SPAE Executive reexamine ASPA’s strategic plan. As your • Linking ASPA with other professional a larger group are essential for an Committee; Chapter Board Member; next Vice President, I will assume a effective work team. National Council Representative; leadership role and explore how we can organizations: Many ASPA members are Publications Committee Chair; National advance ASPA’s mission in view of your also members of other organizations that My broad academic background has Campaign for Public Service Chair; 2006 answers to: deal with their specific discipline. I hope exposed me to open systems theory as it Conference Program Co-chair; and PAR to maximize the talent pool of other relates to organizational design, perform- editorial board member. • How is ASPA affected by globalization, professional organizations. ance and change. The interaction of internationalization, collaboration, & multiple subsystems in a complex organi- I look forward to the opportunity to serve diversity? As an ASPA member for the last 17 years, I began as an MPA student and was the zation, however, depends on the social as an advocate for ASPA as Vice and psychological value, i.e., the culture, President. I will work with you to: • How can ASPA promote more interna- MA Program Chair/President Elect, before tional cross cultural relationships & becoming President in 2003. I am a which has developed in the organization, • advance a more visible and proactive exchanges as an approach for member of ABFM, SIAM, SPALR, therefore requiring an understanding of advocacy role for ASPA; understanding public administration in SPLA, CPPM, Ethics, and SWPA. interpersonal behaviors for a balanced perspective. • strengthen linkages between our practi- an international context? Nationally, I have worked with ASPA leaders on the strategic plan, conference tioner and academic members, including • How can ASPA collaborate with others programs, and chapter assistance. District III greater support and outreach to our sectors of society–especially the chapters, sections, student members, and corporate sector? I received by J.D. cum laude from Suffolk Candidates potential new members; University Law School, while working • What new directions & programs should full-time. I received my MPA and BA • build new relationships with interna- ASPA explore in new millennium’s from UCONN. Since 2000, I have been James D. Ward tional associations; second decade? the Staff Director for the Boston City Mississippi • advance the initiatives, collaborative • How should ASPA respond to the Council. Before that, I was the Research University for programs and activities of ASPA’s demographic changes occurring in the US Director and Budget Analyst for the Women working groups; in light of the changes impact on public Council. I have also worked on statewide education policy and with several non • enhance and diversify ASPA’s revenue services programming and delivery? profit fiscal and policy organizations. I am James Ward and stream; and For three decades, my service includes: I want to be your I ask for your support for District 1 national council • ensure leadership continuity. • National & regional ASPA conferences; National Council as we move representative. In 2009, ASPA will mark its 70th anniver- • Vice Chair National ASPA Conference forward together! For seventeen years I have been actively sary as the nation’s premier public service Program Committee; organization. I have been at the forefront of District II engaged in public administration through public service in both the academic and • National ASPA Conference Program teaching, research, and service. Much of practitioner areas of our profession. I would Co-Chair; Candidate my time has been devoted to making the greatly appreciate your vote and support. premiere public service organization more • COMPA President; SECOPA Chair; visible and accessible. Please see ASPA Council; Samuel L. My contributions to the American Society www.aspaonline.org/southfla/newman for • Best book -ASPA’s SPALR, (editor) the rest of “my story!” Brown for Public Administration include: Diversity and Public Administration treasurer and executive board member, (ME Sharpe, 2005), University of Nebraska, Omaha Section on Intergovernmental • Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration and Management (SIAM); Administration; executive board member, Conference of It is an honor to be Minority Public Administrators • Organized nine Annual International nominated for the (COMPA); Chair, Public Administration Cross Cultural Research Exchange American Society Times Editorial Board; and member, Conference delegations of scholars & for Public Administrators National Association of Budgeting and Financial practitioners to lecture at universities Council. I offer the time, energy, commit- Management (ABFM). abroad; ment, enthusiasm and experience to represent ASPA, uphold its mission, I have served the profession in the follow- • Professor, Texas A&M University; vision goals and values. My broad ing ways: National Academy of Public • Publications in health and urban policy multidisciplinary background, expertise in Administration (NAPA) Standing Panel and diversity & cultural competency in academia and the practice of Public on Social Equity in Governance; Journal PA. Administration will enable me to work of Public Affairs Education (J-PAE) American Society for Public Administration PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 19 ASPA National Council Candidates Submit Statements editorial board; Journal of Public Rodney The university system in America is filled District V Management and Social Policy editorial Stanley with international students who return to board; textbook reviewer; manuscript their respective countries as professionally Candidate reviewer for numerous academic journals; Tennessee State trained public administrators. Dr. Stanley author of more than 20 journal articles University envisions an ASPA that will bring these and more than 25 conference papers; American trained public administrators James Nordin MPA program director; and novelist Dr. Stanley has into the organization for cultural diversity Public Management (www.fuhrersheart.com). maintained an active in the craft we promote throughout the Solutions membership in ASPA since joining the world. As the District 3 representative for My goal is to maximize ASPA’s strengths faculty at Tennessee State University in the Southeastern region of ASPA, Dr. and pursue measures that turn ASPA’s 2001. He has served as the president for Stanley hopes to represent the interests I am a Life Member weaknesses into opportunities for growth the Tennessee Chapter of ASPA in and concerns of the region by actively of ASPA, first and visibility. Nashville on two separate occasions and participating in all ASPA meetings, and joining ASPA over 25 years ago. I I will work towards the following goals under his leadership the chapter hosted other subsequent meetings, where District served as a Board Member for the San that have been articulated by many ASPA the 2007 SECOPA conference. Dr. 3 has a vested interest. He would appreci- Francisco Bay Area Chapter for nearly 10 members, including those closely associ- Stanley envisions an ASPA organization ate your vote in the up coming ASPA years and served as Treasurer for more ated with ASPA’s strategic plan. that actively pursues programs that will election. bring the practitioner and academics than three years and as President one year. • Work to provide incentives to reactivate together in an effort to promote both District IV After my late wife’s death, I endowed the and re-energize inactive chapters. efficient and effective governance at the Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award to both honor her and to insure • Work to expand doctoral educational local, state and federals levels of govern- Candidate ment. For instance, the 2007 SECOPA that social equity would remain a prime opportunities for underrepresented focus for ASPA. I have served as the groups. conference offered 16 hours of CPE credit to practitioners in the areas of public Michael V. coordinator for the Social Equity Award • Work to increase collaboration with budgeting and finance. These continuing Gershowitz for the past five years. I have also been a other public service organizations that education credits attracted around forty member of the selection committee for the share ASPA’s goals and ideals. additional public auditors and CPA’s from Gershowitz Grant International Public Administrator award and Evaluation for the past two years. I have served as • Work to expand membership by enhanc- around the region. Dr. Stanley would like to see such activities promoted on a Services chair or co-chair of the Social Equity ing ASPA’s visibility, accessibility and track for the 2007 and 2008 National strategies for member development. grander scale than just SECOPA but at other regional conferences and possibly I have served District Conferences. I am a charter member of • Work to promote diversity and equity in ASPA as well. IV and all of ASPA well since 2002 and the proposed Social Equity Section. In all areas of the public service. seek election to a third term. I take a addition, I made a grant to ASPA to create In addition, Dr. Stanley would like to see practical approach to ASPA: improving and support its public awareness • Work to maintain a strong balance more international interaction among services in order to improve the value campaign. between research and practitioner public administrators in America and members receive for their dues. My oriented forums. other countries in ASPA. ASPA promotes ASPA always made a positive contribu- liaison area encompasses seven states and an American style of public administra- tion to my professional life and now that I I ask for your vote and for your support. is 1,000 miles wide, from Michigan to the tion and in some cases this version does am “officially” retired, I would like to try Thank you for your consideration Dakotas. Because my work as a consult- not necessarily fit every cultural need. to make my contribution to ASPA. I ant to public and non-profit agencies takes believe that there are many more practi- me throughout the area, I have been able tioners than academics in public adminis- to visit most of the chapters to which I am tration. I understand the need to present the Council liaison. papers from an academic perspective, but I have broad experience in public if ASPA is to grow and truly become what administration, including six years as the it claims to be – the premiere organization MPA Director at Long Island University; for public administration – it must reach fifteen years on faculty, concluding as out to practitioners. Reaching practition- Academic Vice President at a struggling ers means strengthening Chapters and private college, which I helped to turn Sections. So if I am elected to the around; government service at the local National Council, my two priorities will and state levels, and since 1990, as an be to support ASPA’s public awareness entrepreneur who has operated a success- efforts – especially among practitioners – ful small consulting business. and to help strengthen Chapters and Don’t forget to cast your vote! Sections without diminishing the national I take my Council responsibilities organization. seriously: I have helped to revive dormant chapters in Michigan, Minnesota and South Dakota, and am working to restart two Wisconsin chapters and to start one in North Dakota, one of four states lacking a chapter. I initiated a constituent newsletter, and organized the successful 2005 regional conference in Sioux City. I have attended every Council meeting, at my own expense; every national confer- ence; and most regional conferences. I am a builder: I am not interested in watching ASPA’s membership shrink and adjusting downward. I was the only Council member to vote against a dues Ballots will be mailed October 29, 2007. increase not accompanied by enhanced services. I seek to give members greater Ballots must be returned with a postmark value so that they renew their membership and bring in colleagues. Together, we will build a better ASPA that we can all be no later than December 28, 2007. proud of. I thank you for your confidence. PAGE 20 PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 American Society for Public Administration CAREERCENTER Partnership for Public Service Launches Nation-Wide Campaign to Attract College Grads to Federal Service

Washington, DC–The Partnership for the Difference: A Blueprint for Matching have received Making the Difference benefits the federal government provides Public Service today launched a nation- University Students with Federal materials to help them deliver the employees include: wide public education campaign–Making Opportunities, that outlines what public service message to students. • Recruitment bonuses, retention the Difference, to persuade talented young Congress, federal agencies and campuses Resources include: a website– incentives, relocation incentives and people to enter federal service. The can do to better recruit the next generation (makingthedifference.org) featuring an campaign kicks off on hundreds of of federal government leaders. Key interactive internship directory; the Red, graduate school scholarships. And, student loan repayments–up to $10,000 college and university campuses, nation- findings of the report include: White and Blue Library of guide books on per year for a total of $60,000 in wide–already signed up to spread the topics ranging from student loan news of public service opportunities • The more students know about federal repayment to navigating the security exchange for at least 3 years of service. service, the more they like it. On among their students. clearance process; monthly “hot job” and • Jobs for every interest and skill, with average 60 percent of students surveyed “cool internship” listings; workshops for more than 2,000 separate job categories The Making the Difference campaign said information provided about federal students and university career services at 15 cabinet-level agencies, 20 large carries an important message to students opportunities made them more interested staff and more. and 80 small agencies. about government service: It’s not just in pursuing federal careers. making a living, it’s making the difference! Young federal workers already making • Jobs available all over the world. About • It is possible to create cost-effective and their mark at federal agencies are featured “There is no better place to work on critical sustainable federal recruiting efforts that 86 percent of federal jobs are located in campaign profiles and a new issues that affect our country on a grand will have an impact on college outside of Washington, D.C. and more Annenberg Speakers Bureau brings others han 50,000 are stationed abroad. Areas scale than the federal government, said campuses. Many of the most impactful t in to talk directly with students on with the highest numbers of federal Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service activities–emails and campus visits from campuses about federal service careers. workers include Norfolk-Virginia Beach- President. “If you care about fighting federal employees–have modest to Newport News, Baltimore, Philadelphia, poverty, securing our homeland, protecting negligible costs. In addition, the Partnership for Public Atlanta, San Diego, New York City, the environment or any other issue of Service is providing $3,000 grants to help • Tech plus touch is a good one-two Chicago, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City national importance, the federal govern- colleges and universities implement the punch. While emails are a memorable and Los Angeles. ment provides hundreds of job opportuni- Making the Difference campaign and will ties where you can make a difference.” and inexpensive way to raise awareness connect grantees to university mentors that • The federal government values among students, human interaction in an have already launched the campaign on diversity. About 17.6 percent of all The Making the Difference campaign is the invaluable tool for driving action. culmination of two years of research the their campuses with proven results. The workers are African-American, 7.6 Partnership gleaned during the Call to • Inspiration is only part of the equation. five pilot campuses for the Call to Serve percent are Hispanic, 5.2 percent are Serve Recruitment Initiative–a Process matters, too. Despite increases Initiative are Clark Atlanta University, The Asian/Pacific Islanders and 1.9 percent Congressionally-funded project with the in interest, more efforts such as stream- George Washington University, Louisiana are Native American. Office of Personnel Management to lining the federal application process are State University, The Ohio State “The opportunities for young people to identify cost-effective and sustainable ways needed if agencies expect to bring University, and Stanford University. to promote federal service on campuses. students on board. make a difference and have a good quality A new law signed in September will of life are there,” said Stier. “The Making At the campaign launch, the Partnership As part of the campaign launch, more forgive federal employee’s student loans the Difference campaign will give released its final project report: Making than 600 universities across the country after 10 years of service; Additional students the chance to seize them.” FYI...

The Call to Serve Toolkit: The percentage of Jobfox professionals towards the payment of their education. What academic areas can Available on Campus seeking a career change with a company This program requires the employee to be covered by this program? that is “ecologically-friendly” is a mere 5 make a 3-year commitment to the There are currently no laws regulating and Online percent, ranking 18th in the list of top agency/department that provided the which degrees can and can not be covered career-related choices. Also, only 9 percent repayment. If a student transfers to a by this program. However, agencies are Be sure to check your mail closely this of professionals say they seek shorter different agency while benefiting from the encouraged to tailor their plans to recruit week because a Call to Serve toolkit is on commutes in their next job, ranking 14th program, the new employer is not highly qualified candidates for hard to fill the way to each career services office. on the list of next career desires. required to continue financial support. positions. Therefore, an agency may Don't worry if you don't get a hard copy Should the employee become unemployed specify the types of degrees and levels When seeking new companies to work by the agency during the 3-year of the toolkit, you can access ALL of the necessary to participate in the program. for, according to the Jobfox study, profes- timeframe, the recipient is required to pay toolkit content online at sionals say they most often seek: back the amount in full to the agency. For more information visit (calltoserve.org/toolkit). www.makingthedifference.org. Advancement opportunity–55 percent. Who is eligible? Since materials are continually updated, • More leadership responsibility–41 bookmark this Web page so you can • Permanent employees (including part- percent. always print off the latest materials, such time employees) as the academic quick guides or the • Work/life balance–38 percent. • Employees serving on excepted appoint- The PA TIMES would student loan repayment guide. Link these • Leadership that?s respected/admired–36 ments with conversion to term, career, or resources directly to calltoserve.org so percent. career conditional appointments (includ- like to create a list of you can always have the latest informa- • Sense of accomplishment–36 percent. ing, but not limited to, Career Intern or tion on your site. Presidential management Fellows potential mentors Job Candidates Not Very • Higher salary–28 percent. appointments) • 401(k) matching–28 percent. • Temporary employees who are serving for students and “Green” in Company • Flexible schedule–27 percent. on appointments leading to conversion to term or permanent appointments new professionals. Searches • Collaborative environment–22 percent. • Term employees with at least three years • Performance bonuses–20 percent. McLean, VA–How “green” are job left on their appointments Interested? candidates when it comes to picking their Guide to Federal Student How do I apply? next dream job? Not very, according to a Current or potential federal employees Jobfox (www.jobfox.com) analysis of more Loan Repayment Program may contact their employing agency for than 6,000 professionals who have created further information. Each participating Contact personally branded Jobfox web pages to Federal employees are eligible to receive agency must develop a plan that describes showcase their skills, talents and wish lists up to $60,000 ($10,000 a year) from how the agency operates its student loan [email protected] for their next jobs. participating agencies in this program repayment program. American Society for Public Administration PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 21 CAREERCENTER Pay It Forward... Career Advice from an ASPA Member

RaJade M. Berry-James applied for the entry level position–and impossible to understand if you are a making the public sector more efficient, with my brand new suit and leather member of society who is economically or more effective and more equitable; educationally disadvantaged. “S/he who learns, teaches.” briefcase (a gift from my mentors and the • Leave your organization better than you staff at EOF), I walked into my first No other words have significantly For all citizens, public administrators are the found it. The enemy of good is not better. interview with the confidence and true critical link to services needed and services As a public administrator, you have a impacted my academic preparation, profes- desire to fulfill my destiny. sional development and career aspiration gained. As administrators, we must remain responsibility to be innovative–to use your than this Old Ethiopian Proverb, “S/he My supervisor, a man who would later unflappable and distinguish ourselves as core competencies to provide new ideas who learns, teaches.” become my professional mentor, admired dedicated public servants. While it may be and solutions to address old social the fact that I came from a family of public difficult for some to define public adminis- problems like discrimination, health care Like most young professionals, I began my servants. My late-grandmother, Mary L. tration, professionally trained administrators disparities, wage gaps, education gaps, and career in public administration with the Berry, was a human service professional at use their knowledge, skills and abilities to environmental injustice–these are timeless hope that my knowledge, skills, and a state-run psychiatric facility for 45 years showcase the best of public service. issues which continue to dominate the abilities would sufficiently translate into and, indeed, she was my first mentor. She This past summer, I celebrated 20 years of public agenda; and the necessary core competencies to pursue worked tireless in the public sector and public service in higher education. Although • Be willing to dedicate the rest of your life a professional career in public sector instilled in me the core public sector my generic job titles have changed from to finding solutions to the social problems higher education. I was and continue to be values–accountability, integrity, and college administrator to faculty member, I that have plagued others before you. driven by my passion to do meaningful reliability–that make a career in public am still committed to serving the needs and work in this field. As a young professional, service meaningful. Once learned, these five steps will the interests of the public sector. As a young I expected to be greatly rewarded for my give you the opportunity to teach others. My new mentor, a giant in my eyes, gave professional, one who will undoubtedly competencies–and frankly, I thought that I look forward to being a student in your me sage advice about my public sector work for another twenty years, these five the financial incentives awarded to me classroom, an intern in your agency or career, “Make training and performance steps have led me to a successful career in were an economic exchange for the an executive-on-loan in your organization knowledge, skills and abilities that I your priority and keep a record of it.” His the public sector: philosophy was that employee training and one day. brought into the workplace. • Find a mentor who believes in you and is development almost always lead to ASPA member RaJade M. Berry-James is a willing to give you straight-forward My first job out of undergraduate school improved job performance, increased lifetime ASPA member, National Council advice about your career aspirations, your was purely accidental. As my final employee morale and rich financial representative (District 2) and a regional core competencies, and your preparation semester came to a close, someone at my rewards. And, while I continued to seek representative for the Conference of for a changing workforce; internship with the then-New Jersey out mentors as my career paths changed, Minority Public Administrators (COMPA). Department of Higher Education there is one mentor who provided great • Continue to seek advanced training and She is an associate professor in the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) insight into the field of public administra- professional development in areas of Department of Public Administration and Program put a small job announcement on tion. He constantly challenged me to public service that excite you; Urban Studies at The University of Akron my desk, with a yellow sticky note that “define public administration”–reinforcing in Ohio. E-mail: [email protected] read, “Doesn’t this job sound just like for me that the field itself is difficult to • Use your knowledge, skills and abilities to you?” After I read the job description, I define, harder to embrace, and near- demonstrate competence in public service, Rutgers-Newark NCPP Launches Business District Management Certification Program

Newark, NJ–In collaboration with the New each having a duration of five weeks. Jersey Managed District Association Every learning module is grounded in (NJMDA), the National Center for Public public administration and embraces the Performance (NCPP) has created and interdisciplinary nature of managed implemented what appears to be the business districts. In a user-friendly world’s first on-line training vehicle for Internet-based format, instructors lecture business district management. and pose questions to which students respond in a threaded discussion and Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are through weekly written assignments and special assessment districts enabled by problem-solving exercises. state legislation, approved by the local government by an ordinance, and initiated According to Grossman, “In this certifica- by property and business owners. BIDs tion program, it is interesting to see how deliver supplemental public and business our use of public administration theories development services, and are managed by alter the perception that BID managers private interests and often private manage- Robin Reenstra-Bryant, Seth A. Grossman, Fayth A. Ruffin are co-developers and instructors of the hold of themselves; the internal light bulb ment corporations. Business District Management Certification Program–Rutgers University, School of Public Affairs clicks on and they see themselves as public & Administration, Newark, NJ. Today, BIDs are not targeted solely as entrepreneurs directing synergistic citizen- traditional downtown revitalization efforts, driven governance and commercial cooper- ation in the face of a competitive urban or but have evolved to include multi-use innovative training on public-private partner- SPAA doctoral student who has been suburban political economy.” districts, and industrial and purely residen- ship management, and is accessible establishing and managing BIDs for nearly tial neighborhoods, which shifts the defini- worldwide,” explains Marc Holzer, Dean of 30 years. He currently manages the Says Michael Redpath, newly certified by tion towards broader community develop- the SPAA and founding director of NCPP. Ironbound BID in Newark, NJ. With the program and who is a business district ment. For instance, the Pennsylvania BID “The certification program is designed to Holzer’s encouragement, Grossman teamed manager in Toms River, NJ, “This certifi- statute (2000) describes the managed professionalize the emerging quasi-govern- up with Robin Reneestra Bryant, manager cation program is a much needed resource, business districts as “neighborhood mental field of business district manage- of the Rutherford, NJ BID, and Fayth A. I not only learned from it but after the improvement districts,” including virtually ment. It is also suitable for public officials Ruffin, a doctoral candidate of the course I perceived things that I thought I every form of community designation from and non-profit managers working with or Graduate Division of Global Affairs at knew about district management in a industrial to commercial to multi-use to seeking affiliation with business improve- Rutgers University-Newark to create the different way. You can tell that much went residential, urban to suburban, and ment districts (BIDs) and other managed curriculum, coordinate the program and into putting this program together.” potentially rural. business districts such as “Main Street” now teach the certification program. programs,” Holzer went on to say. For more information about or to register “The Business District Management To earn the business district management in the Business District Management Certification Program is a natural progres- Professionalizing the field of business certification, registrants must successfully Certification Program, visit sion of NCPP’s research and education district management is a long-time goal complete four distinct modules, http://www.ncpp.us. infrastructure: providing Internet-based finally realized for Seth A. Grossman, a PAGE 22 PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 American Society for Public Administration New ASPA Members ASPA welcomes the following new members from the month of September 2007. Please note: Members rejoining ASPA are not included on this list.

Lisa Purinton Alaska Chris Keaton Central Missouri Linda Cooper Inland Empire Erika L. Gutierrez Orange County Danielle Casey Arizona Roberta Comerford Central New York Connie Golds Inland Empire Kelly Smith Oregon/SW Washington Timothy R. Dahlstrom Arizona Joshua Phillips Central Ohio Sophia Green Inland Empire Molly Younts Oregon/SW Washington Erik W. Johnston Arizona Robin R. Barham Central Piedmont David Jenkins Inland Empire Abbygail Langham Philadelphia Area Teresa Manygoats Arizona Judy M. Clifford Central Piedmont Mario Lara Inland Empire David Bell Pittsburgh Area Kathleen McAlpine Arizona Christopher A. Cooper Central Piedmont Teresa Martinelli-Lee Inland Empire Geneva Fearrington Research Triangle Felicia Anderson Arkansas Corey King Central Piedmont Jennifer Furler Iowa Capital Claire Hester Research Triangle Kathy Baker Arkansas Sarah Poulton Central Piedmont Robert Grayson Iowa Capital Shelisa Howard-Martinez Research Triangle Tyronza Bibby Arkansas Meena Beyers Chicago Illinois Sarah Kelley Iowa Capital Regina Moore Research Triangle Lindsey Jester Arkansas Sarah Harmon Chicago Illinois Marla Lovell Iowa Capital Stephanie Nantz Research Triangle Priscilla Merriman Arkansas Edward Owusu Chicago Illinois Marla Lovell Iowa Central Sharon Gervais Rhode Island Katherine Stokes Arkansas Kara Pennoyer Chicago Illinois Maria Beebe Kansas Nathan St. Pierre Rhode Island Mary Maureen Brown At Large Member Shannon Sohl Chicago Illinois Jay Song Kentucky James Welch Rhode Island Richard Clark At Large Member Reginald Spears Chicago Illinois Tihana Badurina Long Island Ryan Adame Sacramento California Sharon Fisher At Large Member Kirk Anne Taylor Chicago Illinois Taynay Cameron LA Metro Area Alani Cridge Sacramento California Tami King At Large Member Fred Eidson Colorado Linda Cooper LA Metro Area Yvonne K. Harden Sacramento California Carl Weber At Large Member Mark Glover Colorado Christopher Figueroa LA Metro Area Randall Joslin Sacramento California Rachel Zinn At Large Member Brian I. LoCascio Colorado Angela Lenora LA Metro Area Kimanh Nguyen Sacramento California Herbert W. Denmark, Jr. Auburn Alabama Margaret Quinn Colorado Nathaniel G. Meek LA Metro Area Justin Paddock Sacramento California Kelly Bocanegra Centex Louise Blalock Connecticut Kyle Mori LA Metro Area Regina Wood San Diego Brian Boerner Centex Mark Locken Connecticut Kimanh Nguyen LA Metro Area Elizabeth Allison San Francisco Bay Area Allen Brock Centex Katherine McCormack Connecticut Jeffry Phillips LA Metro Area Leah Baumbach San Francisco Bay Area Gerard Cantu Centex Gary Stango Connecticut Gwendolyn Warren LA Metro Area Charles Cole, III San Francisco Bay Area Linda Cantu-Teniente Centex Ezra Temko Delaware James Hobbs, III Louisiana Joshua Scott Hugg San Francisco Bay Area Andrew Carroll Centex Marta Diffen Detroit Metro Area Celia Jackson Louisiana James J. Shannon San Francisco Bay Area Cynthia Conyers Centex Carrie Leach Detroit Metro Area Steffan Rutledge Louisiana DeMauriae Vaughn San Francisco Bay Area Brain Danahey Centex Ethan T. Magusin Detroit Metro Area April Spigner Louisiana Mary Figone Santa Clara Valley Stephanie Davis Centex Janet M. O'Brien Detroit Metro Area Kendall Thomas Louisiana David Keller Santa Clara Valley Humberto Delgado Centex Kelly Jochim Eastern North Carolina Aron Walker, III Louisiana Jennifer L. Patterson South Carolina Arturo Diaz Centex Isaac Garnett El Paso/SE New Mexico Tiffany Amoakohene Massachusetts Regina Bernadin South Florida Ernesto Elizondo, Jr. Centex Donald E. Boyce, III Empire State Cap. Area Jennifer Flynn Massachusetts Lucia Davis-Raiford South Florida Chrisma Esparza Centex Maria Gintova Empire State Cap. Area Christian Hunt Massachusetts Stephen Farinas South Florida Jose Gamboa Centex John Goodwin Empire State Cap. Area Michael P. Robinson Massachusetts John Joseph South Florida Adrian Gause Centex Natalie C. Helbig Empire State Cap. Area Nathan St. Pierre Massachusetts Christopher Sweeney South Florida Rodolfo Gonzalez Centex Hyunjung Kim Empire State Cap. Area Julie Goldstein Memphis/Mid South Andre Byrd South Texas Jon Guerrero Centex Haibo Li Empire State Cap. Area Becky J. Starnes Memphis/Mid South Dimitra Guerrero South Texas Oshaldo Guzman, Jr. Centex Jennifer M. O'Connor Empire State Cap. Area Patrick M. Andrade Metro Louisville Pamela Adams Southern Arizona Alan Hein Centex Karoli Ssemogerere Empire State Cap. Area Mitchell Howard Payne Metro Louisville Yves Khawam Southern Arizona Greg Hernandez Centex Robin M. Blake Evergreen Leah M. Pepper Metro Louisville Russell Newberg Southern Arizona James Hobbs Centex James Alm Georgia Chad Rogers Michigan Capital Alexis Silva Southern Arizona Stephen Houser Centex Bretia Arrington Georgia Sara Chambers Milwaukee Fausto Robles, Jr. Southern Illinois Cynthia Jackson-Ward Centex Adlesia J. Cameron Georgia Brenda Schulze Minnesota Bobby J. Gordon Southern Nevada Jose Jalomo, Jr. Centex Cicely Hayes Georgia Eunice Akoto Mississippi Tyrone Thompson Southern Nevada Sara Jasso Centex Kina McKinney Georgia Nicholas DiColandrea Mississippi Quentin Wilson St. Louis Metropolitan Thomas Johnson Centex Linda Merzier Georgia Ann Marie Myrick Mississippi Mark Glover Suncoast Robert LaBorde Centex Heather Nelson Georgia Mary Meztista Montgomery Area Neosha Burns Tennessee Cheryl Lardy Centex Andrew Berns Gold Coast Naomi Aoki National Capital Area Ronald Campbell Tennessee Yvette Limon Centex Valarie Hoffman Gold Coast Mary Ashton National Capital Area Tiffany Cheuvront Tennessee Gabriel Lozano Centex Lawrence Horak Gold Coast Charlotte Kirschner National Capital Area Patrice Futrell Tennessee Rogelio Maldonado Centex Russell S. Ketchum Gold Coast Jeannine Love National Capital Area Everett Miller Tennessee Julie Martin Centex Heather Christine Shirm Gold Coast Lina Musayev National Capital Area Patrice Futrell Tennessee Valley Pablo Martinez Centex Thomas A. Reynolds Greater Akron Robert Reed National Capital Area Stephanie Millard Tennessee Valley Cristina McMurray Centex James Branch Greater Birmingham David Uhl National Capital Area Michael Miller Tennessee Valley Jackie Mendez Centex Jennifer M. Garstka Greater Birmingham Boyoun Kim Nebraska Tommi Paris Tennessee Valley Gilberto Navarro Centex Brandy Hyche Greater Birmingham Regina Winters Nebraska Bethany L. Rowe Tennessee Valley Thomas Ochoa Centex Mary Ivey Greater Birmingham Michael Sofolawe New Jersey Mark Glover University of Central Florida Jerry Pina Centex Joseph Samuel Greater Birmingham Linda Lacey New Mexico Sandra E. Yudice Upstate South Carolina Debra Pruitt Centex Wesley Taylor Greater Birmingham Linda Merzier New York Metropolitan Andrew Erlichman USC LA Affiliate Ya-El Ramirez Centex Sara Williamson Greater Birmingham Maribel Perez New York Metropolitan Paul T. Smith Utah Rolondo Rangel Centex Jennifer Couch Greater Cincinnati Zinnia J. Rodriguez New York Metropolitan Kelly Houston Vermont Rena Ren Centex Brian N Gilligan Greater Cincinnati Michael Sofolawe New York Metropolitan Jennifer R. Kenyan Vermont Ruben Rios Centex Jacob Day Greater Kansas City Paula White New York Metropolitan Santina Leporati Vermont Celina Rivera Centex Michael C. Marino Greater Rochester Laizing Yuan New York Metropolitan Brian Melman Vermont Maria Rivera Centex Mark Glover Gulf Coast Carl J. Gabrini North Florida Marc Merriman Vermont Gracie Robinson Centex Amber N. Keyser Hampton Roads Lisa Williams North Florida Beth Nolan Vermont Leopoldo Rodriguez Centex Stephen Lewallen, Jr. Hampton Roads Christopher Bartels North Texas Elle M. Petcavage Vermont George Salzman Centex Nakheia McFarland Hampton Roads Nathan Edgerton North Texas Ian Raphael Vermont Iran Sanchez Centex Rhonda Myers Hampton Roads Kurt Hall North Texas Nathan O. Towne Vermont Maria Solz Centex Stephanie Tinsley Hampton Roads James Hobbs North Texas Qin Zhou Vermont Stella Trejo Centex John M. White Hampton Roads Adrienne E. Lothery North Texas Benjamin Inman Virginia Susan Wade Centex Rayna Lett-Bell Houston Area Mike Stokes, Jr. North Texas Patricia Northcutt Virginia Sherri Michele Watkins Centex Jon Taylor Houston Area Erica Matheny Northeast Ohio Regional Michael Coykendall West Michigan Sam Woods Centex Deborah D. Stein Hudson Valley William Miller Northeast Ohio Regional Cole Fazenbaker West Virginia Mark Glover Central Florida Milena Neshkova Indiana Kristina Vineyard Northeast Ohio Regional Nicole Franczek Wisconsin Capital George Rachel Central Florida Aliyev Sadig Indiana John Lazarus Northern New Jersey Wayne Warren, II Central Illinois Dionne Barnes-Proby Inland Empire Niluh Widyaningsih Northern New Jersey Damon Anthony Ferlazzo Central Missouri Shannon Carlos Inland Empire Joseph Snyder Northwest Ohio American Society for Public Administration PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 23 The Recruiter WHERE EMPLOYERS AND JOB SEEKERS MEET. GOVERNMENT POSITIONS

City Administrator Director, DC Government Operations Ottumwa, Iowa (pop 25,000) DC National Guard, Washington, DC Starting Salary: Upper 90’s+(DOQ). County seat of Wapello County located on the Des Moines Rive in BA/BS Public Policy or Public Admin. 2yrs exp as Sr. Budget Analyst/ Policy Analyst/ Legislative Analyst; exp Southeast Iowa. The city serves as a regional retail center for southeastern Iowa and northeast Missouri. Position must have included: devl’pg & implementing policies & programs related to DC Public Safety & Justice reports to a Mayor and five-member City Council. Administrator is responsible for the supervision of 200 full agencies, fed. payments directed at the DC, particularly for emergency planning & security, & Homeland security time employees, a GF Budget of $11 Million and total budget of $52 million. Experience in all phases of munici- funding for DC. Exp. Also w/conducting analyses of policy, program, budgetary & mgmt issues related to DC pal government, with specific experience in economic development and redevelopment, staff development and public safety & justice program areas; Monitoring & analyzing legislative proposals & testimony for confor- customer service. Candidates for the City Administrator position will possess a Bachelor’s degree in public or mance w/ policies & priorities of appointed & elected reps; Identifying mgmt issues requiring review & analysis; business administration, finance or a related field plus a minimum of seven years of responsible municipal Reviewing & preparing formal budget submissions, amendments, supplemental, & other necessary materials to government management experience including five years at the city or county administrator or assistant adminis- support programs; Initiating & monitoring analytical wrk on program & policy issues. Dev’lpg budgetary & trator level. Send resumes by November 30, 2007 to City of Ottumwa, ATTN: Janet Richards, HR Manager, 105 policy options based on detailed analysis, frequently of quantitative nature; Preparing & analyzing fed & DC East Third Street, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 or fax (641-683-0613), e-mail: [email protected]. We budgets; Use of PC-based fin’cl applics for compilation, qualitative evaluation, & presentation of data; & encourage resumes from individuals with disabilities, women, African American, and members of other minori- conducting quantitative analyses. Exp. W/DC Govt financial applics including CFO$ource & SOAR; Reading, ties. analyzing, & interpreting public laws & other legislation. Able to travel domestically for 5 days every 3 - 4 mths. Mail resume to COL Ricket, DC National Guard, The Armory, 2001 East Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20003. UNIVERSITY POSITIONS

Applied Social Sciences Initiative Director & Professor for the Institute for Nonprofits University Of Oklahoma College of Humanities and Social Sciences The social sciences have an impact on our world through the use of quantitative and qualitative methods to North Carolina State University address significant social problems. The University of Oklahoma, along with its Center for Applied Social The Institute for Nonprofits at North Carolina State University invites applications for a Director and Professor, Research (CASR), announces a strategic initiative to compliment and strengthen existing research programs in with research and teaching interests focused on nonprofit organizations, broadly defined. The successful the social sciences. candidate will be appointed as a tenured full professor in one of the departments participating in the search: As part of this initiative, the University invites applications for open rank positions, either tenured or tenure track. Communication, English, History, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Social Work, and We are seeking individuals who have established world class research programs, or are capable of contributing Sociology and Anthropology. The primary duties of the position involve leading and administering the Institute to extant programs, in any of, but not limited to, the following three areas: 1) Defense and homeland security, 2) Applicants must have an earned doctorate, experience and scholarly credentials commensurate with appointment Health research and healthcare policy, and 3) Disaster assessment, preparedness, and management. Other areas as Full Professor. Demonstrated administrative experience and success in securing external funding are of research that support current center activities will be considered. More information on CASR and its programs important. can be found at http://casr.ou.edu For instructions on how to apply, please visit https://jobs.ncsu.edu and search for position 06-64-0706 or to go Candidates must have a Ph.D., or equivalent terminal degree, a proven record of funded research activity, and an directly to this position posting please visit: jobs.ncsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=77948. exemplary record of scholarship as demonstrated by publications. The successful candidates will be expected to Applicants should attach a letter of interest addressing the major job criteria including nonprofit experience; contribute to graduate and undergraduate education in the social sciences, especially research methods, and research interests and leadership-administrative experience; and curriculum vitae. Applicants should also arrange provide leadership in CASR. to have three to four letters of recommendation sent to the Search Committee Chair, Jeffery Leiter, Box 8107 Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a description of their research plans, and a brief statement of their NCSU Campus, Raleigh, NC 27695, Department of Sociology. Screening will begin on November 1, 2007 and teaching interests and philosophy. Applicants should also provide three letters of recommendation. Application continue until the position is filled. materials should be sent to: Paul B. Bell, Jr., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Vice Provost, Chair, For information on the institute for Nonprofits visit our website at http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/nonprofit/. For Applied Social Sciences Initiative Search Committee, Ellison Hall, Room 323, University of Oklahoma, 633 Elm Avenue, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-3118 information on participating CHASS departments visit the college website at http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/chass/index.php. We will also accept completed applications in a PDF format sent to [email protected]. AA/EOE. In addition, NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation. Initial review of application will begin on November 1, 2007, and continue until positions are filled. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Director of Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs The University of Oklahoma is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Wichita State University Three Tenure-Track Faculty Positions State of Kansas Assistant Professor of Public Administration The Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs invites nominations and applications for the position of director of the School. The Hugo Wall School, housed in Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, serves University of Texas at San Antonio as the academic home for faculty and staff associated with the NASPAA-accredited Master of Public The Department of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) invites applicants Administration degree and two research and service centers, the Center for Urban Studies and the Kansas Public for a tenure track Assistant Professor position beginning Fall 2008 (pending budget approval). Required qualifi- Finance Center. The School contributes substantially to Wichita State University’s long standing commitment of cations include an earned Ph. D. in Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science or related discipline service to its metropolitan community, the region, and the state and in academic year 2007-08 is celebrating its by August 15, 2008 for appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. A successful ABD candidate who fails to 50th anniversary. The diverse offerings and engagements of the Hugo Wall School are highlighted in its annual complete all degree requirements by that date can only be hired at the rank of Instructor. Completion of the reports that may be found on the School’s website at: hws.wichita.edu. doctorate no later than the end of the second year of teaching is mandatory. Candidates must demonstrate Wichita State University, one of three research universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, provides evidence of excellent teaching and research or strong potential. Preferred qualifications include a specialization comprehensive educational offerings in an urban setting, including over 60 undergraduate degree programs and in Budgeting and Finance, Quantitative Methods, Human Resources, or Nonprofit Management. Responsibilities over 60 graduate degree programs. Student enrollment is approximately 15,000, including over 3,000 graduate include teaching, research, and service. Teaching will be at the graduate and/or undergraduate level. Courses students. will be offered primarily at the UTSA Downtown Campus but may also be offered at the Main Campus and primarily at night. The department currently offers a NASPAA accredited Master of Public Administration The director of the Hugo Wall School is expected to serve as academic leader of the instructional, research, and degree and an undergraduate minor in Nonprofit Management. The department provides American Humanics service offerings of the School, as budget officer for the School and its component parts, and as director of the certification both at the graduate and undergraduate level. Center for Urban Studies. The director is also expected to teach at least one course each semester in the Master Applicants must submit a letter of application; vita; names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three references; of Public Administration degree program. one or two article-length manuscripts or other samples of research and writing; and teaching evaluations (if Required qualifications for the position of director include: academic standing that would justify appointment at available) to: Faculty Search Committee Chair, Department of Public Administration, University of Texas at San the level of full professor; demonstrated leadership experience; evidence of a professional commitment to Antonio, 501 W. Durango Blvd, San Antonio, Texas, 78207. ABD applicants must have their Dissertation proactive community engagement; and demonstrated commitment to diversity. Committee Chair send a letter to the Search Committee Chair indicating progress in degree completion and/or Interested candidates should send a letter addressing qualifications for the position, curriculum vita, and names expected date of defense. Initial review of applicants will begin January 15, 2008 and will continue until the and contact information of three academic or professional references to Chair of Director Search Committee, position is filled. Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260- The University of Texas at San Antonio is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and 0155. Initial review of applications will begin on December 1, 2007; applications will be accepted until the minorities are encouraged to apply. Applicants who are not U.S. Citizens must state their current visa and position is filled. The successful candidate is expected to begin appointment as director, effective July 1, 2008. residency status. PAGE 24 PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 American Society for Public Administration The Recruiter WHERE EMPLOYERS AND JOB SEEKERS MEET. UNIVERSITY POSITIONS

Assistant or Associate Professor level NC 28223. Questions should be directed to Robert S. Kravchuk, Department Chair, at 704-687-2574. AA/EOE University of Nevada, Las Vegas Assistant or Associate Professor The Department of Public Administration invites applications for a position at Nonprofit Management with Research & Teaching Interests in Arts either the Assistant or Associate Professor level. For either the Assistant or Administration Associate level it is a tenure-track position. This is a full-time, 9-month position beginning Fall 2008. A primary responsibility is teaching in the MPA program as Department of Political Science well as in the Ph.D. program in Public Affairs; some undergraduate teaching may be required. The Department University of North Carolina—Charlotte is looking for applicants with teaching and research interests in core public management areas with a special The Master of Public Administration Program (MPA) in the Department of Political Science invites applications emphasis in human resource management and/or government regulation. An interest in a policy area would also for an assistant/associate Professor, beginning Fall 2008. Required qualifications include an earned doctorate in be beneficial. UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution with more than 28,000 students and more than 900 Public Administration, Arts Administration, Business Administration, Public Policy, or a related field; faculty members. More than 220 undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees are offered. Founded in 1957, demonstrated interest, training, or experience in the Arts; teaching and research interests in Arts Administration UNLV is located on 337 acres in dynamic Southern Nevada. The university is ranked in the category of and Nonprofit Management. Primary duties include development of and teaching in the MPA Program’s new Doctoral/Research Universities-Intensive by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For Arts Administration concentration, and contributing to the MPA Program's Nonprofit Management concentration. more information, visit us on-line at: http://www.unlv.edu. For a complete description and application details The Department of Political Science has 23 faculty members, and houses a NASPAA-accredited MPA Program visit, http://hr.unlv.edu/jobs or call 702-895-2894. The review of materials will begin November 15, and will and is a core constituent in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Public Policy. The MPA Program, currently continue until the position is filled. UNLV is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity educator and employer with nine faculty members, has strong ties to local governments and non-profit organizations in the Charlotte committed to excellence through diversity. metropolitan area. Faculty Position Announcement Review of applications begins November 1, 2007 and continues until the position is filled. Applications must be Public Health Administration made electronically to https://jobs.uncc.edu. Attach with your electronic submission a letter of application stating teaching and research areas and curriculum vitae. Submit three letters of recommendation and official graduate School of Public Administration transcript to: Chair, Arts Administration Search Committee, Department of Political Science, University of North University of Nebraska at Omaha Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223. Questions should be directed to Robert S. Kravchuk, Department The School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) seeks applicants for a tenure-track Chair, at 704-687-2574. AA/EOE Assistant Professor position beginning August 18, 2008. The primary areas of specialization are public health administration and social gerontology. Teaching or research focal areas include health services administration, Tenure-track position in Community and health information technology, long term care administration, and public health law. Practitioner experience is Economic Development and Public Policy highly valued in the School. Candidates should be able to demonstrate the potential for developing or Georgia State University demonstrating a track record of outstanding research and classroom teaching. A PhD, DPA, DPH, or D.Sc. are The Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies at Georgia State University seeks a strong researcher of interest. ABD will be considered if candidate is reasonably close to finishing the dissertation. Other items of and teacher to fill a tenure-track position in community and economic development and public policy, beginning importance are teaching experience including online teaching, a record of publication, and health/gerontology fall 2008. The successful applicant will be expected to bring and maintain an active scholarly research agenda. work experience. The successful applicant should also have the ability to teach courses in some combination of community and/or The School of Public Administration boasts a supportive and collaborative academic culture that extends to its economic development and urban/regional policy and planning, as well as to advise students in these areas. The collaborations with other schools and departments. It has a statewide mission and offers the only accredited position requires a doctorate in an appropriate field of study from an accredited university by August 2008. masters program in public administration in the state, enrolling approximately 275 graduate students annually. Candidate must be eligible to work in the USA. Courses are offered in Lincoln, and our online MPA program is a model of best practices. The MPA program The Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies offers a NASPAA-accredited MPA program, an was ranked among the top 10 percent of all such programs in the 2007 edition of America’s Best Graduate undergraduate major in public policy and, in partnership with Georgia Tech, a doctorate in public policy. The Schools. The School’s PhD program in Public Administration represents one of the few doctorates exclusively in department focuses on four areas of excellence: public management and finance; nonprofit management and public administration in the Great Plains region. The Department of Gerontology has its own multidisciplinary policy; economic development and urban policy; and policy evaluation and analysis. faculty and offers undergraduate minor and masters degrees, and certificates of study. In August, 2008, the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (within which both units reside) will move to a new state- The department is one of two academic departments in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, which U.S. of–the-art building. Faculty in Public Administration and Gerontology regularly collaborate with faculty in the News & World Report ranks 26th nationally among schools of public affairs and public policy. The school also new College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, also in Omaha. This academic houses the Department of Economics and several outstanding research centers in fiscal policy, nonprofit studies, appointment is in the School of Public Administration. For more information visit our web pages at: health policy, experimental economics, and public performance and management. The school is located in new http://spa.unomaha.edu/ and www.unomaha.edu/gero/. offices in downtown Atlanta at the heart of a vibrant public and nonprofit sector. That location in combination with the school's research centers generates excellent opportunities for faculty involvement in scholarly research The University of Nebraska at Omaha is an equal opportunity employer. The University and School have a strong that also contributes to policy-making and management at all levels of government and the nonprofit sector. commitment to achieving diversity among faculty and staff. We are particularly interested in receiving applica- tions from members of under-represented groups and strongly encourage women and persons of color to apply Candidates should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, three letters of recommenda- for this position. tion, a sample of scholarship, and any teaching evaluations to: Dr. John Clayton Thomas, Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, P.O. Box 3992, Georgia State University, To apply for this position go to http://careers.unomaha.edu/. Cover letter, curriculum vita, a letter addressing Atlanta, GA 30302-3992. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2007, and will continue until the professional experience and qualifications and teaching/research agenda must be attached to the electronic position is filled. Information about the Andrew Young School is available at www.aysps.gsu.edu. Georgia State application. Applicants are also encouraged to attach evidence of teaching excellence and productive scholarly University, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an equal opportunity educational institution and an research (combine in one document to attach). Three letters of reference (two from academics) and hard copies equal opportunity affirmative action employer. of materials that cannot be attached electronically should be mailed to Dr. John Bartle, Director, School of Public Administration, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182-0276 Assistant Professor Position in M.P.A. Program Public Policy / Political Economy Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus Department of Political Science Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus invites applications for a full-time, tenure- track position as an University of North Carolina at Charlotte assistant professor in the M.P.A. program for the academic year beginning 2008-9. The successful candidate will have strengths in at least one of the following areas: Non-Profit Management, Organizational Behavior, Finance The Department of Political Science seeks an assistant professor in Public Policy / Political Economy, beginning and Budgeting, Public/Health Policy or Analytic Methods. This position also requires an individual who is August 2008. Required qualifications include a Ph.D. in Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy, knowledgeable in the field and energetic in the classroom. Economics, or related field; the ability to teach cost-benefit analysis, and management science methods. Desired Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in Public Administration. (A.B.D.s will also be considered.) The review of qualifications include prior teaching experience; training in political science and/or public policy analysis and candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. methodology; a demonstrated ability to teach and perform research in public policy; a substantive research interest in environmental policy and/or knowledge of governmental finance. The position is housed in political The M.P.A. Program at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus is NASPAA accredited. It draws early- and science; however, the successful candidate will teach doctoral-level courses to students with diverse disciplinary mid-career students from New York City government agencies, healthcare, aging and non-profit organizations and orientations (including geography, public administration, international policy, public policy, and sociology) in the undergraduate institutions. The Campus has one of the most diverse student populations in the country, which is MPA Program and the interdisciplinary Public Policy Ph.D. Program. reflected in the enrollment of M.P.A. program. Classes are offered evenings and Saturdays at the Brooklyn Campus and at off-campus sites in Manhattan. The Campus is located in the heart of thriving Downtown The Department of Political Science has 23 faculty members, and houses a NASPAA-accredited MPA Program Brooklyn, where it is well served by public transportation and minutes away from Manhattan. and is a core constituent in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Public Policy. The MPA Program, currently with nine faculty members, has strong ties to local governments and non-profit organizations in the Charlotte Long Island University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. metropolitan area. Application Process: Please attach a letter of interest and a C.V to an e-mail message with the subject heading Review of applications begins November 1, 2007 and continues until the position is filled. Applications must be “Assistant Professor Position in M.P.A.” and send it to: [email protected] made electronically to https://jobs.uncc.edu. Attach with your electronic submission a letter of application stating Or, send hard copies to: Pamela Ransom, Search Committee Chair, MPA Program, Long Island University, One teaching and research areas and curriculum vitae. Submit three letters of recommendation and official graduate University Plaza, H700, Brooklyn, NY 11201. transcript to: Chair, Public Policy Search Committee, Department of Political Science, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, American Society for Public Administration PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 25 The Recruiter WHERE EMPLOYERS AND JOB SEEKERS MEET. UNIVERSITY POSITIONS

Faculty Position- Public Management contracts, established working relationships with emergency management organizations, and prior teaching experience with online distance learning delivery systems. John Glenn School of Public Affairs Full consideration given to applications received by November 19, 2007. Send letter of application addressing The Ohio State University qualifications, curriculum vitae, copies of all transcripts (undergraduate and graduate), portfolio, three current The John Glenn School of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University invites applications for a position in Public letters of recommendation, and other relevant supporting materials to: Search Committee Chair, Center for Management with rank open, depending on qualifications of applicants, beginning fall 2008. The position may Disaster Research & Education/PA1107, Millersville University, P.O. Box 1002, Millersville, PA 17551-0302. be filled from among candidates representing a variety of disciplines or from cross-disciplinary programs. A An EO/AA Institution. • www.millersville.edu strong research program and strength in teaching are essential. Applicants must have completed, or be nearing completion, of all Ph.D. degree requirements. Salary will be commensurate with the experience and qualifica- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor tions that the candidate presents. Department of Political Science & Public Affairs The John Glenn School of Public Affairs is a comprehensive independent school within The Ohio State Western Carolina University University. Our curricular offerings include the Master of Public Administration, the In-Career Master of Arts in Public Administration, dual Masters’ degrees with Law, City and Regional Planning, Public Health, Natural Position Description: The successful candidate will have primary responsibility in the Master of Public Affairs Resources, Social Work and a joint degree in Arts Policy and Administration, the Ph.D. in Public Policy and (MPA) program, with additional responsibilities in the undergraduate program beginning August 2008. We are Management, and an undergraduate public policy minor. The School is located in a state-of-the-art new building, open to any specialization within public administration, but are particularly interested in candidates with expert- Page Hall, in the center of the University campus. The Ohio State University, the flag-ship public university of ise in personnel management and/or nonprofit management. The normal teaching load is 3-3. Ohio, is located in the state’s capital, Columbus, providing direct access to public sector organizations and practi- Qualifications: Ph.D. in public administration, political science, or a related discipline from an accredited institu- tioners from all levels of government. tion, although ABD candidates will be considered. Applications will be evaluated as received and will be accepted until the position is filled. Please send a letter of About the University/Department: http://www.wcu.edu; http://www.wcu.edu/4772.asp application, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of four professional references to: Professor Trevor Salary: Competitive. Brown, Chair, Public Management Search Committee, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State Application Deadline: Review will begin November 1 and continue until position is filled. University, 1810 College Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Applications: Apply online at https://jobs.wcu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51011. Attach vita, letter of To build a diverse workforce, Ohio State encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, application, and unofficial graduate transcripts. In addition, please have 3 letters of recommendation sent to Dr. veterans, and women. EEO/AA employer. Christopher Cooper, MPA Director, Western Carolina University, Department of Political Science and Public Faculty Position- Public Finance & Budgeting Affairs, 358 Stillwell Building, Cullowhee, NC 28723. For questions or additional information, contact Dr. John Glenn School of Public Affairs Cooper at [email protected]; phone: 828-227-7475. The Ohio State University Proper documentation of identity and employability are required at the time of employment. WCU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer who conducts background checks. The John Glenn School of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University invites applications for a position in Public Finance and Budgeting with rank open, depending on qualifications of applicants, beginning fall 2008. The Non-Tenure Track Clinical Assistant Professor Position in Public Affairs position may be filled from among candidates representing a variety of disciplines or from cross-disciplinary The Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies programs. A strong research program and strength in teaching are essential. Applicants must have completed, or be nearing completion, of all Ph.D. degree requirements. Salary will be commensurate with the experience and Georgia State University qualifications that the candidate presents. The Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies at Georgia State University seeks a strong teacher to fill a non-tenure track Clinical Assistant Professor position in public affairs, beginning fall 2008. The success- The John Glenn School of Public Affairs is a comprehensive independent school within The Ohio State ful applicant will be expected to teach up to eight courses per year, but with course load reductions available for University. Our curricular offerings include the Master of Public Administration, the In-Career Master of Arts in activities such as new course preparations, curriculum development, outcome assessment activities, and teaching Public Administration, dual Masters’ degrees with Law, City and Regional Planning, Public Health, Natural large sections. The position requires a doctorate in an appropriate field of study from an accredited university by Resources, Social Work and a joint degree in Arts Policy and Administration, the Ph.D. in Public Policy and August 2008. Candidate must be eligible to work in the USA. Management, and an undergraduate public policy minor. The School is located in a state-of-the-art new building, Page Hall, in the center of the University campus. The Ohio State University, the flag-ship public university of The Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies offers a NASPAA-accredited MPA program, an Ohio, is located in the state’s capital, Columbus, providing direct access to public sector organizations and practi- undergraduate major in public policy and, in partnership with Georgia Tech, a doctorate in public policy. The tioners from all levels of government. department focuses on four areas of excellence: management and finance of public and nonprofit organizations; nonprofit management and policy; economic development and urban policy; and policy evaluation and analysis. Applications will be evaluated as received and will be accepted until the position is filled. Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of four professional references to: Professor Andrew The department is one of two academic departments in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, which U.S. Keeler, Chair, Public Finance and Budgeting Search Committee, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio News & World Report ranks in the top 25 nationally for schools of public affairs and public policy. The school State University, 1810 College Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210 also houses the Department of Economics and several outstanding research centers in fiscal policy, nonprofit studies, health policy, experimental economics, and public performance measurement. The school is located in To build a diverse workforce, Ohio State encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, new offices in downtown Atlanta, at the heart of a vibrant public and nonprofit sector. That location in combina- veterans, and women. EEO/AA employer. tion with the school’s research centers generates excellent opportunities for faculty involvement that also Faculty Member and Program Coordinator/Center Director contributes to policy-making and management at all levels of government and the nonprofit sector. Center For Disaster Research & Education Candidates should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, three letters of recommenda- Millersville University tion, and teaching evaluations to: Dr. Harvey K. Newman, Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, P.O. Box 3992, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-3992. Full-time, tenure-track position available beginning August 2008. Rank is open at the Assistant, Associate, or Review of applications will begin November 15, 2007, and will continue until the position is filled. Information Full Professor level contingent upon qualifications and experience. about the Andrew Young School is available at www.aysps.gsu.edu. Georgia State University, a unit of the Serve as Center Director (www.millersville.edu./~CDRE) and Program Coordinator for both the MS in University System of Georgia, is an equal opportunity educational institution and an equal opportunity affirma- Emergency Management degree program (MSEM) and the multi-disciplinary minor in environmental hazards tive action employer. and emergency management (EHEM). Teach courses in the totally online Master of Science in Emergency Management degree program (http://www.millersville.edu/~msem), teach one course in the EHEM minor (in the Assistant Professor classroom or online). Responsibilities will include half-time teaching load and permanent half-time non- The University of New Mexico classroom responsibilities as MSEM program coordinator and CDRE Director. The School of Public Administration invites applications for two available assistant professor level probationary Required: PhD in Sociology, Geography, Political Science/Public Administration or related social science faculty appointments leading to a tenure decision, beginning August 2008. The MPA program in the School of discipline with specialty in disaster research. Demonstrated ability to coordinate an interdisciplinary program Public Administration is one of the oldest NASPAA accredited programs in the nation. UNM is the premier and center. Evidence of ability and willingness to teach Principles & Practices of Emergency Management, research university in the state of New Mexico. UNM is a Carnegie Doctoral Very High Research Activity Social Dimensions of Disaster, Theory & Methods Applied to Emergency Management, Terrorism-WMD- Institution and a Hispanic Serving Institution, with over 33,000 students. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Homeland Security, and the Practicum in an online environment. Evidence of ability to teach Sociology/Social Mexico. Albuquerque is ranked number one on Forbes magazine’s 2006 list of Best Places for Business. Science of Disaster in the undergraduate EHEM minor. Prior successful college teaching experience and Albuquerque is an ethnically diverse city with a rich culture and a location offering unparalleled opportunities for demonstrated record of professional activity in disaster research (e.g., conference presentations, publications, outdoor adventure. The University is located within minutes of the Sandia and Manzano mountain ranges, which grants) as well as a commitment to mentor and advise graduate and undergraduate students. A portfolio must be offer great opportunities for hiking, biking, rock climbing and skiing. For complete information on position submitted that will be used to assess the above noted qualifications and should include the applicant's best qualifications, duties and responsibilities and conditions of employment, please see Faculty Postings at teaching syllabi and publications, papers or dissertation chapter. Must have a successful interview, teaching (http://www.unm.edu/~oeounm/facultyjobsposting_jrs/jr_public_administration/jr_6374_2.htm), or request a demonstration and scholarship presentation. copy of the announcement from the search chair ([email protected]). WOMEN AND MINORITIES ARE Preferred: PhD in Sociology, administrative experience, prior experience obtaining and executing grants or ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. UNM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER AND EDUCATOR. PAGE 26 PA TIMES • NOVEMBER 2007 American Society for Public Administration The Recruiter WHERE EMPLOYERS AND JOB SEEKERS MEET. UNIVERSITY POSITIONS

Assistant or Associate Professor of Public Administration University of La Verne Position #2861 The Department of Public and Health Administration of the University of La Verne’s College of Business and Public Management is seeking a tenure-track faculty hire at the assistant or associate level beginning September 1, 2008. Rank and salary are dependent on qualifications. The Department seeks candidates who are strong in theories of public administration with special capabilities in one or more of the following areas: Public Administrative Processes, Research Methodologies (Quantitative and Qualitative), and/or Governance Tools and Administrative Management. Qualifications: An earned doctorate and have strong teaching and research potential; those at the Associate Professor level should have an earned doctorate and demonstrate proven teaching and research excellence. How to Apply: Interested candidates should send: (1) a letter of application including a statement of teaching philosophy and goals, and experience, research interests, and public service; (2) a curriculum vita; and, (3) the names and addresses of three references, in Word or PDF format to: [email protected] or mail to Human Resources, University of La Verne, 1950 Third Street, La Verne, CA 91750. Screening of candidates begins December 1st, 2007, and will continue until the position is filled. Reference position #2861. EOE Director of the Division of Public and Environmental Affairs The Division of Public and Environmental Affairs (DPEA Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) The Division of Public and Environmental Affairs (DPEA) at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is seeking a strong leader who thinks strategically and creatively to serve as Director of the Division, beginning July 1, 2008. The Division of Public and Environmental Affairs is currently in a transitional phase. The Indiana University Board of Trustees has approved the dissolution of the systemwide School of Public and Environmental Affairs as of June 30, 2008. Various organizational options for the future are under discussion at the present time, including the creation of a new academic school at IPFW that would include the division. As such, this is an exciting period of growth and change for the Division providing the successful applicant with a unique opportunity to shape the future of the Division and its role in the University. The DPEA mission is to improve the quality of public service by educating current and prospective public servants, through research on public issues, and through service to organizations with public policy interests. DPEA enrolls approximately 400 students in its undergraduate and graduate programs. The interests of the eight full-time faculty fall into the areas of public policy and administration, urban affairs, environmental policy, criminal justice, and health administration. The Division’s outreach arm is the Community Research Institute (CRI), which provides research and analytic support to government units and non-profit agencies in northeast Indiana. The successful candidate will possess: • an earned doctorate in Public Administration or Political Science and be qualified for tenure at the rank of professor; • a strong record in teaching, research, and administration; • substantial accomplishments in community outreach and engagement; • experience in marketing, fundraising, and grant-writing; and • a proactive approach to problem-solving. IPFW, a public comprehensive university, enrolls nearly 12,000 students in more than 180 academic programs at the associate, baccalaureate, master’s, and certificate levels. Screening will begin immediately and continue until this position is filled. Applicants may obtain an Executive Search Profile and application procedures at http://www.ipfw.edu/vcaa/employment/default.shtml or by contact- ing the committee at: DPEA Director Search Committee, C/O Ms. Tamara Davich, Division of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 East Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, Phone: 260-481-6351, Fax: 260-481-6346 , Email: [email protected] IPFW is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Employer.

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