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Now announcing: a five-part webinar series, Project 2025 Implemented, examining the project's impacts on public administration. View the details and register (for free) now! https://icont.ac/518wx

AI: Sustainable and Strategic - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Parisa VinzantAugust 29, 2025 The case for making AI innovation both sustainable and strategic has never been clearer or more pressing. To allow industry to drive AI innovation without sufficient policy direction and oversight […]

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AI: Sustainable and Strategic
By Parisa Vinzant

The 3 Essentials of Improving Service Performance - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Andrew KleineAugust 25, 2025 In recent columns I have given you lists of five, seven or 10 ideas for driving government efficiency, making cities highly effective and making good trouble with your budget. I […]

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The 3 Essentials of Improving Service Performance
By Andrew Kleine

Do You Have an Ideal Volunteer? - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Matt HuggAugust 25, 2025 “We’ll take anybody.”Have you said that when asked about volunteers? Did you mean it? How’d that work for you? If you were lucky, then fine. But do you want to […]

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Do You Have an Ideal Volunteer?
By Matt Hugg

Public Policy and Administration to Deal with the Culture Wars - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Charles MasonSeptember 5, 2025 Walk onto a college campus today and you can feel the tension. Free speech rallies clash with counter-protests. Guest speakers face petitions before they arrive. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) […]

#Diversity
Public Policy and Administration to Deal with the Culture Wars
By Charles Mason

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote The U.S.

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
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#ASPA2026's members-only launch rate expires tonight at midnight! Make sure you register today to receive the lowest rates available for March!

Snake Pits and Synthetic Leadership: How Power Plays Undermine Representation - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Troy ChavezAugust 25, 2025 At 30, I haven’t seen a full life, but I’ve researched, questioned, and appreciated what came before me and what could lie ahead if we work together under common cause. […]

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Snake Pits and Synthetic Leadership: How Power Plays Undermine Representation
By Troy Chavez

Accountability and Performance Update – Sept 29 – Oct 5, 2025 Implementing Performance Management Recommendations U.S. Government Accountability Office Agencies and OMB have implemented most recommendations GAO made related to the implementation of the Govern…

Recommendations, audits, KPIs - curated articles, Sept 29 - Oct 5, 2025 @aspanational.bsky.social Center for Accountability & Performance - bit.ly/46SVCdv

More editorial news from PMR: @milagasco.bsky.social and Mohammad Khan are stepping down as Associate Editors and Editorial Board members and we thank them for their service, but we are pleased to welcome @nonprofitphd.bsky.social and Norma Riccucci to the Board

Good Intentions, Hollow Systems: The Frontline Struggle for Equity - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Ofek Edri-PeerAugust 15, 2025 Social equity has become a key value in public administration research and practice. It is embedded in strategic plans, discussed in conference keynotes and increasingly referenced in public service mandates. […]

#Equity
Good Intentions, Hollow Systems: The Frontline Struggle for Equity
By Ofek Edri-Peer
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via #PATimes

Judge finds Trump unlawfully fired agency IGs, but won’t reinstate them If the court reinstated the fired IGs, a federal judge argued Trump could lawfully fire them again in 30 days, as long as he gives advanced notice to Congress.

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Judge finds Trump unlawfully fired 17 agency IGs, but won’t reinstate them

Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: The Algorithm That Blinked - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By S. Mohsen FatemiAugust 18, 2025 The cubicle wall still held a thumb-tacked copy of the old Eligibility Rulebook, its pages yellowed at the corners but no one reached for it anymore. Three days ago, […]

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Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: The Algorithm That Blinked
By S. Mohsen Fatemi

The Sound of Silence - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Patrick MaloneAugust 18, 2025 Across the country in public agencies striving daily to meet their citizens’ needs, there is a pandemic brewing. And no, it doesn’t require a mask or a vaccination. It’s the […]

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The Sound of Silence
By Patrick Malone

The Bond Prospectus: What It Is and What It Tells You - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Richard F. KeeveyAugust 15, 2025 If one wishes to know the finances of a particular state or local government, do not first go to the annual budget or the annual financial statement or audit. […]

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The Bond Prospectus: What It Is and What It Tells You
By Richard F. Keevey

Our fall is PACKED with #webinars! Next up:
Intersectionality & Crisis Management: A Path to Social Equity
Organizational Design for Public Managers
Transforming Local Gov thru Data: Lessons from the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Register: www.aspanet.org/webi...!

Democrats launch ethics investigation into AI and crypto czar David Sacks Sacks’ role as a special government employee limits him to a 130-day period of service within a single year.

#Ethics
Democrats launch ethics investigation into AI and crypto czar David Sacks
via @NextGov

Don’t Let AI Break the Social Contract - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Tanya SettlesAugust 15, 2025 The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) is alluring. Agentic, also known as autonomous, AI systems are those capable of taking actions independently toward defined and bounded goals. The benefits include […]

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Don’t Let AI Break the Social Contract
By Tanya Settles

You're just about out of time! The #ASPA2026 Call for Proposals closes Sept 26 at midnight! Get your final ideas in for consideration - and we'll hope to see you on the Walk of Fame this March!
www.aspanet.org/annu...

#Motivation
"At the end of the day, your integrity is all you have. Guard it carefully."
- Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Chairman

How Part-Time Adjuncts Can Respond to 25 Years of Developments in Higher Education - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Bill BrantleyAugust 15, 2025 I have been an adjunct instructor for twenty-five years. On August 1, 2000, I started teaching basic public speaking for the University of Louisville’s Department of Communication. In the 25 […]

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How Part-Time Adjuncts Can Respond to 25 Years of Developments in Higher Education
By Bill Brantley

#Jobs: The Council on Foreign Relations is posting for a 2026-27 International Affairs Fellow. Find the listing via publicservicecareers/org! Check out the rest of the listings and post your own!
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Thrilled to welcome new folks to ASPA this fall!
City of Carlisle
LEAD ACQUIRE DO INSPIRE
University of Texas at Dallas
United States Senate
We hope you make the most of the ASPA community!

#ASPA2026 registration is open! Members: register between now and Oct 7 at our special launch rate! We'll look forward to seeing everyone on the Walk of Fame this March!
www.aspanet.org/annu...

Higher Education’s Diversity Myth These programs are under relentless attack but there is no evidence that they’ve given Black Americans any disproportionate benefit.

#Equity
Higher Education’s Diversity Myth
via @Governing

Remember! All #ASPA2026 proposals are due by this Friday, Sept. 26, at midnight ET! Submit your ideas and we'll see who gets placed on the agenda for March!
www.aspanet.org/annu...

#PATimes - Thanks, @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social for writing it for us!

Lessons from Africa: Could Shared Housing Be the Preventive Solution to America’s Homelessness Crisis? - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Funmi AdebajoSeptember 15, 2025 Introduction: Framing the Crisis Homelessness in the United States remains one of the most urgent social challenges of our time. On a single night in January 2024, more than 771,000 […]

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Lessons from Africa: Could Shared Housing Be the Preventive Solution to America’s Homelessness Crisis?
By Funmi Adebajo

ASPA's e-learning keeps going! This Wednesday we're showcasing the code compliance field and what a career as a code expert looks like! Next up? Disaster response! Check out all of our upcoming events on our website and register today!
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Accountability and Performance Update – Sept 15-21, 2025 The “Performance Counts” Summit Government Executive The best ideas in government performance don’t always start in Washington. They come from state capitols, city halls and county offices, places …

Performance Summit, collaborative governance: curated articles, week of Sept 15-21, 2025 @aspanational.bsky.social Center for Accountability & Performance- bit.ly/46wQo7f