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The Online Journal & Network of ASPA’s
Section for Public Management Practice

American Society for
Public Administration

PAST ARTICLES

Accountability

Curbing Corruption in South Africa -
I.W. Ferreira & M.S. Bayat
(TPM article – Summer 2005, v. 34:2)

Curbing Health Care Fraud in the U.S. Medicare Program -
Article by Linda Min

Impact of Accountability & Ethics on Public Service Delivery: A South African Perspective -
Kishore Raga & Derek Taylor
(TPM article – Summer 2005, v. 34:2)

Governance Reform

Better Government, Better Services in Liberia -
Article by Oblayon B. Nyemah

Entrepreneurial Municipal Governance in Slovenia -
Article by Miro Hacek

Megacities: Lessons in Sustainability
Article at the International City/County Management Association

Corruption Transparency - Corruption Perceptions Index 2011
Article at Transparency International

Citizen Power in an Afghanistan Village
Article at the International City/County Management Association

Google Atlantic Wind Connection & the US Department of the Interior
Article at Atlantic Wind Connection

Megacities: Lessons in Sustainability
Article at the International City/County Management Association

Curbing Corruption in the Republic of South Africa
Article by I. W. FERREIRA & M. S. BAYAT

Curbing Health Care Fraud in the U.S. Medicare Program
Article by Linda Min
Program analyst for the Office of Inspector General, Region IX, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

E-Governance

E-Governance in Slovenia Part I -
Uroş Pinteriç (Slovenia)
(TPM articles – v. 34:2)

E-Governance in Slovenia Part II -
Uroş Pinteriç (Slovenia)
(TPM articles – v. 34:3)

E-Governance in Slovenia Part III -
Uroş Pinteriç (Slovenia)
(TPM articles – v. 34:4)

E-Governance in Slovenia Part IV -
Uroş Pinteriç (Slovenia)
(TPM articles – v. 34:5)

E-Governance Journeys in Serbia & Slovenia -
Uroş Pinteriç (Slovenia) & Zorica Bogdanović (Serbia)
(TPM article – Summer 2008, v. 37:2)

Openness and Transparency: Is E-Government Learning to Listen?
by Christopher J. Godfrey, Camila Bernal, Hillary J. Knepper, & Danica Spence

Changing Governance, Improving Lives
by: Oisika Chakrabarti

Social Media & Good Governance in Turkey
by Zeynep Tűfekçi

Education Reform in Uzbekistan
Feruza Masharipova: Education Reformer in Uzbekistan

New Equipment for Ethiopian Trash Collectors
Article at the International City/County Management Association

Better Government, Better Services in Liberia
Article by Oblayon B. Nyemah
Head of the Liberian Civil Service Reform Directorate

Interview with Franz Tattenbch

Launching soon: A way for cities to exchange ideas on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals

In Zambia’s Contentious Election, the EU Finds a New Challenge

Police Practices and Community Outreach: The Case of Dallas

Emergency & Crisis Management

Boat People SOS: From Rescue at Sea to Katrina Relief -
Thang Nguyen & Julie Nguyen
(TPM article – Spring 2007, v. 36:1)

Post-Katrina Emergency Management Forum -
Beverly A. Cigler et al
(TPM  Forum – Fall 2007, v. 36:3)

Resiliency: Five Years after Katrina -
Beverly A. Cigler et al
(TPM  Forum – Fall 2010, v. 39:3)

Citizen Engagement

Promoting Minority Rights in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina -
Article by Sarah Ringler

Government-Citizen Dialogue in the Republic of Buryatia -
Irina Boldonova & Bayar Zhygmytov
(TPM article – Fall 2002, v. 31:3)

New Civil Society Developments in Siberia -
Gennady Aidaev
(TPM article – Fall 2006, v. 35:3)

Changing Governance, Improving Lives -
Oisika Chakrabarti (U.N.)
(TPM article – Summer 2005, v. 34:2)

Citizen Power in an Afghanistan Village  
Article at the International City/County Management Association

Curbing Corruption in the Republic of South Africa
by I. W. Ferreira and M. S. Bayat

Smart Waste Management Reform in South Africa: Community Engagement in a Western Cape Informal Settlement

Collaborative Governance

Tetra Pak in Bangladesh: Partnering to Improve Nutrition and Develop the Dairy Industry

Mexico’s Perfect Storm: Using the Narcotrafico Threat to Build Governance Capacity in the U.S. and Mexico -
Commentary by Don Klingner

Government-wide Collaboration Boosts National Trade -
Patrick Mendis & Leah Green
(TPM article – Spring 2010, v. 39:1)

Confronting the Wicked Problem:
Disaster Planning in Post-Katrina New Orleans

by: Billy Fields


" The Public Manager is a unique quarterly practitioner journal that emphasizes government leadership that works. For the past four years, it has served as the Section's professional journal, publishing articles and other content submitted by SCPM members - with its more than 40 years of archives available to members as well. In fact, as you search for best practice material on this Web site, you will notice many links to The Public Manager 's works - articles, commentaries, blogs, book reviews, etc. We encourage our members and other site visitors to explore TPM's archives further at: www.thepublicmanager.org."


* This online content includes both original material submitted for publication directly to ASPA's Section on Certified Public Management and/or Good Governance Worldwide web site as well as items published/posted earlier by other good governance affiliates and sources (e.g., The Public Manager, Public Administration Review, university presses, etc.). For non-original works, attribution is provided as part of the annotated link - including author's name and source (e.g., Improving Educational Accountability in Colorado, Richard Wenning and Damian Betebenner, The Public Manager- Winter 2010, v. 39:4).

Human Capital Management

The Challenge of Managing Diversity in South Africa -
N. E. Tshikwatamba
(TPM article – Fall 2003, v. 32:3)

Global Training in the World Today -
Ellen Bates
(TPM article – Spring/Summer 2004, v. 33:1)

Family Friendly Policy: Lessons from Europe – Part I & II -
Anmarie J. Widener
(TPM articles – Fall 2007, v. 36:3&4)

Managing Effectively in a Networked World -
Muhittin Acar, Chao Guo & Gregory D. Saxton
(TPM article – Summer 2007, v. 36:2)

Interviews

Marie Konaté, CEO of a GAIN partner company in Côte d’Ivoire
Interview with Marie Konaté

Giving Indian School Children a Chance to Lead Healthy Lives: Leena Joseph’s story
Article at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Cityscope

In Beirut, a grassroots push for more grass

Can Mexico City's roof gardens help the metropolis shrug off its smog?

How Medellín revived itself, Part 3: Reforms hand Colombia mayors and cities more power

How Medellín revived itself, Part 4: the road to “most innovative city”

How Buenos Aires unclogged its most iconic street

In Dakar, paving streets with many hands and few machines

San Diego mayor unveils climate action plan

Developing cities ripe for startup ventures

Modi wants tidier Indian cities

Steeldrum salvation for Port of Spain’s neighborhoods

The 20 Most Bike-Friendly Cities on the Planet

How Adelaide revitalized itself through ‘placemaking’

Albania hopes fewer local governments means better-run cities

How can we ensure Habitat III delivers on citizen priorities?

Monrovia Mayor Clara Doe Mvogo on lessons from Ebola

In Amsterdam, an ‘embassy’ where migrants connect with locals

What Surat learned from a preventable flood

Vancouver policy to create rental housing brings life to the laneways

What Melbourne learned cutting emissions from ‘1200 Buildings’

How Durban set the global standard for providing water and sanitation for the poor

How Ljubljana turned itself into Europe's ‘green capital’

What Mexico City learned by devoting an office to designing public spaces

Medellín’s ‘Metropolitan Greenbelt’ adds public space while healing old wounds

After quake, Quito says it will serve as model of urban resilience at Habitat III

How street art is rejuvenating Indian cities and rebuilding lives

How Turin is converting a dead industrial area into an innovation hub

Kampala aims to lead African cities in fight against climate change

South Africa has been key to putting informal settlements on the Habitat III agenda

Habitat III must institutionalize ‘participatory’ urban development

Pristina Mayor Shpend Ahmeti: ‘We’re not too small’ to influence climate change response

Water, sanitation innovations to transform urban slums

Urban forests increasingly central to planning in poor and rich countries alike

As earthquakes rattle Italy, lessons in how — and how not — to rebuild cities and towns

How Cardiff turned a polluted bay into one of Europe’s best waterfronts

Cities turn to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals

How Turin is converting a dead industrial area into an innovation hub

The people power behind Mexico City’s new constitution

In the Netherlands, local and national experts are teaming up at urban data centres

Can the New Urban Agenda heal India’s urban-rural divide?

Land rights can lift African cities from ‘low development trap’, World Bank urges

In Nigeria, the government's anti-corruption campaign relies in part on this data NGO

The dangers of ‘housing at the centre’

Philippines city honored for ending sectarian violence with ‘Arms to Farms’ peace initiative

Essen’s award-winning blueprint for greening the postindustrial city

PA Times

A Confusing Place: The Young EM Professional Job Search

Paradigm Shifts in Public Administration – Toward More Nuanced Networking Across Sectors

Norway Sets Up New Meeting Places for Open Government

Expanding the Role of Public Administration: The Open-Door Policy in Criminal Justice

Making Open Government Work

Managing Chaos in the Public Sector: Keeping Open Government Consistent through Expansion of Public-Private Partnership

Embracing Open Government in an Age of High Technology and Citizen Participation

Networked Governance: The Challenges of Working Across Levels of Government and Sectors When Externalizing State Departments of Transportation

ICMA Fellow Views Public Service Across the Globe

Public Resource Management and the Global Perspective

The Caveats of One Size Fits All Performance Management

Engaging Citizens in Emergency Preparedness

Collaborative Emergency Management Program Connects Citizens Before, During Disasters

Providing Services to Veterans Through Intersector Collaboration

Emotional Intelligence and Law Enforcement: An Overdue Conversation

Understanding Customers in the Public Sector

Social Media and Seattle’s Large-Urban Reforestation

On the Quest for a Performance Culture: Where to Start?

The Promise and Perils of Public-Private Partnerships

Shaping the Ghost of Accountability

A City Manager Turned Emergency Manager

Making MPA Grads Competitive in Today’s Job Market

Whose Data?

Modern Public Finance and Public Trust

The Importance of Cultural Competence in Public Administration

U.S. & Africa Initiative Creates Light at the End of the Tunnel

Human Rights Work as A Public Safety Issue

Crisis Communications During Emergencies

Leading by Doing: Conducting a Personal Ethics Audit

Regional Development Agencies: An Innovative Development Management Model in Turkey

How a Governance Approach Empowers Regional Policy Making

New Principal Modus Operandi of Public Programs: Joint Action

Ohio Public Private Partnership Strengthens Community Preparedness

Partnerships That Make a Difference

Hotlines Halt Cyber Crime at State Level

Program Performance Measures: A Basic Primer

Emergency Financial Management Planning

NYPD Uses Technology to Enhance Community Relations

Nonprofits Serve as Emergency Managers

Community Development After Disaster Strikes

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Perspective from Jordan

Waiting for the Boogie Man: Ebola, Flu and Other Reasons to Build Community Resilience

Does Cross-Sector Collaboration Really Produce Better Results?

EPA Hearing Serves as Case Study in Politics and Administration

Public Safety: Light and the State of Things

Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in Japan

Planning and Preparing for Vulnerable Populations An Ethical Imperative for Public Health Agencies

Police Practices and Community Outreach: The Case of Dallas

The Call of Public Safety Service: A Social and Generational Challenge

Revitalizing A West Coast Legacy City

Can Public Higher Education Bring Hope to South Side Chicago?

Civics Lost—No Apparent Priority in Education

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Perspective from Jordan

Waiting for the Boogie Man: Ebola, Flu and Other Reasons to Build Community Resilience

The Importance of Partnerships For Municipal Broadband

Public-Public Partnerships: Innovative Partnerships Advancing Community Goals

The Importance of Partnerships For Municipal Broadband

Research to Practice: How Cross-Sector Partnerships Lead to Stronger Volunteer Programs

Where Are the Practitioners?

A Community of Practice on Government Program and Project Management

Miami-Dade County and PTP 2.0: A New Approach to Financing Public Transit Infrastructure

A Slow Death for Water Systems

Civic Engagement, Guns, Constitutional Rights and ASPA

Accountability for Social Equity in Policing

Research to Practice: How Cross-Sector Partnerships Lead to Stronger Volunteer Programs

Engaging Nonprofit Sector Institutions for Housing Seniors

Beyond Ethics: Honor and Public Service

West Sacramento’s Bridge District: Infrastructure for a New Energy Efficient Neighborhood

Volunteering

The Volunteer Experience - Breaking Stereotypes/ Building Communities
by: Chris Doege

Urban Innovation

London's Car-Free Highway Could Transport Bikes, Boxes, And Energy

4 Smart Designs For New Cities That Can Withstand Any Storm

There Is A Giant Wind Farm Hiding Inside This Supertall Skyscraper

The Cars In Iceland Will Be Powered By Volcano

The Dawn Of Market Urbanism

How women in Malawi are turning waste into wealth

Copenhagen bicycle “super highways” push regional cooperation to a new level

L.A. nonprofit promotes “food justice” via urban agriculture

Calabar becomes Nigeria’s first “digital city”

Inside the Guangzhou Award for urban innovation

Buenos Aires embraces “cartoneros” in push for zero waste

On World Habitat Day, UN calls for 'new urban agenda'

Liupanshui, China: industrial wasteland to wetland

Regional/Urban design Assistance Team Program

Brussels accelerates plan to make city center walkable

How City of Shawnee, Kansas Takes Program Budgeting Open Data to Citizens

Online Civic Engagement: The Emerging Trend of Turn-of-the-Year Topics

Open Society

So You Think You Know Muslim Women? Campaigning Against Stereotypes in the Netherlands

Safecast Fundraiser in Tokyo

Information About the Recent Cybersecurity Incident

Lessons from Wales on How to Value Diversity and Inclusion

Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma, Summary 1

Online Civic Engagement: The Emerging Trend of Turn-of-the-Year Topics

Building the Civil Society of Tomorrow Means Investing in Teachers Today

Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma, Vol. 1

Tackling Corruption from the Bottom Up: Decentralized Graft Prevention in Mauritius, 2009-2016

The Sum of its Parts: Coordinating Brazil’s Fight Against Corruption, 2003–2016

‘Smart’ city report advises local leaders to plan ahead

Public sector can’t deliver New Urban Agenda alone, World Economic Forum warns

Poland Is Pioneering the World’s First National Open Textbook Program

The Hashtag That Stymied Corruption in Kyrgyzstan

Police Practices and Community Outreach: The Case of Dallas

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Perspective from Jordan

Accountable Policing in Haiti (Interview with Neil Pouliot)

Why Institutions Fail to Recognize Human Rights Abuses

Poland Is Pioneering the World’s First National Open Textbook Program

The Hashtag That Stymied Corruption in Kyrgyzstan

Poland Is Pioneering the World’s First National Open Textbook Program

The Hashtag That Stymied Corruption in Kyrgyzstan

International Sustainable Transportation Engagement Program: Building Cross-National Partnerships in the Netherlands and Romania - By Billy Fields

Public Service Stories: Ask Me Why I Care - By Mary Hamilton and Rita Paskowitz

How City of Shawnee, Kansas Takes Program Budgeting Open Data to Citizens - By Chris Fabian

Creating a Culture of Employee Engagement - By Bob Lavigna

Vancouver policy to create rental housing brings life to the laneways - By Frances Bula

San Antonio Uses an Online Budget Simulator to Boost Citizen Engagement on the Budget - By Kevin Amirehsani