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PA TIMES:

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PA TIMES:

The PA TIMES, monthly newspaper of the American Society for Public Administration, is currently seeking quality articles for upcoming issues. Items in parentheses 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. Contact cjewett@aspanet.org.

The 2009 PA TIMES Editorial Calendar is as follows:

February: Immigration: Issues Impacting Administration (Views and Tales from the Field, Current Trends, Legal Issues, Effects on Service Delivery (schools, medical care, licensing & vehicle registration) Status of the New Immigration Legislation)
Issue Travels to ASPA ConferenceDeadline for Articles/Advertising: January 22, 2009

March: Diversity Revisited(What does diversity mean? What has changed and what hasn’t? Why?, Working with Multiple Generations )International Pullout: Governance in the Midst of Diversity: Bridging Opportunity and Challenge
Issue Travels to ASPA ConferenceDeadline for Articles/Advertising: February 20, 2009

May: Greening Government: Hot Topic, Cold Realities(Meaningful Actions vs. Lip Service, Success Stories, Unexpected Results)ASPA Conference Coverage
Issue Deadline for Articles/Advertising: March 22, 2009

April: Public Service: Actions and Attitudes(US Public Service Academy, Defining Public Service in a Post-Modern World, New Initiatives, Trends)Deadline for Articles/Advertising: April 21, 2009

June/July: Emergency Management: Familiar Threats, New Challenges(Programs that Work/Programs that Don’t, Resource Allocation, Training, Approaches to Hazard Mitigation)Deadline for Articles/Advertising: June 15, 2009

August: Health Care: Provision and Administration (Economic Challenges, Scope of Coverage, Programs)Deadline for Articles/Advertising: July 23, 2009September: Shifting Population: Demography isn’t Just about Polling (Rural Economic Development, Water, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Transportation, Revenue Effects, etc.)Deadline for Articles/Advertising: August 22, 2009

October: Ethics: Trying to Get It Right(Teaching Ethics, ASPA’s Code of Ethics, Workshop Programs, Conundrums) Education Supplement: Making PA Education Available, Affordable, and Meaningful (Curriculum Innovations, Challenges of Distance Learning, Internship Programs)Deadline for Articles/Advertising: September 22, 2009

November: Multi-Sector Workforce, Third Party Government: The Broadening of PA(Accountability Issues, Program Examples, Staffing Challenges, Nonprofits, Consultants)Deadline for Articles/Advertising: October 22, 2009

December: Image of the Profession: Through a Glass – Darkly?(Public Perception, Professional Perception, Academic Perception, image or reputation of graduate education in PA; are students getting their money’s worth and does the degree help in getting a job/performance on the job?)Deadline for Articles/Advertising: November 21, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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REMINDING YOU AGAIN: JPAE is available online.

The Journal of Public Affairs Education, published by NASPAA and affiliated with SPAE, has free electronic distribution to all SPAE members as well as to all NASPAA member schools.

To access PDFs of JPAE without charge, go to the JPAE page of NASPAA’s Website:
GO TO: www.naspaa.org/initiatives/jpae/jpae.asp.
The password is eJPAE

UPCOMING EVENTS at ASPA Conference, March 20-24, Miami, Florida.

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I. SPAE Section Annual Meeting—8:30 AM to 9:30 AM on Sunday, March 22, in the Brickell Center Room.

Our annual meeting will consider the future direction of SPAE and what projects and priorities we would like to engage. The torch will pass from Larkin Dudley, current chair to Mark Bradbury, Chair Elect.

II. SPAE Workshop—Monday, March 23, 11:30 AM

An EXCITING PANEL- Our FIRST SPAE workshop focuses on assessing training and teaching and will include outcomes assessment for the MPA, two case studies of assessment—Brigham Young University and Florida Tech, and an assessment of an in-service federal managers program. PLEASE COME and support SPAE.

SPAE Workshop: ASSESSMENT of TRAINING and TEACHING

Larkin Dudley, Convener;
Kathryn Newcomer, "Outcomes Assessment for the MPA;"
Larry Walters, "Case Study of MPA Assessment--Brigham Young University;"
Norman Chlosta, “An integrated model approach to program assessment for the MPA and allied degrees at Florida Tech;"
Sydney Smith-Heimbrock, "Assessing the effectiveness of in-service public manager training in preparing federal managers to govern by network"

PANELISTS:
1) Kathryn Newcomer is Associate Director, The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, Geroge Washington University, and wrote the MPA Outcomes Assessment paper for NASPAA.
2) Larry Walters is Professor of public policy analysis and management, Romney Institute, Brigham Young University and has taught program evaluation.
3) Norman Chlosta is Director, Patuxent Site and Assistant Professor of Management, Florida Institute of Technology
4) Sydney Smith-Heimbrock is Deputy Associate Director, Division for Human Capital Leadership and Merit System Accountability
5) Larkin Dudley is Associate Professor at Virginia Tech, Chair of SPAE, and has taught program evaluation.

III. Panel, Sunday, March 22 from 1:30-3 p.m."Understanding Excellence in Public Administration"

Panel presentation on the MPA from the Taskforce on the MPA ,chaired by Nicholas Henry, should be an exciting and fruitful discussion. The panel is co-sponsored by SPAE and panelists include Nicholas Henry, Chair; Mark Bradbury; Larkin Dudley; Charles Goodsell; and Harvey White. The report was featured in the PA Times and will be published in the Journal of Public Affairs Education, probably in the second or third issue of 2009.

REQUESTS

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REQUESTS I.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

PLEASE SEND ME YOUR RECOMMENDED BOOK for TEACHING INTRODUCTORY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION to review in PAR.

Hindy Schachter, book editor, of Public Administration Review has asked former SPAE Chair, Jane Beckett-Camarata and Larkin Dudley, Current SPAE chair, to review some of the books used in introductory Public Administration to give SPAE some attention in PAR. I would love recommendations …dudleyl@vt.edu

REQUEST II.

If you are willing to collect syllabi for a subject in public administration to put on the website, e.g., organizations, personnel, etc., please let me know.

Budgeting

2008-05-09T12:40:00.000-07:00

Here is the new budgeting document: download.

first test post

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this is a test post.