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In a “VOICES FROM ASPA" video that ran on this website   a couple of weeks ago, Valerie Lemmie, senior advisor of state and local government at the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, told us that  “I am at times surprised how little our graduate students know about civics and then I am reminded that we don’t teach it in school anymore, you don’t learn it in high school. You don’t learn it in college. And so, it’s incumbent upon you, who are preparing for the profession (in pub

Much of the coverage about the concerns that beset states and localities tends to focus on specific areas like budgetary shortfalls, the need for better technology and a shortage of people to fill many vital positions (where have all the accountants gone?) But, increasingly, in conversations we’re having about all these topics and more, the problem that seem to keep our sources awake at night can be expressed in a single word: “Uncertainty.” “ Uncertainty is not generally wel

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We’re looking forward to participating in a panel at the upcoming annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration...

We received a tremendous response a few weeks ago when we published “A Reader’s Guide to Government Performance”  by John Kamensky, a...

Several decades ago, when we first developed a passion for performance management, we leaned upon a cadre of people who were pioneering...

When we attend social gatherings like weddings and are seated with people who don’t know us, one of the obligatory first questions...

Over the years, we’ve chatted with high school and college students about the potential of careers working for state and local...