On-Demand: Foster Social Equity
The Academy formed a series of Working Groups of its Fellows to address Grand Challenges in Public Administration. These Groups were charged with producing one or more papers to advise the Administration in 2021 (whether reelected or newly elected) on the key near-time actions that should be taken to begin addressing Grand Challenges. View this video to learn more from the Fostering Social Equity Working Group featuring:
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On Demand: Ensure Electoral Integrity & Enhance Voter Participation
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Ensure Electoral Integrity & Enhance Voter Participation" featuring:
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On Demand: Modernize & Reinvigorate the Public Service
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Modernize & Reinvigorate the Public Service" featuring:
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***This session was graciously sponsored by Shaw Bransford & Roth.
On Demand: Make Government AI Ready
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Make Government AI Ready" featuring:
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LIVE: Elmer B. Staats Lecture: Fostering Social Equity through Public Administration
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Eastern
Director, Civil Rights Center U.S. Department of Labor
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LIVE: Book Talk with Brownlow Book Award Winner
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Her book Bending the Rules: Procedural Politicking in the Bureaucracy (University of Chicago Press, 2019) explores how unelected bureaucrats leverage procedures in order to exercise influence in the policymaking process.
Assistant Professor of Politics, University of Virginia
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Director of Strategic Initiatives, National Academy of Public Administration
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LIVE: Managing Technological Challenges
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Former Governor of Maryland
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Edward P. Hamilton Distinguished Professor in Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Director of the Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany, State University of New York
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Former Chief Information Officer, NASA
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On Demand: Create Modern Water Systems for Safe & Sustainable Use
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Create Modern Water Systems for Safe & Sustainable Use" featuring:
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On Demand: Steward Natural Resources & Address Climate Change
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Steward Natural Resources & Address Climate Change" featuring:
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On Demand: Agile Research and Teaching
This panel presentation will be an update on Agile adoption and implementation in government, drawing on the panelists’ research. Ines Mergel will provide an overview of how Agile has become imperative in the context of failure of large-scale waterfall projects. Agile is a user-centric and iterative framework, which enables public organizations to be nimble and adapt quickly to changing needs and demands. Sukumar Ganapati will explain the characteristics of Agile, and the opportunities and challenges of implementing it in public agencies. Andrew Whitford will outline the research gap on Agile from public administration perspective, and how it offers new pathways for researchers. Agile provides a new way of hypothesis driven “modeling through” (instead of muddling through), agile policy implementation and administrative change. The panel will conclude with pedagogical implications of how public affairs schools can include agile competencies in their curriculum, leading to a discussion of next steps for research, practice, and teaching. The panel features:
Learn more about the Agile Government Center here.
On Demand: Connect Individuals to Meaningful Work
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Connect Individuals to Meaningful Work" featuring:
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On Demand: Build Resilient Communities
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Build Resilient Communities" featuring:
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LIVE: Business Meeting
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Featuring:
LIVE: Standing Panel on Technology Leadership
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Topics to be discussed:
LIVE: Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
The meeting will cover the following topics:
LIVE: Standing Panel on Intergovernmental Systems
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
The Intergovernmental Standing Panel will review its progress the past year in 4 areas: (1) Federalism.us, a new NAPA-launched online convening place on better federalism, intergovernmental relations, and multilevel democracy, including a new online data book; (2) intergovernmental cases & tools /essential practices; (3) grants management; and (4) our joint work with the NAPA local government working group on the current fiscal stress of state and local governments. It will also briefly consider objectives, deliverables, and other next steps for the coming year in those 4 and other areas, including where, when, and about what to provide input to the federal executive branch and Congress.
LIVE: Standing Panel on International Affairs
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
TITLE: Keeping Course When the Compass Spins: Leadership, Governance, and Diplomacy in an Age of Uncertainty & Surprise
LIVE: Standing Panel on the Public Service
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
The Standing Panel on the Public Service, focused on the Grand Challenge to Modernize & Reinvigorate the Public Service, is intent on expanding the Academy’s influence to support meaningful and positive change around public workforce issues. In this meeting, we will describe and ask for feedback on the Standing Panel’s 2021 Annual Plan to address:
We will also discuss the recent Executive Order Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-creating-schedule-f-excepted-service/). If you are interested in learning more about these issues and contributing to the work of the Standing Panel on the Public Service, please join our meeting.
LIVE: Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
LIVE: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Associate Dean of Faculty Success and Strategic Partnerships, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University
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Director, Graduate Programs in Sustainability, Wake Forest University
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William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University's Water in the West Program
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Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
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On Demand: Develop New Approaches to Public Governance and Engagement
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Develop New Approaches to Public Governance and Engagement" featuring:
Read the referenced Election 2020 papers:
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***This session was graciously sponsored by WAEPA.
On Demand: Advance National Interests in a Changing Global Context
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Advance National Interests in a Changing Global Context" featuring:
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***This session was graciously sponsored by the Robertson Foundation for Government.
On Demand: Advance The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Health
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Advance The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Health" featuring:
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***This session was graciously sponsored by the Grant Thornton.
On Demand: Ensure Data Security & Individual Privacy
View this video to learn more from the Election2020 working group on "Ensure Data Security & Individual Privacy" featuring:
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LIVE: Strengthening Social & Economic Development
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Eastern
Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Incoming Dean, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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City Manager, City of Dallas, TX
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President and CEO, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
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Managing Director, The Smidt Foundation
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LIVE: Plenary - Public service/Private resilience: Pandemics are Personal
1:00 -2:15 p.m. Eastern
This plenary will consider pandemics --past and present --from multiple perspectives, including what the public expects from the government and public servants. Dr. Schuchat will discuss challenges related to sustaining trust through a prolonged pandemic and review selected strategies for fostering resilience in both individuals and communities.
Principal Deputy Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rear Admiral (Ret.), U.S. Public Health Service
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LIVE: Protecting & Advancing Democracy
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Managing Director for Strategic Issues, US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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Senior Fellow, Governance Studies Program; Director, Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings Institution
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Chief Executive Officer, Sicpa SecurInk Corporation
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Announcing the 2020 George Graham Award Winner
Congratulations to our 2020 George Graham Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy winner, Myra Shiplett!
View a brief conversation we had with Myra.
Academy Study on Space Traffic Management
Learn more about the report recently submitted to Congress and the Office of Space Commerce outlining the feasibility, effectiveness, and funding implications of transferring Space Traffic Management functions. This congressionally directed report highlights the urgent need to address the increasing numbers of active satellites and debris objects in Earth’s orbit and the necessary structure and authorities to manage and enhance space safety.
Improving Government Wide Information Policy Coordination
If you missed it, the National Academy of Public Administration and the Data Foundation hosted a webinar on October 15th highlighting the ongoing challenge of how government can prioritize and organize our information so that it can be useful and accessible to inform important policy making decisions. Listen in to hear from an Academy taskforce as their review their recommendations featuring:
Academy Study for the National Coalition of STD Directors
As we work to identify strategies to address the COVID 19 pandemic, we can identify lessons learned and promising practices from other efforts. Learn more about the two phases of study work to address the Sexually Transmitted Disease epidemic by examining federal programs, identifying intersecting efforts to tackle STDs, and documenting challenges and opportunities for local, “boots on the ground” prevent and control.
Academy Studies with the National Park Service
The Academy has recently completed two studies with the National Park Service (NPS). Learn more about the work done by Academy Panels and study teams to address management and governance issues as they relate to the design and construction activities of NPS facilities and the storage and curation of artifacts in the NPS museum sites. Both of the studies provide lessons learned and best practice for managing a diverse set of sites and experiences and maintaining the high standards for the nation’s treasured national park system.
LIVE: The Challenge of Public Health Administration in a Pandemic: Crisis, Response, and Integrity
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Academy's 12 Grand Challenges in Public Administration
Academy's Agile Government Center
More information on this partnership between NAPA and the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
Academy's Management Matters Podcast
Check out the Academy's weekly podcast series, Management Matters. Listen now!
COVID-19 Resource Platform
COVID-19 Resource Platform- relevant articles from the Academy fellows, resources from the Federal and Local governments, and on-the-ground perspectives from the Academy fellows' communities.
In Memoriam
Every year the Academy honors those Fellows we have lost. Please find tributes to each of them in our in Memoriam book.
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Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC
Check out Grant Thornton's latest article by Fellow, Doug Criscitello on "Fixing America's failing fiscal health."
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University
Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Robertson Foundation for Government
Taylor Strategies
University of Georgia School of Public & International Affairs
University of Nebraska Omaha College of Public Affairs and Community Service
WAEPA
Academy Board Meeting (open to Fellows)
12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
The Academy's Board of Directors will meet prior to the start of the Fall Meeting. All Fellows are welcome to join. Please register.
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