<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018</id><updated>2012-02-07T14:46:39.070-05:00</updated><category term='Roundtable Report - July 2007'/><category term='Roundtable Report - January 2004'/><category term='Summer 2008 Roundtable'/><category term='Resources'/><category term='November 2008 Roundtable Podcast'/><category term='Ethics in Public Management'/><category term='July 2008 Roundtable Podcast'/><category term='Roundtable Podcast'/><category term='Fall 2007 Roundtable'/><category term='Leadership Studies'/><category term='Roundtable Report - October 2006'/><category term='November 2009 Roundtable'/><category term='August 2010 Roundtable'/><category term='Roundtable Report - July 2006'/><category term='Roundtable Reports - July 2008 and Nov 2008'/><category term='Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Initiative'/><title type='text'>CPAP Roundtable on Leadership and Administration</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog features the Roundtable on Leadership and Administration,  sponsored by the Center for Public Administration &amp; Policy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Alexandria Campus.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-8861635569584574118</id><published>2010-09-20T18:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T18:07:32.841-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='August 2010 Roundtable'/><title type='text'>Aug 2010 CPAP Roundtable on Leadership and Administration with Jonathan Rauch</title><content type='html'>Sponsored by Virginia Tech's Center for Public Administration and Policy, this August 2010 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration featured Jonathan Rauch, Guest Scholar with The Brookings Institution, Senior Writer for National Journal and Contributing Editor for The Atlantic.  Rauch’s comments focused on the subject “Can We Govern? Demosclerosis and the Political Context of Public Administration”.  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The Round Table, "Leadership through Oversight:  Politics and Administration," focused on Congressman Davis's leadership in Congress, particularly as the Chair of the House Government Reform Committee, and the dynamics and challenges of legislative oversight of government agencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Round Table drew a standing room only crowd of CPAP students, faculty, alumni and friends.  Davis's insights on the response to Hurricane Katrina, government contracting, developing the federal work force, and information technology policy, among others, created an engaging and informational forum enjoyed by all.   Anne Khademian, director of CPAP in Alexandria and co-host of the Round Table with Dr. Colleen Woodard, noted the importance for the CPAP community, and the broader public administration field to develop a richer understanding of Congress and the oversight process and dynamics to improve communication and to enhance the performance of public programs.  "Tom Davis was a remarkable leader in Congress with a commitment to strong public policy and strong administration of programs, and his experiences in Congress are very valuable for everyone interested in improving the policy process."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A recording of the Round Table can be found below. (&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Please note&lt;/span&gt;: this is a large file and will take a few minutes for the file to load before it plays)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.ourmedia.org/sites/default/files/ia/original/VBR MP3/CPAPRoundtableonLeadershipandAdministration_November2009/november2009cpaproundtablewithtomdavis.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" width="480" height="15" autoplay="false" controller="true" enablejavascript="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-2704052239032075107?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/2704052239032075107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=2704052239032075107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/2704052239032075107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/2704052239032075107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2009/12/november-2009-roundtable-with-former.html' title='November 2009 Roundtable with Former Congressman Tom Davis'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-3004160165532150149</id><published>2009-02-13T17:01:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T17:05:53.487-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roundtable Reports - July 2008 and Nov 2008'/><title type='text'>Two Roundtable Reports</title><content type='html'>Reports are now available for the &lt;a href="http://bethoffenbacker.googlepages.com/Roundtable_July2008FINAL.pdf"&gt;July 2008&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://bethoffenbacker.googlepages.com/Roundtable_November2008FINAL.pdf"&gt;November 2008&lt;/a&gt; Roundtables on Leadership and Administration.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-3004160165532150149?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/3004160165532150149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=3004160165532150149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/3004160165532150149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/3004160165532150149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2009/02/two-roundtable-report.html' title='Two Roundtable Reports'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-6990091330390944764</id><published>2009-02-08T13:28:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T13:36:11.790-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='November 2008 Roundtable Podcast'/><title type='text'>November 2008 Roundtable Podcast Now Available</title><content type='html'>Listen to the November 2008 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration by clicking on the arrow at the bottom of this post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The subject of this Roundtable session was "Public Leadership: Understanding and Responding to Crisis.”  CPAP's own Dr. Anne Khademian interviewed Professor Roger Leeds, Research Professor of International Finance and Director Center for International Business and Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script language="JavaScript" src="http://ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/audio-player.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://channels.ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="260"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://channels.ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/player.swf"/&gt;&lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://www.archive.org/download/CPAPAlexandriaNovember1_2008CPAPRoundtableonLeadershipandAdministration/11_1_200810_27AM.mp3"/&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="high"/&gt;&lt;param name="menu" value="false"/&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"/&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Note that it may take 30-45 seconds for the podcast to load and begin playing.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-6990091330390944764?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/6990091330390944764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=6990091330390944764' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/6990091330390944764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/6990091330390944764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2009/02/november-2008-roundtable-podcast-now.html' title='November 2008 Roundtable Podcast Now Available'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-7782182673719071212</id><published>2008-09-30T14:54:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T13:35:56.943-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='July 2008 Roundtable Podcast'/><title type='text'>July 2008 Roundtable Podcast</title><content type='html'>Listen to a &lt;a href="http://ia311208.us.archive.org/0/items/CenterforPublicAdministrationandPolicy_VirginiaTechCPAPRoundtableonLeadershipandAdmin/20000104233622.mp3"&gt;podcast&lt;/a&gt; from the July 2008 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Note that it may take 30-45 seconds for the podcast to load and begin playing.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Roundtable subject is entitled "Leading, Organizing and the Stand-up of DHS."  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this Roundtable, CPAP's own Dr. Colleen Woodard led a panel discussion with Beryl Radin, Professor of Public Administration at American University and Janet Hale, former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and presently with Deloitte Touche.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-7782182673719071212?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/7782182673719071212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=7782182673719071212' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/7782182673719071212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/7782182673719071212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2008/09/listen-to-podcast-from-july-2008.html' title='July 2008 Roundtable Podcast'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-5553107175567712291</id><published>2008-06-24T10:26:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T10:28:03.972-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2008 Roundtable'/><title type='text'>Summer 2008 Roundtable Slated for Wed, July 23</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms,geneva;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Join us on &lt;strong&gt;Wednesday, July 23rd at 6:30pm&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;strong&gt;The Lyceum&lt;/strong&gt; for the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Summer 2008 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The subject of this Roundtable session is &lt;strong&gt;"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leading, Organizing and the Stand-up of DHS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms,geneva;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;."&lt;/strong&gt; CPAP's own Dr. Colleen Woodard will lead a panel discussion with Beryl Radin, Professor of Public Administration at American University and Janet Hale, former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and presently with Deloitte Touche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Refreshments will be provided.  The Lyceum is approximately eight blocks east of CPAP, at the corner of Prince and Washington Streets.  Street and garage parking is available nearby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href="http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=YUODVEXJKIEIDUMBQMRV"&gt;RSVP&lt;/a&gt; &lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;no later than Monday, July 21st&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt; if you plan to attend. We hope to see you on July 23rd!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-5553107175567712291?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/5553107175567712291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=5553107175567712291' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/5553107175567712291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/5553107175567712291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-2008-roundtable-slated-for-wed.html' title='Summer 2008 Roundtable Slated for Wed, July 23'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-9004311628047560433</id><published>2008-01-28T10:51:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-01T18:46:23.677-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roundtable Report - July 2007'/><title type='text'>Roundtable Report - July 2007</title><content type='html'>The final report from the &lt;a href="http://pages.google.com/edit/bethoffenbacker/RoundtableJuly2007FINAL.pdf"&gt;July 2007 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration&lt;/a&gt; is now available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Roundtable was &lt;span style=""&gt;devoted to a CPAP community effort to strategize and guide our future forums on developing and understanding leadership and administration. Stepping outside the scholar/practitioner format we have followed for the Roundtable, we asked three CPAP doctoral students to lead this Roundtable discussion with specific audience engagement. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;CPAP’s very own Susan Maybaumwisniewski framed and moderated a discussion with CPAP PhD students Maria DiPasquantonio and Jeff Stern, followed by breakout discussions with CPAP students.  The report also reflects the reporting out from the breakout groups.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;CPAP is glad to share this resource with interested students and scholars.  Feedback or questions about the report are encouraged and may be submitted to this blog posting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-9004311628047560433?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/9004311628047560433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=9004311628047560433' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/9004311628047560433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/9004311628047560433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2008/01/foundtable-report-july-2007.html' title='Roundtable Report - July 2007'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-8736963087774823793</id><published>2008-01-12T13:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-12T13:42:57.289-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ethics in Public Management'/><title type='text'>Ethics Question from Matthew Worner</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;My father is a city council chairperson in Mayville, North Dakota (ND).  Currently, Mayville, ND and Portland, ND (which is two miles away) share police.  Through its municipal budget, the Mayville (population - 1800) city officials hire the police and Portland (population = 700) pays Mayville under the terms of a service agreement.  Because of the nature of small towns in North Dakota, and specifically, Mayville and Portland, "everyone knows everyone... the Hatfields and McCoys... everyone is related to everyone."  Portland officials have recently decided to opt of this service agreement for cheaper services with the County Sheriff, who resides 15 miles away in Hatton, ND. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;So, here's the public affairs (or ethics) question of the day... what happens if there is a violent crime incident in one of the Portland bars?   The Sheriff that serves Portland is much farther away than Mayville City Policy and may take longer to respond (because the Sheriff could be half way acrocss the county).  Knowing Portland police services are now the responsibility of the Sheriff, are the Mayville City Police obligated to respond to the violent incident if they receive a call?  If they are not legally obligated to respond, might it be in effective political move if they do not respond?  Ethically, do the Mayville City Police have a responsibility to act if they know in good conscience that the County Sheriff may not be able to respond as quickly as they could?&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I think Mayville should respond in this instance because politically, it would be horrible not to respond since everyone knows everyone here and a civil war could basically break out between the two towns... and ethically, we have the responsibility to take care of the lives of others... we can talk about money later. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Give me your thoughts :-)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matthew Worner - DHS OIG - MPA 2008&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-8736963087774823793?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/8736963087774823793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=8736963087774823793' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/8736963087774823793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/8736963087774823793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2008/01/ethics-question-from-matthew-worner.html' title='Ethics Question from Matthew Worner'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-8421039124827435943</id><published>2007-11-13T18:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-13T18:07:58.709-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Resources'/><title type='text'>Collaborative Teaching Cases and Simulations</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Maxwell School of Syracuse University&lt;br /&gt;Collaborative Governance Initiative&lt;br /&gt;Rosemary O’Leary and Catherine Gerard, Co-Directors&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;Congratulates the winners of our competition for cases and simulations to be used in teaching collaborative public management, collaborative governance and collaborative problem solving:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Best Teaching Case:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Winner ($5,000) – Jodi Sandfort and Timothy Dykstal, University of Minnesota&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Honorable mention ($1,000) – Kathryn S. Quick and Martha Feldman, University of California, Irvine            &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Honorable mention ($1,000) – Rob Alexander, Maxwell School, PARC               &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Honorable mention ($1,000) – Jay Kiedrowski and Allison Rojas, University of Minnesota&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Best Simulation:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Winner ($5,000) – Tom Bryer, University of Central Florida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Honorable mention ($1,000) – Noam Ebner and Yael Efron, Tachlit Mediation and Negotiation Training, Israel             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Honorable mention ($1,000) – Keith Provan and Brint Milward, University of Arizona&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Honorable mention ($1,000) – Jeff Loux, University of California-Davis             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Honorable mention ($1,000) – Linda Blessing and Bette F. DeGraw, Arizona Board of Regents              &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;These cases and simulations may be downloaded free of charge for teaching use at&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eparc.org/" title="blocked::http://www.eparc.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"&gt;www.e-parc.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/parc" title="blocked::http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/parc"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"&gt;www.maxwell.syr.edu/parc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    To submit teaching materials on collaboration for review for consideration for the website, email them to parc@maxwell.syr.edu. All teaching materials are double-blind peer reviewed by a committee of academics and practitioners.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-8421039124827435943?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/8421039124827435943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=8421039124827435943' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/8421039124827435943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/8421039124827435943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/11/collaborative-teaching-cases-and.html' title='Collaborative Teaching Cases and Simulations'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-6295294846736760050</id><published>2007-11-05T17:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-08T12:17:25.841-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall 2007 Roundtable'/><title type='text'>Fall 2007 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/Ry-cCiQPNsI/AAAAAAAAADg/3YSUIOQqlQw/s1600-h/IMG_0501.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/Ry-cCiQPNsI/AAAAAAAAADg/3YSUIOQqlQw/s200/IMG_0501.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129490067966867138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On Saturday, November 3rd, CPAP hosted its annual Praxis weekend.  The Fall Roundtable on Leadership and Administration is a key part of this event.  CPAP's own Dr. Anne Khademian interviewed Captain Suzanne E. Engelbert, USCG (right) about her inclusive management practices as part&lt;br /&gt;of the Captain's efforts to develop an international port security network.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following the Roundtable, Captain Englebert was introduced as the first Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Fellow, a joint program sponsored by Virginia Tech and the University of California at Irvine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen to &lt;a href="http://ia351417.us.archive.org/2/items/BethOffenbackerandMarcoRodriguezRoundtableonLeadershipandAdministration/RoundTableNovember32007.mp3"&gt;a podcast&lt;/a&gt; of the interview with Captain Englebert.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-6295294846736760050?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/6295294846736760050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=6295294846736760050' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/6295294846736760050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/6295294846736760050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/11/fall-2007-roundtable-on-leadership-and.html' title='Fall 2007 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/Ry-cCiQPNsI/AAAAAAAAADg/3YSUIOQqlQw/s72-c/IMG_0501.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-5750724662173105304</id><published>2007-11-01T08:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-01T09:00:27.560-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Improving Government Accountability Act</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;font-family:trebuchet ms;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;by Matthew Worner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The Inspector General Act of 1978 created independent audit and investigation units in the executive branch and independent federal government agencies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Today, there are 64 statutory inspectors general (IGs).&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;[1]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The mandate of the IGs is to:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;ul  style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:trebuchet ms;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Conduct and supervise independent and objective      audits and investigations relating to agency programs and operations; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Promote economy, effectiveness and efficiency      within the agency; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Prevent and detect crime, fraud, waste and abuse      in agency programs and operations; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Review and make recommendations regarding      existing and proposed legislation and Regulations relating to agency      programs and operations; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Keep the agency head and the Congress fully and      currently informed of problems in agency programs and operations. &lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[2]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;According to the Act, the individuals are to be “appointed on the basis of their personal integrity and expertise in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or investigations.”&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[3]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;IGs serving at the Cabinet-level departments and major sub-Cabinet agencies are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;IGs at independent agencies, corporations, and other designated Federal entities are appointed by the heads of those entities.&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[4]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Due to scandals at a number of federal agency IGs, including the Departments of State (where investigation cover-ups are alleged)&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[5]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[9]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[10]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[11]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and Commerce&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[12]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the General Services Administration&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[13]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[14]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[15]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[16]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, NASA&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[17]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and many other IGs&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn18" name="_ftnref18" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[18]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (I sound &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;like an auctioneer), the Improving Government Accountability Act has been approved 404 to 11 by the House of Representatives &lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;to protect IGs from political retribution.. Under the legislation, IGs, who now serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities (the President or the head of the Agency), could be fired before the end of the terms only for cause, based on such factors as malfeasance, permanent disability, inefficiency, neglect of duty, or conviction of a felony.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The bill would also grant IGs fixed seven year terms and authorize IGs to send their budget requests directly to Congress to deter officials in their respective agencies from slashing their funding in retaliation for unfavorable audits.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Finally, the bill would create an independent Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency in the executive branch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt; &lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19" title=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[19]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;The Bush Administration, however, has opposed the legislation on the basis of “grave constitutional grounds.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="storybody1"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Administration officials also disagree with the legislation because they feel it would allow IGs to circumvent the president’s control over determining the annual federal budget request to Congress.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Finally, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  &gt;the Administration also disagrees with provisions that would establish the independent Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency because a similar council already exists. The Administration reported that “statutory codification of such a council would impede the President’s ability to react swiftly and effectively to problems with IGs or with the Council itself.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20" title=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;[20]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="storybody1"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" class="storybody1"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;One&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt; can assume that the Administration feels that IGs are officials that serve at the pleasure of the President (this Administration, in particular, cherishes its executive power).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;While the Administration does not define their “grave constitutional concerns” in their statement of administration policy, one can assume that it feels that the Congress is trying “to snatch some of its executive power.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Congress, on the other hand, does have the right to legislate and take other appropriate actions when it sees that government operations, including the IG function, need improvement (considering the number of IG-related scandals, the word “improvement” might be an understatement).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;To them, it looks good if “they are doing something about the problem.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Where do I stand on this legislation?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Implementation of this legislation could cause the IGs to become very, very partisan political tools government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;If the IGs, for example, do not do the “right” or enough of the right investigations or audits, they could be fired.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;How is an IG’s inefficiency or neglect of duty defined?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Vague, indeed!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;The President does, however, have a right to trusted group of advisors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;The Comptroller General, for example, reports directly to Congress and the President (and agency heads) deserves the same relationship with its IGs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Former IG of the Departments of Commerce and State, Sherman Funk, has referred to the OIGs dual reporting relationships to Congress and the executive branch as that of “straddling a barbed wire fence”.&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;[21]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;John Rohr, distinguished Virginia Tech public administration and policy professor and ethics scholar, stated that, “The tension is at once personal and institutional.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Personal because you feel the discomfort of the barded wire; institutional because the law of the land has put you there.”&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftn22" name="_ftnref22" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;[22]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;I think the fence may become very bloody if this legislation is passed by the Senate and signed by the President.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Hopefully the Senate can improve on some of the vague areas of the legislation; however, I predict a veto by the President if the Senate does not pass the legislation by two-thirds majority.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Where do you stand?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Give me your thoughts!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;font-family:trebuchet ms;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 200%; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:11;" &gt;AND GO &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;VIRGINIA&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; TECH HOKIES… BEAT THE &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;GEORGIA&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; TECH YELLOW JACKETS!!!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;November 1, 2007 at 7:30 PM on ESPN&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;font-family:trebuchet ms;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 200%;font-size:11;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hokiesports.com/football/notes/11012007.pdf"&gt;http://www.hokiesports.com/football/notes/11012007.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr  style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" align="left"  width="33%"&gt;  &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;  &lt;div id="ftn1"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoFootnoteText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;amp;postID=5750724662173105304#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportFootnotes]--&gt;&lt;span class="MsoFootnoteReference"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;[1] http://www.ignet.gov/index.html (Accessed October 29, 2007)      [2]http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05a/usc_sec_05a_01000002----000-.html  (Accessed October 29, 2007)      [3]http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05a/usc_sec_05a_01000003----000-.html  October 29, 2007)  (Accessed     &lt;br /&gt;[4] http://www.ignet.gov/pande/mission1.html (Accessed October 29, 2007)      [5] http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20070928101631.pdf  (Accessed October 31, 2007)      &lt;br /&gt;[6] http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20070918105806.pdf (Accessed October 31, 2007)     &lt;br /&gt;[7] http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38345&amp;amp;ref=rellink (Accessed October 31, 2007)&lt;br /&gt; [8] http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38196&amp;amp;ref=rellink (Accessed October 31, 2007)&lt;br /&gt; [9] http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38161&amp;amp;ref=rellink (Accessed October 31, 2007)     &lt;br /&gt;[10] http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/1007/102907cdam1.htm (Accessed October 31, 2007)     &lt;br /&gt;[11] http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38443&amp;amp;sid=61 (Accessed October 31, 2007)     &lt;br /&gt;[12] http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0507/050407m1.htm (Accessed October 31, 2007)     &lt;br /&gt;[13] http://www.govexec.com/pdfs/Grassley102006.pdf  (Accessed October 31, 2007)&lt;br /&gt; [14] http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35599&amp;amp;ref=rellink (Accessed October 31, 2007)&lt;br /&gt; [15] http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35650&amp;amp;ref=rellink (Accessed October 31, 2007)      [16]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101645_pf.html  (Accessed October 31, 2007)&lt;br /&gt; [17] http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0607/060807m1.htm (October 31, 2007)     &lt;br /&gt;[18]The Committee on Government Oversight and Reform has presented an accompanying report in support of the legislation, which also addresses the various IG scandals.  The report is at:  http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_reports&amp;amp;docid=f:hr354.110.pdf   (Accessed October 29, 2007), pages 9-10.     &lt;br /&gt;[19]http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&amp;amp;docid=f:h928rfs.txt.pdf  (Accessed October 31, 2007)     &lt;br /&gt;[20] http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/legislative/sap/110-1/hr928sap-r.pdf (Accessed October 31, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;21] Light, Paul C.  1993.  Monitoring government:  inspectors general and the search for accountability.  Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.     &lt;br /&gt;[22] Rohr, John A.  1998.  Public service, ethics, and constitutional practice.  Lawrence, KS: The University of Kansas Press.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="" id="ftn22"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after: avoid;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=""&gt;&lt;div style="" id="ftn22"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after: avoid;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoFootnoteText"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-5750724662173105304?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/5750724662173105304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=5750724662173105304' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/5750724662173105304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/5750724662173105304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/11/improving-government-accountability-act.html' title='The Improving Government Accountability Act'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-8709091327499694076</id><published>2007-10-18T15:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-18T15:14:42.305-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ethics in Public Management'/><title type='text'>Ethics and the Public Manager in the Information Age</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="story"&gt;by John L. O'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="story"&gt;Brien&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="story"&gt;“Ethics in government…isn’t that an oxymor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="story"&gt;on?”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The triteness of that old chestnut aside, ethic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="story"&gt;s in government should be ingrained in public management in the information age.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Every public manager should be committed&lt;/span&gt; to &lt;span class="story"&gt;the importance of ethics to the overall public sector.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Every manager should care about &lt;/span&gt;the ethical dimensions of discretionary judgments made by our agencies’ leadership.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Finally, &lt;span class="story"&gt;public managers&lt;/span&gt; should make ethics an integral of their daily routine.&lt;span class="story"&gt;”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Here’s another one I’ve been hearing lately:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“You’re teaching Ethics in Government?...it’ll be a short class!”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="story"&gt;Public managers &lt;/span&gt;create value for citizens through the execution of public policy.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This policy execution can be seen literally in the hundreds of decisions made daily by agency leaders and managers.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But h&lt;span class="story"&gt;ow are decisions made in your agency?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="story"&gt;Does any of this sound familiar to you?:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;“What have we done before?”&lt;/b&gt; [an institutional approach]…&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;“What can we afford to do now?”&lt;/b&gt; [a resource dependency model]...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:7;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;“What do our stakeholders/customers want us to do?”&lt;/b&gt; [the scorecard methodology]…&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;          &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Now ask yourself where is the discussion of ethics in any of this?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I suggest that ethical considerations are often not a conscious part of an I&lt;span class="story"&gt;nformatio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="story"&gt;n Age leader’s dec&lt;/span&gt;ision-making.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Any discussion of ethics in the workplace tends to gravitate to one of two approaches.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The first approach (let’s call it the “high road”) starts with a scholarly discussion of political philosophy with a dash of social equity theory and quotes from Aristotle.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Ten minutes of this gets people yawning.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The second (the “low road”) equates to our annual “Ethics Training” with a negative emphasis on strict adherence to formal rules.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It doesn’t take long for this to revert quickly to a debate about how to avoid the slammer.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I propose a middle ground in which ethics are tied to public values.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Information Age leadership in our democratic society must be exercised in the name of the people in accordance with the values on which our country was founded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where do we find our American public values?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Two sources are the writings and speeches of our political leaders and Supreme Court decisions.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But I suggest the best place to begin any discussion of ethics is the U. S. Constitution, the strongest source of our fundamental values.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The seven original articles and 27 amendments have stood the test of time and continue to be our ethical core.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Every public sector leader &lt;span class="story"&gt;and manager in the &lt;/span&gt;executive branch takes the following oath to uphold the Constitution and the values that it represents:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RxewUMr9EJI/AAAAAAAAADY/MoWiM5MheI8/s1600-h/US+Consitution.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RxewUMr9EJI/AAAAAAAAADY/MoWiM5MheI8/s200/US+Consitution.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122756962206683282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.damchicago.com/us-constitution-01a.gif&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.damchicago.com/us-constitution-01.html&amp;amp;h=731&amp;amp;w=939&amp;amp;sz=384&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;start=1&amp;amp;tbnid=1nOcq2gLT8luGM:&amp;amp;tbnh=115&amp;amp;tbnw=148&amp;amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3DUS%2BConstitution%2B%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0.0001pt 9pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;5 U.S.C. §3331&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;The Oath has its origins in the document itself.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Article VI requires an oath by “all executive and judicial Officers, both of the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; and of the several States.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The exact wording is specified in chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Taking an oath is an important moral event in the personal history of an individual yet, unfortunately, many public managers don’t even remember doing it.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Public sector leaders &lt;span class="story"&gt;and managers &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;swear an oath to a document and not to an individual. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;That's a powerful statement compared to other nations where citizens swear allegiance to an individual (e.g. a monarch or potentate).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Constitution is the preeminent symbol of our public values, and the oath to uphold the Constitution is our commitment to uphold those values.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If every &lt;span class="story"&gt;public sector leader in the Information Age accepted this statement and made it a part of their professional life, “ethics in government” wouldn’t be a stale barb.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="story"&gt;&lt;i&gt;John L. O’Brien, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, teaches classes on performance management, process improvement, leadership, and ethics at the &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;National&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Defense&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;University&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;’s &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Information&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Resources&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Management&lt;/st1:placename&gt;  &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;College&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-8709091327499694076?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/8709091327499694076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=8709091327499694076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/8709091327499694076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/8709091327499694076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/10/ethics-and-public-manager-in.html' title='Ethics and the Public Manager in the Information Age'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RxewUMr9EJI/AAAAAAAAADY/MoWiM5MheI8/s72-c/US+Consitution.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-6647392808165270733</id><published>2007-10-14T21:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-14T21:11:03.602-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Leadership Studies'/><title type='text'>CCL Resources on Leadership Available</title><content type='html'>The nonprofit Center for Creative Leadership has a vast array of articles, research reports and white papers on the subject of leadership available &lt;a href="http://www.ccl.org/leadership/research/sharing/index.aspx"&gt;on their website. &lt;/a&gt; You may also want to subscribe to &lt;a href="http://www.ccl.org/leadership/news/rss.aspx?pageId=1386"&gt;CCL's feed&lt;/a&gt; to have the latest reports and information on leadership delivered directly to your desktop.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-6647392808165270733?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/6647392808165270733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=6647392808165270733' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/6647392808165270733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/6647392808165270733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/10/ccl-resources-on-leadership-available.html' title='CCL Resources on Leadership Available'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-429268010024180808</id><published>2007-10-13T13:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T13:17:42.485-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Leadership Studies'/><title type='text'>Are Good Decision Makers Born or Made?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;"We all  have decision making thrust upon us, but many people seem born to be good  decision makers: They stay out of jail and stay in relationships, don't drive  while intoxicated, and are generally healthier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This isn't just good luck or  good upbringing, according to researchers studying life choices and  outcomes.  Decision making is a teachable skill that may help  people improve their lives, regardless of socioeconomic background or IQ, report  Carnegie Mellon decision scientist Wändi Briune de Bruin and colleagues. For  example, a good decision maker would be able to make choices independently of  how information is presented, such as whether a medication is described as "99%  effective" or "1% ineffective." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  researchers call for additional studies to determine whether people's life  experiences improve after they have received decision-making  training." (Source: World Future Society e-newsletter)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DETAILS: Carnegie Mellon  University,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2007/May/may17_decision.shtm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2007/May/may17_decision.shtm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-429268010024180808?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/429268010024180808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=429268010024180808' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/429268010024180808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/429268010024180808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/10/are-good-decision-makers-born-or-made.html' title='Are Good Decision Makers Born or Made?'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-1701383508273131873</id><published>2007-10-03T17:12:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-07T19:32:00.511-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall 2007 Roundtable'/><title type='text'>November 2007 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration</title><content type='html'>Join us on Saturday, November 3 at 10:30am at CPAP for the Fall 2007 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration, during the annual Praxis weekend.  The subject of this Roundtable session is "Crisis to Credibility Through Inclusion: Developing an International Port Security Network."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CPAP's own Dr. Anne Khademian will interview Captain Suzanne Englebert, USCG, Seventh Coast Guard District.  During the Roundtable, Captain Englebert will also be introduced as the first &lt;a href="http://bethoffenbacker.googlepages.com/IMFellowsPgmFactSheet9-1-07.pdf"&gt;Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Fello&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bethoffenbacker.googlepages.com/IMFellowsPgmFactSheet9-1-07.pdf"&gt;w&lt;/a&gt;, part of the &lt;a href="http://bethoffenbacker.googlepages.com/IMInitiativeFactSheet.pdf"&gt;Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Initiative&lt;/a&gt;, a joint effort between Virginia Tech's Center for Public Administration and Policy and the University of California-Irvine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lunch will be provided.  Please RSVP no later than November 1 to Irene Jung at ijung@vt.edu if you plan to attend.  We hope to see you on November 3rd!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-1701383508273131873?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/1701383508273131873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=1701383508273131873' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/1701383508273131873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/1701383508273131873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/10/november-2007-roundtable-on-leadership.html' title='November 2007 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-1974600456947837032</id><published>2007-09-25T16:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-25T16:14:28.202-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Leadership Studies'/><title type='text'>Leadership Study Considers Executive Functions in the Brain</title><content type='html'>From the FUTURIST UPDATE -- News &amp;amp; Previews from the World Future Society&lt;br /&gt;October 2007 (Vol. 8, No. 10)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brain-based executive-intelligence testing could potentially help recruiters identify the leadership candidates most likely to succeed, according to a study by Canadian and U.S. psychologists. The result could be a significant boost in an organization's productivity, they report in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neuroscientists have long believed that good function in the prefrontal cortex enhances people's ability to plan for the future, manipulate many ideas simultaneously, avoid impulsive action, and react thoughtfully in novel situations--skills described as "executive functions."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"In the past, psychologists have used IQ and personality tests to predict managerial and academic performance, with real success," says senior author Jordan Peterson of the University of Toronto. "However, this is the first demonstration of the unique potential of prefrontal or executive function tests to more accurately determine who will and who will not excel."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The authors calculate that adding executive-function tests to employee interviews could result in as much as a 33% gain in productivity per hired employee. "Neuroscience has revolutionized our understanding of the brain in recent years," says Peterson. "Perhaps this is the beginning of the neuroscience revolution in management."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SOURCE: &lt;a href="http://content.apa.org/journals/psp/93/2/298"&gt;Journal of Personality and Social Psychology&lt;/a&gt; (August 2007),&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-1974600456947837032?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/1974600456947837032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=1974600456947837032' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/1974600456947837032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/1974600456947837032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/09/leadership-study-considers-executive.html' title='Leadership Study Considers Executive Functions in the Brain'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-3669036382239347746</id><published>2007-09-01T09:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-01T09:46:10.007-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Initiative'/><title type='text'>Inclusive Management Fellows Program</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Launched in Fall 2007, the &lt;b style=""&gt;Inclusive Management Fellows&lt;/b&gt; program is intended to build a community of practitioners and scholars engaged in continuous learning about inclusion that fosters democratic practices.  Learn &lt;a href="http://bethoffenbacker.googlepages.com/IMFellowsPgmFactSheet9-1-07.pdf"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt; about this new program of the Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Initiative.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-3669036382239347746?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/3669036382239347746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=3669036382239347746' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/3669036382239347746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/3669036382239347746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/09/inclusive-management-fellows-program.html' title='Inclusive Management Fellows Program'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-2439491112479458060</id><published>2007-08-31T15:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-01T09:46:58.716-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Initiative'/><title type='text'>Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Initiative</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoTitle" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"&gt;  &lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt;  &lt;v:formulas&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"&gt;  &lt;/v:formulas&gt;  &lt;v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"&gt;  &lt;o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"&gt; &lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;" wrapcoords="-53 0 -53 21511 21600 21511 21600 0 -53 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\bso\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.emz" title="" croptop="3498f" cropbottom="3498f" cropright="2624f"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="square" anchory="page"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In 2005, Virginia Tech’s Center for Public Administration and Policy and the University of California at Irvine launched its Initiative for the Study and Practice of Inclusive Management (IM), which is built around the study and practice of participation, collaboration, and the renewal of democratic capacity by individuals in public, private and nonprofit organizations when addressing public problems. Read more about the IM Initiative &lt;a href="http://pages.google.com/-/static_files/IMInitiativeFactSheet.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-2439491112479458060?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/2439491112479458060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=2439491112479458060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/2439491112479458060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/2439491112479458060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/08/coast-to-coast-inclusive-management.html' title='Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Initiative'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-306970781772169999</id><published>2007-08-20T16:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T16:51:34.641-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall 2007 Roundtable'/><title type='text'>Roundtable on Leadership &amp; Administration - Sat Nov 1</title><content type='html'>Save the date!  The Fall 2007 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration will be held on Saturday, November 1 at CPAP.  The guest speaker will be Captain Suzanne Engelbert, United States Coast Guard.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-306970781772169999?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/306970781772169999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=306970781772169999' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/306970781772169999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/306970781772169999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/08/roundtable-on-leadership-administration.html' title='Roundtable on Leadership &amp; Administration - Sat Nov 1'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-4762837942220949697</id><published>2007-08-17T15:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T16:32:39.710-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roundtable Report - January 2004'/><title type='text'>The Changing Face of Leadership and Administration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/Rsn6YZWfXcI/AAAAAAAAACI/Fv4zZ-zTHuU/s1600-h/RT+Report+image.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/Rsn6YZWfXcI/AAAAAAAAACI/Fv4zZ-zTHuU/s200/RT+Report+image.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100883350002818498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This &lt;a href="http://boffenbacker.googlepages.com/RoundtableReportOctober2005FINAL.doc"&gt;J&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://boffenbacker.googlepages.com/RoundtableReportOctober2005FINAL.doc"&gt;a&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://boffenbacker.googlepages.com/RoundtableReportOctober2005FINAL.doc"&gt;n&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://boffenbacker.googlepages.com/RoundtableReportOctober2005FINAL.doc"&gt;uary 2004 Roundtable&lt;/a&gt; session featured a conversation with &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Robert J. Lamb&lt;/span&gt;, Senior Advisor for Policy, Management and Budget, U.S. Department of the Interior, and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;David Lewis&lt;/span&gt;, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the public management literature and in seminars and classrooms across the United States, the terms leadership and management are increasingly used interchangeably.  This initial Roundtable explored the overall question of whether leadership and management are the same, or whether there are important distinctions in language and practice that must be understood.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-4762837942220949697?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/4762837942220949697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=4762837942220949697' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/4762837942220949697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/4762837942220949697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/08/past-roundtable-sessions_7427.html' title='The Changing Face of Leadership and Administration'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/Rsn6YZWfXcI/AAAAAAAAACI/Fv4zZ-zTHuU/s72-c/RT+Report+image.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-180476120156543017</id><published>2007-08-17T15:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T15:40:45.791-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roundtable Report - October 2006'/><title type='text'>Leadership in the Information Age</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsnuMpWfXUI/AAAAAAAAABI/WvE9qIQGVXg/s1600-h/Picture+126.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsnuMpWfXUI/AAAAAAAAABI/WvE9qIQGVXg/s200/Picture+126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100869953999822146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This &lt;a href="http://boffenbacker.googlepages.com/RoundtableOctober2006-FINAL.pdf"&gt;October 2006 Roundtable&lt;/a&gt; featured &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Walter F. Ulmer, Jr.&lt;/span&gt;, Leiutenant General, U.S. Army, Retired and former President and CEO, Center for Creative Leadership, and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dr. T. Owen Jacobs&lt;/span&gt;, Co-Founder and Partner, Executive Development Associates, LLC and formerly the Leo Cherne Distinguished Visiting Professor of Behavioral Science Chair, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Roundtable focused on the challenges of leading in the information age, which suggest a new paradigm for leadership theory and practice.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We live and work in a fascinating era.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Change is increasing exponentially while many of our management and leadership structures and skills are out of step with the pressures and needs of today’s work environment.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The mix of generations in today’s workplace, coupled with advancements in technology and information systems, further complicate how we lead and manage today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-180476120156543017?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/180476120156543017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=180476120156543017' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/180476120156543017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/180476120156543017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/08/past-roundtable-sessions_17.html' title='Leadership in the Information Age'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsnuMpWfXUI/AAAAAAAAABI/WvE9qIQGVXg/s72-c/Picture+126.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-4494097297882589890</id><published>2007-08-08T12:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T16:04:28.183-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roundtable Report - July 2006'/><title type='text'>Leadership and Accountability</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsnzKJWfXZI/AAAAAAAAABw/BYmeqU4wins/s1600-h/John+Rohr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsnzKJWfXZI/AAAAAAAAABw/BYmeqU4wins/s200/John+Rohr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100875408608288146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This &lt;a href="http://boffenbacker.googlepages.com/RoundtableJuly2006FINAL.pdf"&gt;July 2006 Roundtable&lt;/a&gt; featured a conversation with &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;John Rohr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;, Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Bradford Huther&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;President and CEO of the International Intellectual Property Institute and Retired Member, Senior Executive Service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;n a linear, bureaucratic world, accountability in the public service should be readily defined—assigned to public actors with one level reporting to, and accountable to, the next higher level. In reality, in a constitutional republic of shared and fragmented power with both govern&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsnztJWfXaI/AAAAAAAAAB4/KYJ71jvIRB4/s1600-h/Brad+Huther.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsnztJWfXaI/AAAAAAAAAB4/KYJ71jvIRB4/s200/Brad+Huther.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100876009903709602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ment and non-governmental actors, the question of accountability is more complex. Public administrators working in a bureaucratic framework clearly answer directly to their managers/executives and the political agency heads. But does that answer the question of accountability? This Roundtable explored the question of whom leaders in the public service are accountable to and how they acquire their normative foundation for ethics and accountability.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:8;"  lang="EN" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-4494097297882589890?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/4494097297882589890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=4494097297882589890' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/4494097297882589890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/4494097297882589890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/08/past-roundtable-sessions.html' title='Leadership and Accountability'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsnzKJWfXZI/AAAAAAAAABw/BYmeqU4wins/s72-c/John+Rohr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203387096822388018.post-3503875411345457621</id><published>2007-07-20T18:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T15:38:46.646-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roundtable Podcast'/><title type='text'>Podcast of the July 18 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsntvpWfXTI/AAAAAAAAABA/snS95c6C144/s1600-h/Picture+260.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsntvpWfXTI/AAAAAAAAABA/snS95c6C144/s200/Picture+260.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100869455783615794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is the podcast (in two parts) of the July 18 CPAP Roundtable on Leadership and Administration.   This Roundtable was &lt;span style=""&gt;devoted to a CPAP community effort to strategize and guide our future forums on developing and understanding leadership and administration. Stepping outside the scholar/practitioner format we have followed for the Roundtable, we asked three CPAP doctoral students to lead this Roundtable discussion with specific audience engagement. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;In Part 1, CPAP’s very own Susan Maybaumwisniewski framed and moderated a discussion with CPAP PhD students Maria DiPasquantonio and Jeff Stern, followed by breakout discussions with CPAP students. Part 2 is the reporting out from the breakout groups.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia341233.us.archive.org/0/items/CenterforPublicAdministrationandPolicyRoundtableonLeadershipandAdministration/7_18_20076_32PM.mp3"&gt;Part 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia350603.us.archive.org/1/items/VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversityRoundtableonLeadershipandAdministration/7_18_20077_46PM.mp3"&gt;Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9203387096822388018-3503875411345457621?l=cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/feeds/3503875411345457621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9203387096822388018&amp;postID=3503875411345457621' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/3503875411345457621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9203387096822388018/posts/default/3503875411345457621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cpapleadershipandadministration.blogspot.com/2007/07/podcast-of-july-18-roundtable-on.html' title='Podcast of the July 18 Roundtable on Leadership and Administration'/><author><name>CPAP Alexandria</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0Wupamw9g0/RsntvpWfXTI/AAAAAAAAABA/snS95c6C144/s72-c/Picture+260.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
