Department of Government

Masters of Public Administration

McCreary
  Coordinator:  Dr. JoAnn Ewalt
521 Lancaster Ave. • McCreary 113
Richmond, KY 40475 • 859-622-4389
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Public Administration Professional Organizations

American Society for Public Administration
The national association for P.A professionals, including resources for practitioners, students, and scholars


The International City and County Management Organization
Professional and educational association for administrators serving local governments around the world


National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
Organization that serves to promote excellence in public service education


OECD: Public Management and Governance Forum
Studies and provides information on issues like; regulatory reform, public sector budgeting, H-R management, strategic planning, and ethics

Kentucky City/County Management Association

KCCMA is an association of professional local government managers, created to contribute to the continuous improvement of local government in Kentucky, maintain and improve the professional competence of our members, exchange information, ideas, and experiences and maintain and develop relationships with other organizations for the improvement of local government.

Public Policy Research Institutes

The Electric Hallway
This site provides a number of peer reviewed articles and case studies on public policy issues


Public Affairs Information Service
The site serves as a database providing a number of abstracts dealing with public policy issues.


The Brooking's Institute
This site is a non-partisan organization that seeks to improve the performance of American public-sector institutions.


The Cato Institute
One of America's most influential conservative public-policy research institutes


The Center for Strategic and International Affairs
A non-partisan institute focusing on international policy issues


The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Non-partisan institute that focuses on U.S. policy issues and their effects on middle and lower-income Americans


The Heritage Foundation
Conservative public policy institute focusing primarily on domestic policy issues


The Kettering Foundation
Institute dedicated to finding ways to make public policy more responsive and effective


The RAND Corporation
Non-partisan institute working to improve public policy through research and analysis


Public Administration and Public Policy Research

PUBLIUS
Online journal that focuses on the advancement and preservation of federalism


Public Administration and Management
Peer reviewed journal that focuses on domestic P.A issues


The Electronic Policy Network
Collection of articles from a number of public policy organizations and research groups


ingenta.com
On-line archive that features a number of Political Science and P.A journals including; American Politics Quarterly, Politics, Public Administration Review, Public Administration, Public Management, Public Management Review, American Review of Public Administration, Administration and Society

 

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