This book's editors and more than 30 contributors have done our community of public managers a great service by framing the issue of cultural competency and harnessing good governance tools...

The role of the nonacquisition manager is critical to proper stewardship and oversight and to achievement of strategic outcomes. I learned this during the scrub-down of many misbegotten...

The summer 2012 issue kicks off with a mini-forum on inter-institutional collaboration overseas. With an emphasis on governance solutions for interdependent times, Sarah Ringler reports on...

In 50 years the U.S. Peace Corps has touched countless lives and has created citizens of the world who foster a global network. In September 2011, the U.S. Peace Corps celebrated its 50th...

Transforming American Governance: Rebooting the Public Square Alan P. Balutis, Terry F. Buss, and Dwight Ink, editors (M.E. Sharpe, 2011) Do we really need another book on transforming...

New Directions Recently, The Public Managers Board of Editors met to help refresh the 2011-2012 editorial calendar. Coupled with feedback from other meetings and through online...

Russ Lindens three-part opus on creating a culture of collaboration in public sector agenciesa detailed roadmap for overcoming the ill-effects of sprawling, bureaucratic silos and...

This timely mini-forum on public-sector infrastructure investments blends applied research and case study insights on a diverse set of management challenges. The first article, by Wendy...