What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector, and we hope you will … Continued
American City & County Magazine Highlights Knope of the Week What is the Knope of the Week? It’s ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition … Continued
This is another installment of an ELGL original content series titled “An MPA From My Apt.” by University of Southern California MPA distance graduate program student Josh Halladay. Halladay is sharing his experiences with a distance learning program in the hopes of providing perspective and support to other students who are pondering a degree … Continued
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2UUcXCo9g Taking Triple on Health Care with Josh Schultz We’ve seen the clever Cover Oregon commercials and heard the back-and-forth about “Obamacare” also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). For those of us in the public sector, we may think that we won’t be impacted because of the quality health insurance offered by our city, … Continued
What better way to learn about a new ELGL member than a series of extremely personal questions that may or may not be work related. That is our goal in the New Sensation feature. Whether it is learning about a person’s top accomplishments in the last 24 hours or learning about the inside of their … Continued
Rafael Baptista, the author of “A Passion for Public Service”, is back to chronicle his two-year journey through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Master of Public Administration program. You may already be familiar with the UNC MPA program from the ELGL feature On Campus with the Carolina MPA Program which was published last year. … Continued
With only 120 spots at the conference, and an ELGL membership of more than 450 people in 18 states, you can imagine that there are many of our members who are disappointed they can’t attend the conference. So, we are beefing up our social media presence (even more than usual!) for the conference so … Continued
Word on the Street About Defining Sustainability Kevin Hughes, AICP, Principal Environmental Advanced Planner, posted the following comment on LinkedIn after reading the first Defining Sustainability with Beth Otto, “I recommend the working being done by ELGL in Oregon for advancing the cause of Public Administration Best Management Practices.” After those kind words, the pressure is … Continued
American City & County Magazine Highlights Knope of the Week What is the Knope of the Week? It’s ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition … Continued
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKBcvsByt6M If you registered for the #ELGL13, you were asked to answer a series of probing questions. You might have thought “what a great idea”, or “what a terrible waste of time”. If you fall into the latter category, you probably aren’t reading this post and we might have put a hex on you. … Continued
