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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Hot Topic: Changes In Federal Reimbursement Rates For Travel, Dick Phebus
Hot Topic: Changes In Federal Reimbursement Rates For Travel, Dick Phebus
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
Summary of changes in the federal and state reimbursement rates for travel.
Hot Topic: Conducting Effective Roadblocks (2001), Melissa Ashburn
Hot Topic: Conducting Effective Roadblocks (2001), Melissa Ashburn
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
Roadblocks should be conducted in such a manner that will sustain the prosecution of charges brought against persons arrested in the operation.
Hot Topic: Social Security And Medicare Budget Data For Fiscal Year 2003-2004, Ralph Cross
Hot Topic: Social Security And Medicare Budget Data For Fiscal Year 2003-2004, Ralph Cross
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
A summary of the Social Security Administration's social security/medicare wage and tax data for the 2002-2004 budgets.
Managing Infiltration Inflow In Wastewater Collection Systems, Sharon Rollins
Managing Infiltration Inflow In Wastewater Collection Systems, Sharon Rollins
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
An overview of I/I problems caused by ground water and surface or rainwater.
Water & Wastewater Manual: A Training Manual For Board Members, Brett Ward, Steve Wyatt, Bill Young
Water & Wastewater Manual: A Training Manual For Board Members, Brett Ward, Steve Wyatt, Bill Young
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This manual provides a resource for new or experienced water board members or municipal officials who have little or no formal training for the job.
Community Foundations In West Virginia, Roger A. Lohmann
Community Foundations In West Virginia, Roger A. Lohmann
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
This report is part of an ongoing investigation of the support of neighborhood associations by community foundations in three states – Michigan, New Mexico and West Virginia. The findings are primarily negative: There is no evidence that the 22 community foundations of West Virginia have provided support for the development or continuation of neighborhood associations in the state.
Visionary Leadership: The Importance In The Public Sector From The Perspective Of City Managers, Nancy L. Quarles
Visionary Leadership: The Importance In The Public Sector From The Perspective Of City Managers, Nancy L. Quarles
Dissertations
The purpose of this qualitative study is to apply Sashkin’s Visionary Leadership model to City Managers, with an emphasis on how the city manager puts the vision into action in local government. There is much talk that government leaders need to have a vision so that their organization will work more efficiently and effectively. More government agencies should seek to instill visionary leadership, much as a growing number of businesses have done. The City Manager must cope with sweeping changes in city government that have resulted from rapid growth, elected officials’ expectations, new technology, unions, citizen demands, and the need …
Hot Topic: Legislation Clarifies And Simplifies E-Commerce Procedures For Tennessee Municipalities, Ralph Cross
Hot Topic: Legislation Clarifies And Simplifies E-Commerce Procedures For Tennessee Municipalities, Ralph Cross
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
The 2001 legislative session resulted in several changes that affect electronic business in Tennessee. This hot topic highlights some of the more important changes.
Hot Topic: Supreme Court Limits Civil Penalties Over $50, Sid Hemsley
Hot Topic: Supreme Court Limits Civil Penalties Over $50, Sid Hemsley
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
Municipal civil penalties in excess of $50 violate Article VI, Section 14 of the Tennessee Constitution if their purpose is punitive rather than remedial, the Tennessee Supreme Court held on Sept. 4 in City of Chattanooga v. Davis and Barrett v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, ____ S.W.3d _____ (Tenn. 2001) [2001 WL 1005941]. The difficulty of showing that a municipality’s civil penalty is remedial rather than punitive means that most municipalities will find it in their interest not to levy civil penalties more than $50.
Hot Topic: Uniformed Services Employment And Re-Employment Rights Act, Richard Stokes
Hot Topic: Uniformed Services Employment And Re-Employment Rights Act, Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
Under USERRA, re-employment rights are required for any person who is absent from work because of service in the uniformed services.
Tennessee Public Acts 2001: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
Tennessee Public Acts 2001: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
Summarizes the year's public acts and provides date they become effective.
Your Municipal Code: Adopting It And Keeping It Up-To-Date, Steve Lobertini
Your Municipal Code: Adopting It And Keeping It Up-To-Date, Steve Lobertini
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This guide explains code adoption and requirements and how to keep municipal codes current.
For Providence, Another Era Of Greatness?, Chester Smolski
For Providence, Another Era Of Greatness?, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"Providence has come a long way from just 20 years ago when a visitor coming into the city by rail would find sprayed across the walls of the nearly empty Union Station such epithets as 'Providence is the pits' and 'Welcome to dead city.' And it was. I know because I lived there."
Hot Topic: Public Acts Affecting Cities, Mtas
Hot Topic: Public Acts Affecting Cities, Mtas
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
The 2001 Tennessee General Assembly passed into law several acts that affect Tennessee municipalities. This Hot Topic summarizes some of these acts. However, do not rely solely on these summaries before giving advice or taking action. Refer to the act itself. MTAS will publish the complete 2001 Tennessee Public Acts this month.
How Do You Manage?, Michael Rogers, La Loria Konata, Deborah Bigelow
How Do You Manage?, Michael Rogers, La Loria Konata, Deborah Bigelow
La Loria Konata
No abstract provided.
Hot Topic: Animal Control Law Revised By Legislature, Don Darden
Hot Topic: Animal Control Law Revised By Legislature, Don Darden
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
As of August 15, 2001: The Tennessee General Assembly recently enacted a new law that repeals the Dog and Cat Humane Death Act [Part 3] in its entirety. It was replaced with Chapter 70, referred to as the Non-livestock Animal Humane Death Act. According to Tennessee Code Annotated§ 39-14- 201, "non-livestock animals" refers to common household pets - dogs, cats, rabbits, chicks, ducks, and even potbellied pigs. The new law applies to public and private agencies, animal shelters, and other facilities operated for the collection, care, and/or euthanasia of stray, neglected, abandoned, or unwanted non-livestock animals. It does not apply …
Technical Bulletins: Census Figures Help Cities Redistrict, Roy Eckert
Technical Bulletins: Census Figures Help Cities Redistrict, Roy Eckert
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Description of the processes involved in redistricting due to census figures.
Technical Bulletins: Good Service-Request Systems Keep Customers Happy, Steve Wyatt
Technical Bulletins: Good Service-Request Systems Keep Customers Happy, Steve Wyatt
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Essential elements to ensure a successful system handling daily service requests and complaints.
Labour-Management Relations Within The Fire Service: Building Trust And Respect, John Dehooge
Labour-Management Relations Within The Fire Service: Building Trust And Respect, John Dehooge
MPA Major Research Papers
This paper examines the conditions and characteristics for establishing and maintaining a successful labour-management relationship between fire chiefs and association presidents based on a survey and interview with a fire chief and association president from the Waterloo Fire Department (WFD). The findings reveal that the functional and effective labour-management relationship in Waterloo is characterized by shared organizational and relational values, a strong relationship with other staff members and the council the fire chief reports to, and mutual trust and respect.
Hot Topic: 2001-2002 State Revenue Estimates, Dick Phebus
Hot Topic: 2001-2002 State Revenue Estimates, Dick Phebus
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
A summary of what cities can expect to receive from the state shared taxes for the 2001-2002 fiscal year.
Hot Topic: New Withholding Tables For 2001, Ralph Cross
Hot Topic: New Withholding Tables For 2001, Ralph Cross
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
New income tax withholding tables, effective June 30, 2001.
Questioning Success: An Alumni Assessment Of The Mpa Program For The Center For Public Service At Seton Hall University, Kevin Michael Byrne
Questioning Success: An Alumni Assessment Of The Mpa Program For The Center For Public Service At Seton Hall University, Kevin Michael Byrne
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
Abstract This capstone project involved an alumni assessment of the Master of Public Administration Program offered by the Center For Public Service at Seton Hall University. Questionnaires were mailed to over 500 alumni and approximately 23.4% were returned. The responses from the alumni indicate that the MP A Program has met its mission and successfully prepared its students for their careers. Although not the focus of the literature review, the Center's MHA program is also assessed.
Short Term Effects Of The Retrenchment Exercise On Individual And Organisational Performance In The Uganda Civil Service: Part Ii, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
IBPP Note. The concluding segment of this article provides theory, empirical data, and analysis on some political psychological consequences of organizational retrenchment in a political bureaucracy within a country often unattended to by Western researchers. It was written by Dr. Peter Baguma, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, and International Editor, IBPP. Dr. Baguma can be reached at uparipari@mulib.ac.ug.
Abstract. This study set out to assess the short-term effects of a retrenchment exercise on individual and organisational performance in the Uganda civil service. In all, 247 senior and lower rank employees from 6 civil service ministries were …
Hybrid Organizations And The Alignment Of Interests: The Case Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Jonathan G.S. Koppell
Hybrid Organizations And The Alignment Of Interests: The Case Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Jonathan G.S. Koppell
Publications from President Jonathan G.S. Koppell
This article explores the political influence of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Using Congress's overhaul of the regulatory infrastructure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as a case study, the article presents two principal findings: (1) The characteristics that distinguish government-sponsored enterprises from traditional government agencies and private companies endow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with unique political resources; and (2) the alignment of interest groups around Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is subject to strategic manipulation by the GSEs. A triangular model of this alignment is proposed and employed to analyze the legislative outcome. The case has implications for students of …
Looking Back: Wpa Library Work In Kentucky, Jonathan Jeffrey
Looking Back: Wpa Library Work In Kentucky, Jonathan Jeffrey
SCL Faculty and Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Local Solutions For County-Wide Amalgamation: Factors For Success And Failure, Linda Dean
Local Solutions For County-Wide Amalgamation: Factors For Success And Failure, Linda Dean
MPA Major Research Papers
This paper examines local solutions for amalgamation in Ontario by conducting a comparative case study of the County of Brant’s success at amalgamation and the County of Dufferin’s failed efforts towards amalgamation. The findings reveal that the factors that contribute to the outcome of local amalgamation decisions include the loss of identity associated with municipal mergers, the assimilation of individual communities, and the blurring of each community’s distinct characteristics into one homogenous mass.
Hybrid Organizations And The Alignment Of Interests: The Case Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Jonathan Koppell
Hybrid Organizations And The Alignment Of Interests: The Case Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Jonathan Koppell
Jonathan GS Koppell
This article explores the political influence of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Using Congress's overhaul of the regulatory infrastructure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as a case study, the article presents two principal findings: (1) The characteristics that distinguish government-sponsored enterprises from traditional government agencies and private companies endow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with unique political resources; and (2) the alignment of interest groups around Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is subject to strategic manipulation by the GSEs. A triangular model of this alignment is proposed and employed to analyze the legislative outcome. The case has implications for students of …
Short Term Effects Of The Retrenchment Exercise On Individual And Organisational Performance In The Uganda Civil Service: Part I, Peter Baguma
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This study set out to assess the short-term effects of a retrenchment exercise on individual and organisational performance in the Uganda civil service. In all, 247 senior and lower rank employees from 6 civil service ministries were administered a questionnaire that measured individual performance, factors hindering employee performance and suggestions on how performance could be improved, and organisational performance factors. The majority of participants reported retrenchment had positive or unknown effects on individual performance. Factors hindering employee performance were inadequate funding, lack of motivation, work overload, and lack of tools--to mention but a few. Providing a living wage, improved incentives, …
Retaining And Revitalizing Teachers, Chester Smolski
Retaining And Revitalizing Teachers, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"Bankers do it; corporate members do it; even non-refundable profits do it, so why in the world can't teachers do it? What I'm talking about is the opportunity to get away from the job for a short period to have some free time, to contemplate, to talk with your colleagues, be pampered and to learn. This so-called retreat provides the opportunity to relax and reflect on your life and your work, to refresh yourself and to be recognized for the important work that you do. This is what they do for teachers in North Carolina, the only state to have …
Policy For Management Of Living Collections At The Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Peter F. Duncombe
Policy For Management Of Living Collections At The Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Peter F. Duncombe
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This paper, prepared for the Department of Public Administration, discusses policy in botanic gardens in regard to development and management of living collections and the potential implementation at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve. Review of the literature and study of policy from other institutions has resulted in recommendation of policy for the Preserve. Its basic contents describe the purpose and need for collections policy, examine the elements of collection policy, characterizes the types of living collections to be held at the Preserve, and outlines the objectives of these collections. This document raises issues associated with the management of living collections …