Center for Digital Government: Best Practices from Governing Magazine
The GGW-CPM is an open access, peer reviewed, multidisciplinary symposium issue, which is committed to expanding the base of public policy and public administration issues in general with an emphasis on local government. The journal and the CPM symposia issue are aimed at advancing the cause of robust intellectual conversations through informed research, analyses and commentaries.
Article 1: Given the Child Care Crisis, More Mayors Knit Together Early Childhood Services
Christopher Swope – Fall 2024
Policy
Article 2: How Much Difference Does a Political Leader Make?
Alan Ehrenhalt – Oct. 14, 2024
Politics
Article 3: Overcoming Barriers to Public Transit: How City Leaders Can Achieve Their Goals?
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Transportation
Article 4: The Bus Lines That Can Solve a Bunch of Urban Problems
Aaron M. Renn – June 17, 2024
Transportation
Article 5: How Local Election Officials Can Prepare for the Risks of AI
Carl Smith – Sept. 3, 2024
Management
Article 6: The Havoc Extreme Heat Wreaks on Our Aging Infrastructure
Suyun Paul Ham – Aug. 7, 2024
Management
Article 7: Americans Are Lonely and Disconnected. Better Civic Spaces Can Help.
Shawn McCaney – Sept. 18, 2024
Management
Article 8: Do Civilian Review Boards Work?
Zina Hutton – Aug. 30, 2024
Workforce
Article 9: Amid Labor Shortages, More Companies Pay Kids’ Way Through College
Chris Dunker – June 25, 2024
Workforce
Article 10: Texas Leads Push for Faster Certification of Mental Health Professionals
Stephen Simpson – Sept. 12, 2024
Workforce
Reagan Haik
Graduate Instructional Assistant, Department of Political Science, Texas State University
Ms. E. Reagan Haik is a public administration professional pursuing her Master of Public Administration degree in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University, where she also serves as a Graduate Instructional Assistant. She earned a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Sociology with a criminology concentration from Louisiana State University.
Reagan served as Youth Education Coordinator for the Baton Rouge Bar Foundation, which fostered her interest in nonprofit work, educational outreach, and justice. Her restorative justice work in the Teen Court program earned the 2024 LexisNexis Community and Educational Outreach Award from the National Association for Bar Professionals.
Howard Balanoff
Director of Texas State University’s William P. Hobby Center for Public Service
Dr. Howard R. Balanoff currently holds the Texas State University William P. Hobby Endowed Professorship for Public Service and currently serves as the Director of Texas State University’s William P. Hobby Center for Public Service.
He is the Editor in Chief of Good Governance Worldwide which is the official journal of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Section for Public Management Practice, the Chair of ASPA’s Section for Public Management Practice and the Co-Director of the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program located in Arlington, Texas.
Lloyd Harrington
Webmaster
Lloyd has been the webmaster for the Texas State University Certified Public Manager (CPM) program since 2011, the Good Governance Worldwide (GGW) website since it’s inception in 2012, and the CENTEX Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) beginning in 2023. Lloyd also designed and is webmaster for the William P. Hobby Center for Public Service at Texas State University website and the Texas CPM Program website.