PRESS RELEASES

• Newark City Hall Executive Program featured in July Public Administration
  Times (PDF)
• SPAA and Sloan Foundation Unveil Public Performance Measurement Network (PDF)
• Panel Discussion: Local Governments Sharing Public Services, Presentation by the Northern New Jersey Chapter of ASPA (PDF)

UPCOMING EVENTS

August 8-13, 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. Theme: The Questions We Ask. Visit the website for more information.

August 28-31, 2008 The 104th APSA Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Theme: Categories and the Politics of Global Inequalities. For more information, go to their website.

September 3-6, 2008 EGPA 2008 Conference to be held at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands.  The conference website is www.egpa2008.com.

October 16-18, 2008 NASPAA ANNUAL CONFERENCE in Charleston, SC. Theme: NASPAA Meets the Future. For more information and registration details, go to their website

October 23-24 ASPA/ARNOVA Co-Sponsored Symposium, “Accountability and Performance Measurement in the Hollow State: A Reflective Dialogue on the Evolving Role of Nonprofits in Public Service Delivery,” Cleveland, Ohio; Contact: http://urban.csuohio.edu/cap_symposium/index.html

October 23-25, 2008 20th Annual Conference of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management in Chicago, Illinois. A call for papers, presentations and panels are due by Mayl 2, 2008.  Visit their website for more information: www.abfm.org.

November 9-11 2008 Independent Sector Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pa.; Contact: www.independentsector.org

November 13-15, 2008 40th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information go to NPSA website.

November 20-22 2008 Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Conference, Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa.; Contact: ARNOVA at (317) 684-2120 or www.arnova.org 

January 23-24, 2009 Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network Annual Conference Rutgers University, Newark, NJ www.ppmrn.net

NEWS

Public Performance Measurement & Reporting Network Launched www.ppmrn.net All Network users are able to browse a database of resources related to public performance measurement, and find information about Network initiatives, training and public performance events occurring across the country.  Registered users can participate in targeted discussion forums and download resources so they can be saved or printed.  Registration is free so sign up today!

NASPAA launches the Global MPA Web Portal to promote MPA/MPP degree programs national and globally. The GlobalMPA web portal is created and maintained by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), a non-profit organization that represents 253 U.S. university programs in public affairs, public policy, public administration, and public management.