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New Orleans: The Rising Sun?

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Frances Edwards

The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) created the Katrina Task Force (KTF) shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Each year, at ASPAs annual conference, members of the task force cons... More »

Civil-Military Relations in Emergency Management

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Richard Sylves

Both U.S. civil defense of the past and homeland security of the present demonstrate that disaster policy has always had a degree of national security and military penetration. However, few appreciate how dramatic the latest pen... More »

The Ethical Pothole: Tolerable Corruption?

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Frank Anechiarico

The discussion at the 2009 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) panel on professional ethics took an odd turn. During an exchange about endemic corruption in a particular African electoral system, three members of t... More »