As the public sector increasingly adopts AI-powered automated decision systems (ADS), understanding how citizens experience and value ADS use in public decision-making is both normatively and practically important. Therefore, we
Apr 2026
Good Government: The Future of Research in the Study of Public Administration
In its contemporary form, the study of public administration has focused on the skills and techniques of the new career civil servant, including personnel management, budgeting, and rule-making, as well
Mar 2026
Why coproduce? Citizens’ perspectives on the costs and benefits of technology-enabled coproduction
This study examines how citizens weigh cost-benefit tradeoffs when reporting public service failures and engaging in technology-enabled coproduction, shedding light on an understudied area of perceived costs of coproduction and
Feb 2026
One critical way that public agencies can improve administrative performance is through its discretionary efforts at detecting program errors. This requires an alignment between political and administrative objectives within executive
Jan 2026
How a new measure can tell us about how government agencies are performing
If we are to make government work better for the citizens it serves, then we need to better understand how its agencies are performing. By aggregating organizational performance information, George
Dec 2025
We analyze AP VoteCast survey data to determine if opinions toward the 2020 presidential election shaped participation and vote choice in the 2021 Georgia Senate runoff contests. Specifically, we estimate
Oct 2025
State Municipal Associations as Intermediaries in Service Learning
Service-learning courses help students to identify career opportunities and foster civic engagement, but links to projects with local governments may be difficult to forge. State municipal associations are well positioned
Oct 2025
Do interlocal contracts for police service seek and achieve collaborative efficiency? This research builds upon recent discussions of collaborative efficiency, including the rationale for, and consequences of, efficiency-seeking reforms in
Oct 2025
A County Manager’s Guide to Shared Services in Local Government
The report brings together the knowledge and experience of Professor Zeemering, an academic, and Daryl Delabbio, a practitioner. Together, they present findings—based on both research and experience—on how local governments,
Oct 2025
Guiding Regionalism and Reform from the Court: Judge John Feikens
For decades, federal district court judges have been deeply involved in the reform of state and local government agencies. Some scholars describe such a judicial role in institutional reform as
