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Join Data Foundation & TSPPPA's 5th Annual Research Symposium
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TSPPPA is delighted to partner again with the Data Foundation for its 5th Annual Research Symposium. This virtual, free symposium will explore challenges and opportunities for contextualizing data within the public sector, including embedding data-driven decision-making within public sector institutions, the role of technology and infrastructure in facilitating the use of data, and public participation in the collection, use, and governance of data. Join fellow data leaders and experts to discuss strategic frameworks that enable the institutionalization for data as an actionable resource within the public sector.
The Data Foundation's President and CEO is a Trachtenberg alumni, Dr. Nick Hart, PhD, 2016, who is a frequent TSPPPA instructor in program evaluation. For over a decade, the Data Foundation has promoted the creation and accessibility of trustworthy data and evidence as a Washington DC-based, non-profit, non-partisan organization.
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Consider submitting a proposal for the conference. The deadline for submissions is May 15 at midnight ET. Proposals may come from practitioners as well as academics.
Preference is for proposals on strategies for embedding data-driven decision-making within public sector institutions at the federal, state, or local level; role of technology and infrastructure in facilitating use of data; innovative methods for facilitating data quality, security, and privacy in public sector applications, including with AI; case studies about successful data integration demonstrating either short-term or long-term impacts on public services and policy that help build a body of evidence about the usefulness and value of data activities; and innovative approaches to engaging the public and key stakeholders in the collection, use, and governance of data, including emerging uses to promote participation.
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New Regulatory Policy and Practice Certificate
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The Trachtenberg School has long demonstrated its expertise in regulatory matters. We're now leveraging our experience, skills, and networks with a Certificate in Regulatory Policy and Practice.
Coursework examines process for regulation development, analytical tools for understanding potential effects of alternative regulatory approaches, and the roles, motivations, and strategies of parties involved in developing and implementing regulation, including Congress, regulatory agencies, the executive office of the president, state and local governments, private parties, and non-governmental organizations. A range of electives give certificate students the ability to delve into a specific policy area or political landscape in which regulations are developed. Contact Professor Chris Carrigan for more info.
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Regulatory Comment Clinic Students Contribute Public Comments
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The Regulatory Comment Clinic. Pictured: Front row: Jonathan Kratchman, Heather Harper, Rodney Kaplan, Sarah Hay, Kathleen Bever, Mary Melati; Back row: Juan Carlos Mora, Susan Dudley, Lindsay Abate, Peter Sahagian, Lauren Mann, Claire O’Brien, Mairead Crotty; Seated: Arub Butt, Madison Baker; Not pictured: Rugiatu Yusufu
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| The Trachtenberg School's MPA and MPP programs offer a specialty field in regulatory policy, rare within public affairs schools. A requirement of the specialty is the Regulatory Comment Clinic, led this year by Professors Susan Dudley and Lindsay Abate, a 2015 MPP grad whose post-GW career involved service in the Small Business Administration and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Ms. Abate is now Manager of Regulatory Policy and Government Affairs at Apple. She took the Clinic course ten years ago and is delighted to now be co-teaching it with her former instructor. Professor Dudley is the founder and a research professor at the Regulatory Studies Center.
Clinic students learn regulatory theory, practice, and analysis. One assignment is to choose a regulation open for public comment and prepare a constructive analysis and recommendation and file it with the issuing agency on the public record. Students also communicate the results of their research through an op-ed and a mock hearing and some even publish their analysis in our student-led journal Policy Perspectives. This gives them opportunity for real-world influence.
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Policy Perspectives Volume 31 is Launched by Students
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Students Leisha Goel, Madison Jennings, and Jaya Parshar discussing articles
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| The 31st Volume of Policy Perspectives, the School's Journal of Public Policy and Public Administration, is now available. This volume covers diverse subjects and has a strong social justice focus. Topics include saving accounts through baby bonds, privatizing liquor sales, minimum wage and poverty alleviation, disability poverty trap, medical costs and vulnerability to homelessness among DC elders, and regulating foster care. In addition to the volume, the Policy Perspectives teams published blogs throughout the year. Frank J. Bewkes, Editor-in-Chief of Policy Perspectives and third-year Ph.D. student, said of this year's edition, "The articles featured in Policy Perspectives this year truly embody the Trachtenberg School’s motto of 'doing good and doing it well.' My team and I were heartened by the spirit and insight provided within these pages."
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ASPA Conference Enables Learning and Sharing
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Kathy Newcomer, Steve Trachtenberg, and Laila El Baradei
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ASPA's Annual Conference took place last month and convened those who teach or study public administration, for in-depth conversations, research presentations, workshops, networking and more. It also involves the opportunity for Trachtenberg faculty, like Kathy Newcomer, to meet with long-time friends and colleagues like Trachtenberg President Emeritus Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, and Professor Laila El Baradei who regularly brings her students from Egypt to the Trachtenberg School for lively exchanges and learning. Two of our faculty members, Kathy Newcomer and Rachel Emas, provide a takeaway from the conference below.
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"I was delighted to participate by listening and presenting presentations at two pre-conference symposia. I also gave a workshop with my dear friend from the American University of Cairo, Dr. Laila El Baradei, on "Advancing Social Equity through Public Policy and Programming,” and I learned about how the demands for evidence-based policy has had some unintended negative side effects in Egypt."
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"At the ASPA Annual Conference, I helped organize and lead the Teaching Symposium of the Section on Public Administration Education. In this session, we discussed the emerging trends and challenges related to educating current and future public servants around the world. These discussions help us develop a network of public administration educators working towards a stronger and more equitable public service."
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Our Commitment to International and Global Policy & Administration through an ASPA Founders Fellow Sponsorship
The Trachtenberg School sponsored Mariana Costa Silveira from São Paulo School of Business Administration as our ASPA Founders Fellow. Ms. Costa Silveira is pursuing her doctorate in Public Administration and Government.
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Students Inducted Into International Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society
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Most of the 2024 Pi Alpha Alpha Inductees at the Celebration Dinner along with current chapter leaders
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| Fifty-seven outstanding students from Trachtenberg were inducted into the GW chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha, the Global Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration. These students were recognized for their high academic performance and public service activities. They join a network of 160 chapters located around the world and the many previous Trachtenberg inductees over the years since the chapter was established. Congratulations!
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Barnow and Students Celebrate Chinese New Year
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Celebrating the Year of the Dragon
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| Professor Burt Barnow, director of our doctoral program, hosted PhD students Dou Zhang, Yiruo Li, Jingwen Zheng, and Huang Chen at a dinner celebrating Chinese New Year.
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Sanjay Pandey was awarded the Honey W. Nashman ‘Spark A Life’ Faculty Member of The Year Award.
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