A new study by Kaelan Boyd, a Ph.D. candidate in the @spsodu.bsky.social, examines the social equity of municipal decisions that were made using priority-based budgeting. The study appears in @journalpa.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

"Equity How and Equity for Who? Incorporating Equity Into Local Government Budgeting Processes" by Alexis Kennedy, Youngsung Kim, & Taryn Moran investigates how Colorado bureaucrats integrate social equity into budgets using mixed methods. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"Holding AI Accountable Like Herding Cats: The Contingent Impact on the Legitimacy of Algorithmic Bureaucracy" by Ruoxuan Liu & Yanbing Han finds accountability matters most when AI causes harm, while effectiveness matters when outcomes benefit citizens. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"Whose Priorities? Social Equity in the Priority-Based Budgeting Process" by @davemitchellucf.bsky.social, Kaelan Boyd, & Meagan Jordan finds that a more diverse community does not affect PBB reallocation, but more minority representation among public officials reduces it. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"The Impact of Active Engagement With Performance Information on Citizens Views on Public Services: A Budget Game Experiment" by Erasmus Häggblom, Bjorn Kleizen, & Wouter Van Dooren finds that citizens who are engaged tend to view performance negatively. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Today is a great day to read "Aligning Behavioral Assumptions Underlying Policy Instruments: A Principle for Designing Policy Mixes Targeting Behavioral Change" by Linsheng He, Yixin Dai, & Yue Guo found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Currently on Early View on the Public Administration website is Jim Flowers's thoughtful review of "Robust Public Governance in a Turbulent Era: Theoretical Framework and Empirical Experiences." Give it a read today! doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us to 2007 and 85(2). "THE SHINING LIGHTS? PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS AS AN APPROACH TO SERVICE IMPROVEMENT" by Jean Hartley & James Downe looks at the impact of competitive and threshold award schemes. doi.org/10.1111/j.14...

"Enhancing Citizens' Willingness to Engage in Co-Production: Insights Into Value Creation as a Key Motivator" by Jing Chen, Jichun Chen, & Qi Bian examines value-driven factors that influence citizens' willingness to engage in co-production. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Fascinating findings on the impacts of cognitive biases on street-level bureaucrats' decision-making in "Cognitive Biases in Street-Level Resolutions: The Case of Multiple Claims in Tax Disputes" found in 103(4). doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Have you had a chance to read the findings in "Is It Going Above and Beyond or Breaking the Rules? How Clients' Identities, Perceived Deservingness, and Outcomes Affect Citizens' Judgments of Bureaucrats' Rule Decisions"? doi.org/10.1111/padm...

"The Bumps in the Road Toward Social Equity Budgeting: The Administrative Pitfalls When Implementing Participatory Budgeting" by Michelle Lofton & Juan Pablo Martínez Guzmán presents an implementation framework to evaluate participatory budgeting systems. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

Today is a great day to read "Citizen Acceptance of Co-Designed Public Sector Innovation" found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...

"From Discretion to Calculation: How Analog Automation Shaped Digitalization of Finnish Social Assistance" by Aleksander Heikkinen, Minna van Gerven, & Riikka Koulu outlines the changes of automation in Finland's social assistance system over four decades. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"Citizens' Inclusion in Public Services: A Systematic Review of the Public Administration Literature and Reflection on Future Research Avenues" provides insights into the state of knowledge on citizens' inclusion in public services. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Today is a great day to learn more about third-party usage for public service delivery in "Integrating Formal and Relational Contracting: The Link Between Network Structure and Contract Design in Interlocal Collaboration Agreements," found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Want to know more about the size of administrative overhead and its relationship with agentificaiton? Read "Larger, Not Leaner? Agencification and the Size of the Administrative Overhead in Local Governments" in 103(4). doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Today is a great day to read "What Reasoning Do Frontline Professionals Use Around Citizen-Clients' Socioeconomic Status: Exploring the Mechanisms" in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Want to know more about whether minority political representation impacts the social equity of budget allocation? If so, read "Advancing Social Equity in Public Budgeting: The Role of Minority Political Representation in Local Government" in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Want to know more about the concept of the "practice of fairness"? Read "“A Practice of Fairness”: Social Equity Budgeting in Freedom City" found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Have you had a chance to check out the interesting findings about participatory budgeting in "Participatory Budgeting for Social Equity: A Comparative Analysis" found in 103(4)? If not, today is a great day to read it! doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Today is a great day to read "Social Equity and Representative Bureaucracy: The Case of Nigeria's Federal Character Principle," found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Happy New Year from all of us at Public Administration!

"Leading the Charge: The Role of Women in Municipal Budgeting" by Saman Afshan finds that inclusive budget offices, rather than community diversity alone, are more likely to appoint women budget directors. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

#Wilmasreview Wilma 🐶 is learning to navigate on "her" new balance bike—turns out transformation takes practice, patience, and someone to show you the way! Speaking of guidance, a new @journalpa.bsky.social study by @carofischer.bsky.social and Breaugh explores how change agents ... 1/🧵

"Measuring Administrative Burden: Bringing the State “Back in” as a Reflexive Actor in Burden Reduction" by Pierre-Marc Daigneault, Marc Journeault, Laurent Lauzon-Rhéaume, & Lisa Birch examines how governments measure administrative burdens. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"A Replication of “Financial Rewards Do Not Stimulate Co-Production: Evidence From Two Experiments”" by Yangyang Fan, Tingting Wang, Yu Xu, Xu Chen, Xingru Chen, & Xinyu Tan studies the effectiveness of financial incentives for co-production in a non-Western context. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us to 2025 and "Social Equity in Municipally Owned Corporations: Do Women in the Boardroom Make a Difference to the Gender Pay Gap?" by Rhys Andrews. Fascinating findings! doi.org/10.1111/padm...

A great day to review "Herbert Simon's Legacy for Public Administration" found in 103(4)! This manuscript provides a thoughtful review of Simon's scholarship in three key areas: decision-making, human performance, and organizational knowledge. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

"Acceptable or Not? Understanding Attitudes Toward Citizens' Discrimination Against Frontline Workers" by @halling.bsky.social, @mathildececchini.bsky.social, & Benedicte Gronhoj shows that language-based requests are viewed as more acceptable than religious ones. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

We are excited to announce the publication of issue 103(4)! The journal will be promoting the issue over the next couple of weeks, but feel free to read and review the manuscripts, replication, and book review! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679299...

"Does Institutional Transparency Affect Citizen Trust in Predictive Policing? Evidence from a Survey-Experiment in The Netherlands" E. N. Nieuwenhuizen, V. Trehan, & G. Porumbescu examine whether legislative transparency and external oversight affect trust. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us to 1998 and 76(3). "The New Public Management And A New Accountability" by Peter Barberis highlights the difference between the neo-Diceyan doctrine of accountability and actual practice. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

"Community-Oriented or Self-Interested? Citizen Motivations for Engaging in Digital Coproduction" by Vishal Trehan, Gregory Porumbescu, and Suzanne Piotrowski clarifies why people engage in digital coproduction and how 311 systems can enhance community. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"Understanding the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Local Government Decision-Making: The Influence of Institutional Pressures and Managerial Perceptions" by A. Paula Rodriguez Müller, Luca Tangi, & Amandine Lerusse explores the pressures ...(1/n) doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

This @journalpa.bsky.social article by @charlesparker.bsky.social & Eric Stern sheds light on the psychological, organizational & political sources of foreseeable surprise & failure that help explain the #Trump admin’s sub-optimal #Covid-19 crisis response. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"The Limits of Regulatory Capture: Explaining the UK Payment Protection Insurance Mis-Selling Scandal" by Eva Heims reexamines the ineffective response of government agencies to the vast mis-selling of payment protection insurance by the financial industry in the UK. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"Accountability in Government Use of AI: Citizen Concerns and Preferences" by Naikang Feng & Yanto Chandra answers the question about how ordinary citizens perceive accountability policies in government AI use. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

"Comparing the Implications of Strategies for Governing the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Political Robustness of Five European Political Regimes" by Eva Sørensen, Peter Triantafillou, Tiziana Caponio, György Hajnal, Tiina Randma-Liiv, & David Spacek (1/n) doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Have you had a chance to read "Unpacking Approaches to Digitalization Strategy" in 103(3)? Novel framework on how to analyze local governments digitization strategies is identified in this article. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us to 1976 and 54(2). "Administrative Devolution in Practice: The Secretary of State for Scotland and the Scottish Office" by Michael J. Keeting examines how administrative devolution in Scotland has operated. doi.org/10.1111%2Fj....

"Can Cross-Sector Collaboration Contribute to Boundaries Reshaping of Digital Government Platforms? Empirical Evidence Based on Machine Learning and Text Analysis" in 103(3) explores the role of collaboration in the governance of digital government. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Saturday morning reading. What a gem! "London One Hundred Years Hence" by G. Topham Forrest F.R.I.B.A. in @journalpa.bsky.social. Written in 1926 - I'd love to see a rejoinder written for 2026. Perhaps a PA scholar based in London today could do it? Any suggestions? doi.org/10.1111/j.14...

Have you had a chance to read "Auditing, the State and Democracy in a “New” Machine Age of Digitalization: The UK Supreme Audit Institution" in 103(3)? Interesting findings on the digitalization of the audit. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

Have you had a chance to read "Chasing Digitalization: Understanding Control and Dispersion of Digitalization in Public Sector Organizations" by Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger in 103(3)? doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"AI in Public Decision-Making: A Philosophical and Practical Framework for Assessing and Weighing Harm and Benefit" by Karl de Fine Licht & Anna Folland presents a framework for utilizing AI in decision-making to evaluate harms & benefits, resolve conflicts, and foster trust. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"Institutional Factors as Antecedents of Energy Efficiency Policies at the Local Level" by @abouassi.bsky.social, Carley Weted, & David Schwegman finds that state-level policies and global city networks shape local energy efficiency adoption. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa... @au-spa.bsky.social

"Strategic Response Under Pressure: The Impact of Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy on How Local Governments Tackle “Environment-Economy” Nexus" by Fangyuan Zhong, Qing Liu, & Mengbing Du explores how pilot policies reshape governments' goal-setting process. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"Algorithmic Governance: Experimental Evidence on Citizens' and Public Administrators' Legitimacy Perceptions of Automated Decision-Making" by Jaakko Hillo, Isak Vento, & Tero Erkkilä examines admin & citizen perceptions of automated decision legitimacy. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...

"The Socio-Structural Drivers of Strategic Improvisation in Emergency Services: An Exploratory Study of the Royal Malaysia Police" by Ian R. Hodgkinson, Paul Hughes, Darwina Arshad, Swapan Ghosh, & Mohd Sharizal Ainul is open access on the website. doi.org/10.1111/padm... (1/n)