Challenge, predictive, power: curated articles, Feb 22-8, 2026 @aspanational.bsky.social Center for Accountability & Performance- bit.ly/4auEpcu

The Social Security Administration is shifting more employees to its phone line, a move that employees say risks adding to backlogs www.nextgov.com/people/2026/...

#Ethics Ethics organization calls for investigation into jewelry ad that features assistant secretary via GovExec

Now on #PATimes: Who Owns the Water? Groundwater Governance Challenges in East Texas By Savanna Batson

Holy moly! #ASPA2026 is only six weeks away. We're excited to see everyone in Hollywood! ICYMI, the agenda is on our website now! Check it out and see you soon! www.aspanet.org/annu...

Our final Project 2025 #webinar is a week away, looking at social equity. You'll want to join us for this discussion! More info and to register: www.aspanet.org/ASPA...

#Motivation "There is something enormously fulfilling about being engaged in something bigger than yourself. It imparts a satisfying sense of purpose which, in my experience, is not attained in any other way." - General Brent Scowcroft, Former US National Security Advisor

Now on #PATimes: The Lingua Franca of Leadership, Identity and Opportunity in South Asia By Asad E. Butt

Now on #PATimes: Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: For the Purpose of Consultation By S. Mohsen Fatemi

When Congress voted to end the four-day partial government shutdown, lawmakers included language reiterating that all federal workers receive back pay, despite renewed wrangling by the Trump administration to the contrary. buff.ly/KFBWAQ3

#Equity From @InsideHigherEd#Equity Texas A&M Closes Women’s and Gender Studies Programs

Today's edition of our news digest, Federal Workforce in Turmoil, is available. We're tracking current events related to the ongoing changes to the federal workforce so you don't have to - in your inbox or via the link below. t.co/31dlD8efaf

US House advances bill to fund federal agencies reut.rs/4qjCbT4

Oversight, systems, innovation: curated articles, Jan 26-Feb 1, 2026 @aspanational.bsky.social Center for Accountability & Performance - bit.ly/4qoSZYY

#ThisWeek is out with a ton of updates, #webinar info, publications, news and more! Check it out in your inbox and get involved with ASPA #ThisWeek! t.co/tTcTnO63pm

Now on #PATimes: Public Administration Paradigms in the AI Era: Revisiting and Reimagining By Tong Chen

ICYMI: PAR's Jan/Feb 2026 edition is out! onlinelibrary.wiley.... Get it through your uni library or our website!

Our Project 2025 #webinar looking at integrity needed to be rescheduled due to a tech glitch. If you wanted to join but couldn't, join us this week: Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. ET! t.co/HFdGq4i1Mv

After missing hiring goals, IRS dials back taxpayer phone assistance targets federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2... via @aspanational.bsky.social

News you may have missed... State Budget Stress Intensifies in 2026 as Federal Aid Fades via @Governing

Now on #PATimes: The College Football Playoff: A Public Administration Spectacle By Benjamin Deitchman

Now on #PATimes: Beyond Turnout: The Election Administrators' Institutional Capacity Question and Developing Voter Education Programs By Ramón Pagán

Now on #PATimes: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Moral Responsibilities of Public Administration By Malcolm K. Oliver

Did you miss it? ASPA launched a #webinar summary series: Critical Takeaways. The first one looks at our webinar thinking about Performance Audits. (And thanks to #ASPCAP for hosting it!) www.aspanet.org/take...

#Ethics Hmmm... where do we start? ASPA's Code tenet #2: Uphold the Constitution and the Law. Check out the full code of ethics for public administrators online here: www.aspanet.org/ethics

Now on #PATimes: Confronting the Impossible in a Bureaucracy By Michael R. Ford patimes.org/confronting-...

Check it out! A new monthly release from ASPA featuring a combo white paper and #webinar recording from our recent archive. Our first #CriticalTakeaway looks at performance audits! www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=14...

#Motivation "When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it." - Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady of the United States

Now on #PATimes: In Search of New Concepts By Md Eyasin Ul Islam Pavel

Excited to add new folks to the ASPA community! Welcome to: - Miami Dade County employees - @UBalt students and faculty - Arizona State University - Department of Public Services-Riverside County Glad to have you join our #PublicService community!

There is a push for making public sector employees at will, i.e. they can be fired for any reason by politicians. Trump shows how such powers will be abused. This report does a great job of debunking claims that at will employement is working at the state level. ourpublicservice.org/publications...

🚨BREAKING: A group of North Carolina students sued Republican state officials Tuesday to restore early voting sites on three college campuses across the state, including at the United States’ largest historically Black college. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Now on #PATimes: The Winding Path Forward: Reconstruction in Post-Coherent Administrative Systems By Shernica L. Ferguson

#Equity "It’s a Damn Shame": Park Service Crews Dismantle President’s House Exhibit on Slavery

Now on #PATimes: Administrative Persistence and the Problem of Outcome Blindness By Robert Choi

#ASPA2026 is only eight weeks away! Are you registered? Get excited about everything happening in Hollywood this March and register before our rates go up in mid-February! www.aspanet.org/annu...

New leader of the US General Services Administration commits to using performance info to drive the "engine room of the government:" aspacap.com/2026/01/26/a... - @aspanational.bsky.social , Ctr for Accountability & Performance

News you may have missed... US Completes Withdrawal from World Health Organization via @APNews

Now on #PATimes: Beyond the Divide: Why 2026 Must Be the Year of Collaborative Governance By Denise Hendrix

The president can’t declare war or lock someone up without a fair hearing. That’s why we have Congress. That’s why we have courts. That’s why we have a Constitution. Stand up for checks and balances. Protect due process. Protect democracy.

A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost. n.pr/3YVSGJK

#Ethics DOGE officials face Hatch Act referrals for work with org aiming to ‘overturn election results’ via @NextGov

#Motivation "The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give." - Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Civil Rights Activist

Now on #PATimes: Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: Unprocessable By S. Mohsen Fatemi

We the Doers, a new nonpartisan organization of former federal employees, released its first report on Tuesday with recommendations on how to improve government effectiveness and efficiency.

We're thrilled to be welcoming new members from around the world! Even better: We'll see you all at #ASPA2026 in Hollywood in just eight weeks! We're so glad you're all part of the ASPA community and look forward to your participation all year long!

Now on #PATimes: Proud Bureaucrat: Reclaiming the Importance of Public Service By Nicole Wojciechowski

#Equity Trump administration agrees to drop anti-DEI criteria for stalled health research grants via GovExec

Shutdown odds just dropped sharply as House and Senate negotiators reached a bipartisan funding deal that would fund every federal agency for FY2026 and give lawmakers time to send the bills to President Trump before the Jan 30 deadline. via Eric Katz buff.ly/0DhegSa

No #ThisWeek today - so spend the time you would have used browsing through that to register for #ASPA2026 instead! We're excited to see everyone in Hollywood! www.aspanet.org/annu...