ASPA'S PA TIMES SEEKING ARTICLES FOR UPCOMING ISSUES
The PA TIMES, monthly newspaper of the American Society for Public Administration, has just released its 2007 Editorial Calendar and is currently seeking quality articles for the upcoming issues.
Articles must remain between 1000-1200 words, contain no references and adhere to the deadlines below. Authors need not be ASPA members.
If you have any questions or would like to see our author guidelines, contact me at . Please pass this along to any colleagues you think may be interested in writing for the paper.
The 2007 PA TIMES Editorial Calendar is as follows:
Note: Items in parentheses are intended as subject ideas for monthly topics. Authors are not limited to these subjects and are encouraged to write in their specific areas of expertise.
1. January: Election Management
(Voter reg./Federal mandates/Electronic voting/Poll worker training and quality)
Issue Travels to ASPA Conference
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: December 20, 2006
2. February: Citizen Participation
(Case studies/Encouraging participation/Making participation useful)
Issue Travels to ASPA Conference
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: January 22, 2007
3. March: State and Local Economic Development
(Ideas that are working/Burden sharing/Current challenges)
International Supplement: International Public Administration: Collaboration Across Borders
(Current trends/ASPA programs)
Issue Travels to ASPA Conference
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: February 20, 2007
4. April: Public Infrastructure in the 21st Century
(Designing/Financing/Constructing/Maintaining)
ASPA Conference Coverage Issue
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: March 20, 2007
5. May: IT Security: An Oxymoron or Viable Goal?
(Case studies/Financing/Infrastructure)
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: April 20, 2007
6. June: Achieving Ethical Administration
(ASPA Code of Ethics/Workplace ethics programs/Value of ethics education)
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: May 22, 2007
7. July: The Promise of the Business Model: Fulfilled/Unfulfilled?
(Contracting-out/Social equity issues)
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: June 20, 2007
8. August: State of Emergency Management
(Collaboration/What’s better, what’s worse/Success stories)
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: July 23, 2007
9. September: Is Public Administration Dead?
(What is a public servant/Generalist v. specialist managers/Professional associations/Practitioner, Academic perspectives)
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: August 20, 2007
10. October: Open Issue, Miscellaneous topics (Student Symposium?)
Education Supplement: KSA’s for Public Servants: What do the Managers Want?
(Workplace training programs/MPA curricula/Comments from managers)
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: September 20, 2007
11. November: The Media and Public Administration
(Influence on public policy/government and media relations/Image of PA in media)
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: October 22, 2007
12. December: Useful Public Administration IT: Have we really gotten past email, web pages and solitaire?
(Current innovations/Telecommuting/Record accessibility)
Deadline for Articles/Advertising: November 20, 2007
Thank you,
Christine McCrehin
Editor, PA TIMES
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Christine McCrehin
Editor, PA TIMES
Advertising Representative, ASPA
703-209-0560 (p)
703-991-4916 (f)