Your readings (see attached) and lesson give you a background on some of the issues in Public Administration and ways to evaluate them through theory or analysis. But I am sure, as a new Public Administration student, you have your own ideas of the issues and why you are here to study them! The National Academy of Public Administration recently held a challenge to identify the biggest challenges in public administration and government.

Select what grand challenge our government must address over the next decade. This can be at the federal, state (Texas or Alabama) or local level. Why is this challenge so important? What are the public administration aspects of this challenge? What actions should be taken and by whom? Finally, what does success look like?

include at least 2 cited resources

Answer preview

Public administration surrounds the implementation of government policies. Public administration also involves the identification and creation of said policies. One major challenge the government faces in public administration is transparency in the formulation and implementation of these policies. Transparency refers to the extent to which the government discloses developing systems and the processes behind their application. Transparency is of high importance since it promotes public trust, which influences the public’s support. Transparency allows for public trust as it holds the public administrators accountable to the citizens. The officials provide information regarding the work of public administration, enabling the citizens to monitor the developments. Also, transparency allows citizens…

 

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