NEWS & EVENTS

February 26, 2007 – Albany, NY - ESCAC announced the establishment of graduate scholarships that "seek to recognize academic excellence and to offer financial assistance for tuition and other educational expenses to graduate students in Public Administration at a college or university in the Capital Region (greater Albany, NY). The scholarship(s) can be up to $500 and can be awarded only once to a recipient during their graduate career (more)...

January 8, 2007 - Albany, NY - ESCAC today announced plans for its 2007 Spring Institute and annual awards program. The theme for this year’s institute is “Transforming Government” and will take place on Monday, April 23, 2007 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albany, NY. As part of this year’s institute, ASPA will also sponsor our annual awards program and luncheon. Iowa’s Jim Chrisinger will be this year’s featured presenter and will examine why government works the way it does now? (more)...

September 26, 2006, 1pm - 3pm, New York State Museum, First Floor Theater. Fall Public Service Lecture: "Transforming State Government: Banish Bureaucracy to Reconnect with Citizens" by James Chresinger, Iowa's "accountability and performance leader." Chresinger explains why government works the way it does now.  Not very well, according to most.  “Bureaucracy,” our current paradigm of government says it all.  Ironically, we shouldn’t be surprised because bureaucracy works exactly the way it was designed to work.  Learn why. Download and view flier here.

May 1, 2006 - Albany, NY - The Empire State Capital Area Chapter (ESCAC) of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), the nation's most respected society representing all forums in the public service arena, today announced the recipients of its two most prestigious awards to be presented at the annual ASPA Awards Luncheon on Monday, May 22, 2006 at the Empire State Plaza (more)...

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