4th UNPAN Training Workshop

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E-Information Management ASPAs Experience

• Erik Bergrud
• Senior Director
• American Society for Public Administration

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ASPA and UNPAN A Brief History
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ASPA and UNPAN A Brief History

• ASPA was selected as an UNPAN North American
  Online Regional Center (ORC) in 2001.
• ASPA is a membership association, and this
  affects what it contributes to UNPAN.

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ASPA and UNPAN A Brief History

• In 2001, the United Nations Division for Public
  Administration and Development Management (DPADM)
  contracted with ASPA to undertake a research
  study analyzing the approach, progress and
  commitment to e-government on the part of the 190
  UN Member States.

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ASPA and UNPAN A Brief History

• An ASPA contract employee conducted the survey
  and wrote the final report, Benchmarking
  E-government A Global Perspective -- Assessing
  the Progress of the UN Member States, which was
  distributed widely and made available via the
  UNPAN web site.

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ASPA and UNPAN A Brief History

• ASPA also produced a strategic report for DPADM
  which analyzed the Divisions capacity to assist
  UN member states in the area of e-government and
  made recommendations on knowledge management
  programs, technical assistance projects and
  further research areas where DPADM could best
  assist member states.

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ASPA and UNPAN A Brief History

• As a follow-up to the 2001 survey, the UN has
  engaged ASPA in a research project to evaluate
  city web sites throughout the world.

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Linking Web Sites
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Linking Web Sites

• ASPAs involvement as an ORC not only requires us
  to make available US public administration
  information to the worldwide community but also
  enables us to showcase our publications and
  conferences to the world.

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Promoting UNPAN within ASPA
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Promoting UNPAN within ASPA

• Two electronic newsletters, ASPAnet This Week and
  ASPA International, contain links to recent
  additions to the UNPAN web site.
• The International category of our web site
  includes an UNPAN description and a link to the
  UNPAN web site.

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Promoting UNPAN within ASPA

• ASPA has also sponsored UNPAN presentations
  and/or meetings during its 2001, 2002 and 2003
  National Conferences.

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ASPAs Contributions to UNPAN by Content Type
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ASPAs Contributions to UNPAN by Content Type

• Serials
• Analytical Reports
• Case Studies
• Conference Programs and Documents

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Serials

• Definition Periodicals published by UNPAN and
  its online centers.
• These can include journals, newsletters,
  bulletins, occasional papers and related
  documents.

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ASPAs Serials

• ASPA has posted several of its electronic
  newsletters on the UNPAN web site.
• ASPA has also provided links to publications
  available on its web site (e.g., its monthly
  newspaper, PA TIMES).

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Examples

• ASPAnet This Week
• ASPA Monthly Update
• ASPA International
• Performance Management CAPtions

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Analytical Reports

• Definition A written document describing the
  findings of some individual or group. An
  analytical report often presents a solution to a
  problem.
• Many of the analytical reports submitted by ASPA
  were written by its members and staff at the
  beginning of its 2002 strategic planning process.

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Case Studies

• Definition The collection and presentation of
  detailed information about a particular
  participant, group, or organization, frequently
  including the accounts of subjects themselves.
• Case studies are useful for encouraging
  discussion about best practices and
  problem-solving strategies.

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Case Studies

• Most of the case studies posted by ASPA were
  developed by the Balanced Scorecard Interest
  Group, which convenes U.S. federal government
  agencies interested in performance management
• ASPA has also provided links to abstracts of
  governmental case studies available on its web
  site.

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Analytical Reports vs. Case Studies

• Case studies are focused on a specific
  organization/program and tell the story of that
  organization/program, possibly with an issue
  focus such as performance measurement.
• Analytical reports are a broader category that
  could include case studies. Analytical reports
  are usually issue-focused and may use examples
  from several organizations/programs.

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Conference Programs and Documents

• ASPA has posted programs and documents related to
  its national and sub-national conferences
• In certain cases, ASPA has employed the UNPAN
  Document Management System to post conference
  papers.

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Example

• 14th Association for Budgeting and Financial
  Management Conference (10-12 October 2002, Kansas
  City, MO, USA)
• 9/11 and A New Epoch in The National Budget?
  (James L. True)
• Citizen Participation Looks Good on Paper but
  Hard To Do in Practice (Aimee Franklin and Carol
  Ebdon)
• Evolving Performance Measurement in Local
  Governments (Julia Melkers)
• Performance Measurement in State Economic
  Development Agencies (Julia Melkers and Laura
  Malone)
• Performance Measurement Utility in Public
  Budgeting (Katherine Willoughby)
• The Potential of Gender Budgeting Has its Day
  Come? (John Bartle and Marilyn Rubin)
• Private Finance Initiative-The Theory behind the
  Practice (James Edwin Kee and John Forrer)
• The Shifting Pattern of Government Support
  Welfare Reform, Food Stamps and Food Bank Usage
  in North Carolina (Maureen Berner and Kelley
  O'Brien)
• Special Districts, Authorities, Corporations, and
  the Bond Market (Wes Clarke and Robert J. Eger
  III)

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The Year Ahead
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The Year Ahead

• ASPA has begun a major web redesign effort that
  will conclude in June 2004.
• ASPA will make available many of its new online
  resources to the worldwide public administration
  community via the UNPAN web site.