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National Parks, Forests, Wildlife Refuges, and Other Lands: What's the Difference?
Four U.S. federal agencies manage lands in different ways for different uses.
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Greg Jordan-Detamore

June 2024

Featured on Civic Tech Chat
Listen to the latest episode of the Civic Tech Chat podcast, where I appeared as a guest.
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Greg Jordan-Detamore

May 2024

Hidden Costs of ‘Everything Bagel’ Procurement
Layering requirements on government contractors to achieve unrelated policy goals has serious drawbacks.
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Greg Jordan-Detamore

April 2024

Designing Better Services with Industrial Engineering
The fields of service design and industrial engineering tackle many of the same problems. What if they joined forces?
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Greg Jordan-Detamore
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Lithuania’s Unique Visual Communication Method: Dots for Days [Photos]
Businesses use colored dots and squares to show their opening days and hours in this Baltic republic.
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Greg Jordan-Detamore
Use Images to Help People Navigate [Photo Tour]
Hong Kong and Doha’s metro systems use drawings and photos to help people find the right exit. Let’s take a look.
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Greg Jordan-Detamore
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March 2024

Meet the MBPA: Master of Business and Public Administration
Consider 9 reasons to merge business and policy degrees.
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Greg Jordan-Detamore
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Follow-Up on MPPs and MPAs: 3 More Readings
A quick roundup of readings since my post about degrees in public policy and administration.
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Greg Jordan-Detamore
Are Public Policy Degrees Too Narrow?
Merging MPPs and MPAs could help fix the gap between policy and implementation.
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Greg Jordan-Detamore
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How Trying to Make Government Better Often Makes It Worse
Fair concerns about corruption and effectiveness create loads of bureaucracy that impair government’s ability to deliver.
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Greg Jordan-Detamore
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