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The following is an open call for articles in 2009:

The 2009 PA TIMES Editorial Calendar is as follows:
The PA TIMES, the monthly newspaper of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), is currently seeking quality articles for upcoming issues.

Articles must remain between 1,000 and 1,200 words, contain no references and adhere to the deadlines below. Authors need not be ASPA members.

If you have any questions or want author guidelines, contact PA TIMES editor Christine Jewett McCrehin at cjewett@aspanet.org.  

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.

January
Transitions: New Administration, New Opportunities, New Challenges (job opportunities, role of professional public service, measuring outcomes, responses to fiscal and economic challenges)
Submission deadline: Dec. 21, 2008

February
Immigration: Issues Impacting Administration (views and tales from the field, current trends, legal issues, effects on service delivery [schools, medical care, licensing and vehicle registration], status of the new immigration legislation)
Submission deadline: Jan. 22, 2009

March
Diversity Revisited (What does diversity mean? What has changed and what hasn’t? Why? Working with multiple generations)
International Pullout: Governance in the Midst of Diversity: Bridging Opportunity and Challenge
Submission deadline: Feb. 20, 2009

April
Greening Government: Hot Topic, Cold Realities (meaningful actions vs. lip service, success stories, unexpected results)
Submission deadline: March 22, 2009

May
Public Service: Actions and Attitudes (U.S. Public Service Academy, defining public service in a post-modern world, new initiatives, trends)
Submission deadline: April 21, 2009

June/July
Emergency Management: Familiar Threats, New Challenges (programs that work/programs that don’t, resource allocation, training, approaches to hazard mitigation)
Submission deadline: June 15, 2009

August
Health Care: Provision and Administration (economic challenges, scope of coverage, programs)
Submission deadline: July 23, 2009

September
Shifting Population: Demography Isn’t Just About Polling (rural economic development, water, infrastructure, agriculture, transportation, revenue effects)
Submission deadline: Aug. 22, 2009

October
Ethics: Trying to Get It Right (teaching ethics, ASPA’s code of ethics, workshop programs, conundrums)
Education Supplement: Making PA Education Available, Affordable and Meaningful (curriculum innovations, challenges of distance learning, internship programs)
Submission deadline: Sept. 22, 2009

November
Multi-Sector Workforce, Third Party Government: The Broadening of PA (accountability issues, program examples, staffing challenges, nonprofits, consultants)
Submission deadline: Oct. 22, 2009

December
Image of the Profession: Through a Glass—Darkly? (public perception, professional perception, academic perception, image or reputation of graduate education in PA, are students getting their money’s worth and does the degree help in getting a job/performance on the job?)
Submission deadline: Nov. 21, 2009

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