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Section Seeking Nominations for the First Annual Herbert A. Simon Book Award

APSA's Section on Public Administration is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for its first book award, the Herbert A. Simon Book Award, for significant contributions to public administration scholarship. Books published within the last 3 to 5 years are eligible.

Nominations should include a justification for the nomination and 4 copies of the book (books can be sent from the nominator or the publisher). Please send to the Chair of the Public Administration Section:

Norma M. Riccucci
Rutgers University, Newark
Department of Public Administration
Hill Hall
360 King Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07102

The book's orientation may be qualitative, quantitative, empirical, interpretive, ethnographic, historical, archival, normative, or theoretical. Textbooks and edited volumes are not eligible.

The winner of the award will receive a plaque and a small honorarium. The award will be presented at the Public Administration section meeting at the 2005 APSA conference in Washington, D.C..

Deadline for receipt of nominations is February 15, 2005.

2005 Teaching Public Administration Conference

"Teaching Public Administration in the Real World"

Fort Walton Beach Florida

Call for Proposals

You are invited to submit proposals for panels, papers, workshops, training and development sessions, or other presentations for the 2005 Teaching Public Administration Conference. Proposals are invited from practitioners, academicians, students and others who are involved with the teaching or application of public administration.

To emphasize and reinvigorate the teaching of public administration, there are three tracks:

1. The actual teaching of public administration courses, including innovative techniques, e.g.,

simulations, cinema, fiction;

2. The delivery of the courses, e.g., in-class, distance learning, blended learning; and

3. The target audience, e.g., types of students, diversity, age, community agencies Application of case study methodology and how it differs related to each track is encouraged.

We welcome your suggestions for additional tracks.

It is envisioned that each track will begin with a panel discussion or colloquy focusing on themes related to that track that would hopefully guide future discussions throughout the conference.

A proposal submittal form is linked. Please include a brief narrative description of your proposed topic and which track is most appropriate. You may also want to consider volunteering for one of the panel sessions as well as organizing a separate panel or session.

Proposal Abstract

Proposal abstracts for panels, papers, workshops, training and development sessions, or other presentations are to be submitted by December 1, 2004. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Robert F. Abbey, Jr., Program Chair, at rabbey@troyst.edu or at (301) 464-3029. (On your email please "cc" the Conference Chair, Dr. Ellen Rosell at erosell@troyst.edu. )

The Program Committee will notify presenters by December 15, 2004, of their acceptance and session. This year the Program Committee will produce a Proceedings on a compact disk. Presenters are to send their papers in a digital file; Word or Adobe Acrobat is preferred, by January 11, 2005, to the Program Chair, Dr. Robert F. Abbey, Jr. . We strongly encourage that papers are submitted in advance for inclusion in the proceedings, rather than be distributed separately at the conference!

ASPA or a university department has hosted the Teaching Public Administration Conference for 28 consecutive years. It is an informal conference dedicated to improving teaching methods. It involves sharing experiences with other teachers and practitioners concerning both public and nonprofit administration.

Link to Proposal Form

Nominations Sought for 2005 GAUS Award

In 2005, APSA will present six career awards, including the John Gaus Award and Lectureship. The award honors the recipient's lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration and, more generally, recognizes and encourages scholarship in public administration.

Last years' recipient, Patricia Ingraham, presented her Gaus Lecture on public sector accountability at a plenary session convened on Friday, September 3 at the 2004 APSA meeting. Congratulations Pat! (As is the tradition, Pat's lecture willl be published in a forthcoming issue of PS. Be on the look out!)

Members of the 2005 Award Committee are:

• Chair: Richard C. Feiock
  Florida State University

• Thomas H. Hammond
  Michigan State University
  

• Katherine C. Naff
  San Francisco State University
  

Nominations for the Gaus should be directed to Sylvia Bronson, Awards Coordinator, American Political Science Association, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036 or via email to sbronson@apsanet.org. The deadline for receipt of nominations is February 1, 2005.

Mentoring

APSA recognizes the importance of mentoring for effective career development and professional integration. To this end, the APSA Task Force on Mentoring has developed a Mentor Database to connect interested graduate students and faculty with political scientists in the field who are available for mentorship to counsel on matters of the profession. Information on political scientists willing to act as mentors is stored in the database. Individuals seeking a mentor can contact APSA to receive a report listing available mentors, contact information, a short biography, and topics on which the mentor has specialized experience to provide advice. http://www.apsanet.org/about/mentoring/

2005 National COMPA Conference

Corpus Christi, TX, 9-13 February 2005

Visit the web site at http://www.natcompa.org/national/conference.htm

Visit Corpus Christi, and you will encounter a rich blend of nature, culture, history and unique entertainment. Texas' largest coastal city, Corpus Christi is a vast wonderland of sea, sun and fun!

Call for papers:

International conference on
ETHICS AND INTEGRITY OF GOVERNANCE: A TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE

LEUVEN (Belgium), JUNE 2-5 2005

Organised by:
- Study Group on Ethics and Integrity of Governance of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA)
- Section on Ethics of the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA)

Hosted by:
Public Management Institute of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)

The conference takes place in the beautiful medieval city of Leuven, a traditional university city about 20 minutes from Brussels. Jointly organised by a European and American network on public sector ethics, the conference aims to strengthen co-operation among European and US scholars on the topic. All relevant aspects of administrative ethics will be discussed and particular attention will be given to the similarities and differences, both in theory and ractice, between Europe, the US and other parts of the world. This comparative angle is expressed in the two keynote speeches by John Rohr and Jeremy Pope,
respectively.

At the core of the conference will be 5 workshops. These will be jointly chaired by an American and European convenor and will consist of an internationally mixed audience of participants. The conference is open to all interested, but participants will be expected to subscribe to one workshop and be expected to participate actively in the sessions of that workshop. Participants are also strongly encouraged to prepare a paper. At least one edited volume is expected from the papers presented at this conference.

The organising committee of the conference invites papers on the topics of the 5 workshops:
1. Concepts and theories (chairs: Richard Chapman and Mel Dubnick)
2. The ethical administrator: comparative and contemporary perspectives (chairs: Mark Bovens and Terry Cooper)
3. Integrity and ethics management (chairs: Alan Doig, Alan Lawton, and Kathryn Denhardt)
4. New developments and the ethics of governance
(chairs: Geert Bouckaert, Montgomery Van Wart and Evan Berman)
5. The dark side of ethics (chairs: Leo Huberts and Frank Anechiarico)

A full call for papers, a conference programme and all practical information can be found at the conference website: http://www.publicmanagement.be/ethics.
This website has recently been updated ("conference programme" and "things to see"). Registration and hotel bookings have now started.

Paper proposals should be sent BEFORE FEBRUARY 15th, 2005 to: jeroen.maesschalck@soc.kuleuven.ac.be

Organising committee: Nathalie Behnke, Terry Cooper, Mel Dubnick, Annie Hondeghem, Leo Huberts, Carole L. Jurkiewicz, Emile Kolthoff, Jeroen Maesschalck, Don Menzel, Terry Rhodes.

For more information, please contact
jeroen.maesschalck@soc.kuleuven.ac.be