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Foundations of Public Service: Related Publications & Videos

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Civic Architecture & Public Works:

• Seattle Central Library: Civic Architecture in the Age of Media

  • Amy Murphy, The Design Observer Group

• Civic Buildings and their Public Spaces can Improve the Quality of Life in Cities

  • Cynthia Nikitin, Recreation and Parks Magazine

• Project for Public Spaces

  • A nonprofit planning, design and education organization focused on creating sustainable public spaces to strengthen communities. 

• Public Works Administration and Schools in New York City

  • Photo Essay, Margaret Moslander, Remapping Debate

Public Service as a Profession:

• The Heart of the Profession: Understanding Public Service Values Authors- Molina, Anthony D. and Cassandra McKeown. 2012. Journal of Public Affairs Education.18(2): 375-396.

  • This study explores whether and how public service values influence administrative behavior and decision making. The authors develop a theoretical model that explains the link between public service values and the administrative behavior and decision making of practitioners.

Oaths of Office

• U.S. House of Representatives 

• U.S. Senate

Postal Service:

• Reaching Out: Mail Routes

  • Palm Beach County History Online

• Sources of Historical Information: On Post Offices, Postal Employees, Mail Routes and Mail Contractors

  • Printed by the United States Postal Service

• United States Postal Service (2012). The United States Postal Service: An American History 1775-2006
  

  • The history of the United States Postal Service is about the men and women whose daily efforts provided the nation with the finest, most efficient mail service in the world. - John E. Potter U.S. Post Master General 2001-10

• US Postal Service

  • Provided here are links to sections of the USPS website that are of historical interest, such as: the Postmaster Finder, postal service people, postal service statistics and historical photographs.

• Videos

  • The Legendary Barefoot Mailman of Palm Beach County

  • 10 Fascinating Facts About the US Postal Service

  • Systems at Work

Serving the Public in Elected Office:

• Women in Congress
  

  • This Web site, based on the book Women in Congress, 1917–2006, contains biographical profiles of former women Members of Congress, links to information about current women Members, essays on the institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of Congresswomen, and images of each woman Member, including rare photos.
    Source: U.S. House of Representatives: History, Art and Archives

• Women State Legislators: Past, Present and Future.

  • In 2001, with funding from the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) surveyed female and male state legislators and compared the new data with prior CAWP research findings. The initial brief research reports include descriptions of women legislators today and comparisons with their male colleagues as well as with their 1988 counterparts.
    Source: Center for American Women and Politics (CAPW), Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    

• Keeping it Clean: Public Financing in American Elections by Steven M. Levin

  • This Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) report is the first comprehensive effort to analyze the effectiveness of state and local public campaign financing systems operating in the United States today.  Keeping it Clean summarizes major attributes of key public financing systems and analyzes available data, reports, press accounts and interviews with administrators, participants, advocates and opponents of these laws.
    Source: Center for Governmental Studies

• General Information about Running for Public Office
  • This document is intended to provide a general overview regarding running for state-level public office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is not intended to be a complete and detailed guide to all of the statutory requirements related to running for office.
• Ethics Definitions of Public Officials and Public Officers
  • In many states, ethics laws are written to apply to "public officials" or "public officers." The subtleties in defining these terms play a significant role in determining who and what offices are subject to state ethics regulations.
• Local Government Basics for Those New to Local Public Service
  • The Institute for Local Government offers materials and resources to local officials and agency staff as tools to assist in orientation and developing skills of elected and appointed officials involved in public decision-making processes.
• Videos

  • NASW News: Social workers in public office

  • You should run for political office | Elise Partin | TEDxColumbiaSC

  • Tools for Running for Elected Office

Timelines of Public Service:

• A Hope of Many Years

  • Documentary film on the History of the Origins of Social Security

• Wildland Fire Strategic Planning 2015-2019
  • National Park Service

• History of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    For more than 200 years, men and women have served on the front lines of our nation’s public health in what is today called the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. The Commissioned Corps traces its beginnings back to the U.S. Marine Hospital Service protecting against the spread of disease from sailors returning from foreign ports and maintaining the health of immigrants entering the country. Currently, Commissioned Corps officers are involved in health care delivery to underserved and vulnerable populations, disease control and prevention, biomedical research, food and drug regulation, mental health and drug abuse services, and response efforts for natural and man-made disasters as an essential component of the largest public health program in the world.
• Videos

  • Documentary - INSIDE THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE

  • CNN asks Condoleezza Rice about her history of achievement in public service.

  • U.S. Public Sector Unions - A Short History