Related Publications and Videos: Foundations of Public Service
Civic Architecture & Public Works:
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. Senate
The U.S. Senate's Oath of Office is a solemn pledge taken by senators to support and defend the Constitution. While the Constitution mandates that members "shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation to support this Constitution," it does not specify the exact wording. The current oath, adopted in 1884, was influenced by Civil War-era legislation and has been in use since then. Senators-elect take the oath at the beginning of each new Congress, in January of every odd-numbered year.
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
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The Legendary Barefoot Mailman of Palm Beach County
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.
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You should run for political office | Elise Partin | TEDxColumbiaSC
Timelines of Public Service:
Tools for Running for Elected Office
Timelines of Public 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
CNN asks Condoleezza Rice about her history of achievement in public service.
U.S. Public Sector Unions - A Short History
Documentary - INSIDE THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE