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71 Pub. Admin. Rev. 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/pbcamnstn71 and id is 1 raw text is: PAR the premier journal ofpublic administration Public Administration Review January February 2011 Volume 71 I Number 1 5 Editorial: Farewell with Thanks and Welcome Aboard By Richard J. Stillman II and Jos C. N. Raadschelders President Obama as a Public Administrator: A Midterm Review Recent Trends in Public Administration Research Public Documents: Recent Trends in Federal Earmarks Nancy Roberts, Editor 7 The Duty to Take Care: President Obama, Public Administration, and the Capacity to Govern By Phillip J. Cooper President Barack Obama inherited many challenges as he entered the White House. One of the most important obligations he faced was the constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Meeting that commitment has been rendered more difficult because Obama seems not to have recognized that the people and organizations of the executive branch are facing a crisis in the capacity to govern. This essay argues that no mat- ter how talented President Obama may be in public policy or on the stump, he likely will not accomplish his fundamental constitutional duty unless he directly engages that severe capacity crisis. 19 Trends in the Study of Public Administration: Empirical and Qualitative Observations from Public Administration Review, 2000-2009 By Jos C. N. Raadschelders and Kwang-Hoon Lee What are the apparent research and methodological trends in PAR's content over the past decade? From the perspective of the journal's 70-year history, with its major aim to mesh practitioner and academic knowledge creation, topical coverage since 2000 reflects striking continuity, emphasizing many of the bread and butter administrative issues such as policy planning, human resources, budgeting, and public management. A marked increase in coverage is apparent in the application of more sophisticated quantitative sta- tistical methodology, as well as in the number of female authors, while the number of practitioner authors declined sharply. Throughout the first turbulent decade of the twenty-first century, three intellectual themes stood out: evaluations of New Public Man- agement, connections between practitioners and academicians, and responsiveness to immediate social, economic, and political challenges. Given the constant demand for usable knowledge, scholars seem to have marginalized attention to the historical context and epistemological foundations of the study. The central challenge in the years ahead will be to effectively use research methods in response to the big questions facing government and society that defy measurement. 34 Real Reform or Change for Chumps: Earmark Policy Developments, 2006-2010 By Richard Doyle In response to widespread perceptions of problems associated with congressional ear- marks, reform efforts began in late 2006 and continued through 2010. Richard Doyle of the Naval Postgraduate School summarizes those problems, explains the distribution of earmarks within Congress, and documents their rise and relative fall between 1991 and 2010 using government and public interest group databases. The author explains and critiques earmark reform policies, including congressional rules, initiatives taken by the congressional appropriations committees, and reforms pursued by the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. Congressional rules and committee-initiated reforms have been most effective, resulting in significant improvements in earmark trans- parency and accountability. The number and dollar value of earmarks first dropped noticeably iofiscal year 2007 after an earmark moratorium, and then stabilized as reforms were implemented. It is premature to conclude that these levels will continue or that reforms will alter the policy content of earmarks or their distribution among members of Congress. Table of Contents 1

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