IUPUI to Host Second Emergency Management Seminar, Disaster Medicine and Mass Casualties Are Focus

Oct. 2, 2008 — Best practices and lessons learned for dealing with a surge of mass casualties will be the topic for discussion during a symposium from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, at the University Place Conference Center on the IUPUI campus, 850 W. Michigan St.   Full Story

The Games Live On

Sep. 12, 2008 — In 2001, 10,000 police officers and firefighters assembled in Indianapolis for the World Police & Fire Games. This celebration of "Heroes in the Heartland" offered the people of Indiana a unique opportunity to appreciate the brave public servants who serve and protect their communities, said Kenna Quinet, associate professor of Criminal Justice, Law and Public Safety, in the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI.   Full Story

Helicopters, Robots and Police Vehicles Featured at IUPUI Public Safety Career Day

July 31, 2008 — Blackhawk and Bell Jet Ranger helicopters, bomb-dismantling robots, police SWAT vehicles, ambulances and fire trucks will be among the attractions when Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis observes its second annual Public Safety Career Day on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.   Full Story

IUPUI to Host First of Six Homeland Security Emergency Management Seminars

May 29, 2008 — Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on June 12, 2008, will host "Protecting America's Heartland from Catastrophic Events," the first of six major national conferences on homeland security and emergency management.   Full Story

Chronic Disease Management: Does It Improve Health and Save Money?

May 16, 2008 — A study published in the May/June issue of Health Affairs reports on the first randomized trial providing a scientifically valid look at what one might expect from chronic disease management programs that serve low-income individuals. The study result provides good news for state Medicaid leaders struggling to meet the needs of individuals with chronic conditions and also suggests that some disease management efforts, even among relatively low-risk patients, may be an effective strategy.   Full Story

Krauss To Direct IU Public Policy Institute

May 12, 2008 — Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs today announced it has established the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. John L. Krauss, an IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs faculty member at IUPUI and former Indianapolis deputy mayor, will direct the Institute.   Full Story

John Ottensmann

Introduction to Public Affairs

Computers in Public Affairs

Environment: Problems and Prospects

Urban Structure and Policy

Computer Applications in Public Affairs

Urban Development and Planning

Metropolitan Development

Public Management Information Systems

The Planning Process

Land Use Planning

Geographic Information Systems for Planning

PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE:

Analysis of survey data involving game designed to ascertain leisure-time preferences for F. Stuart Chapin, Jr., 1972

Consultant on population distribution models for Section 208 water quality planning study being conducted for the Region J Council of Governments, Research Triangle, North Carolina, 1974

Consultant on the costs of housing to Orange County, California Supervisor Thomas Riley, 1975

Consultant on the evaluation of recreation planning proposals to the Orange County, California, Environmental Management Agency, 1977

Member of the Statewide Liaison Committee on Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning of the California Articulation Conference, 1976-1977

Lecturer in Short Course on Urban Planning, University of Louisville, 1979

Member of the Regional Development Committee, Indiana Heartlands Coordinating Commission, 1979-1980

Consultant on evaluation methodologies for highway bypass evaluation to D. E. McGillem & Associates, Indianapolis, 1980

Consultant on population projection to the Indiana Heartlands Coordinating Commission, 1982

Presentation on "Microcomputer Applications in Public Health" to the Indiana Public Health Association, 1983

Presentation on "Microcomputer Applications in Public Health" to the Indiana Association of Sanitarians, 1983

Consultant on microcomputer systems acquisition to the Indianapolis Growth Project, 1983

Consultant on microcomputer acquisition and invited participant in Symposium on Computers and Planning, School of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1983

Presentation of workshop on "Microcomputers in Public Management" in State Capitol Management Program, 1985

Presentation of workshop on "Microcomputers in Public Management" to the Indiana Chapter of the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security, 1985

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American

Alfred Tat-Kei Ho

MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Performance measurement and budgeting

• Applied public finance research

• Information technology management and e-government

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 2004-now

• Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Iowa State University, 1998-2004

• Research Assistant and Associate, Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 1992-1998

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Society for Public Administration

• Association for Budgeting and Financial Management

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• National Tax Association

MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Performance measurement and budgeting

• Applied public finance research

• Information technology management and e-government

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, Kurt Thurmaier, and Lilly Lu (2006). "Testing the Reluctant Professor's Hypothesis: Evaluating a Blended-Learning Approach to Distance Education." Journal of Public Affairs Education, 12(1), 81-102.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei (2006). "Accounting for the Value of Performance Measurement from the Perspective of City Mayors." Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, 16(2), 217-237.

• Premkumar, G., Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, and Pallavi Chakraborty (2006). "E-government evolution - an evaluation of online services." International Journal of Electronic Business, 4(2), 177-190.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Paul Coates (2006). "Public Participation in Performance Measurement & Budgeting." Handbook of Public Financial Management, edited by Howard Frank. NY: Taylor & Francis, 545-566.

• Ni, Anna and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho (2005). "Lessons for IT Managers from Two Information Kiosk Projects," Government Information Quarterly, 22:58-74.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei and Anna Ni. (2005). "Have Cities Shifted to Outcome-Oriented Performance Reporting? A Content Analysis of City Budgets," Public Budgeting & Finance, 25(2), 61-83.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Anna Ni (2004). "Explaining the Progressiveness of E-Government: A Case Study of Iowa County Treasurers' Offices." American Review of Public Administration, 34(2), 164-180.

• Coates, Paul, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho (2004). "One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward -- A Consolidation Attempt Without Power Deflation," Reshaping the Local Government Landscape, vol. II, edited by Suzanne Leland and Kurt Thurmaier. M. E. Sharpe.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Paul Coates (2004). "Citizen-Initiated Performance Assessment - the Initial Iowa Experience," Public Performance & Management Review, 27(3), 29-50.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei (2003). "Perceptions of Performance Measurement and the Practice of Performance Reporting by Small Cities," State and Local Government Review, 35(3), 161-173.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei (2002). "Reinventing Local Governments and the E-Government Initiative," Public Administration Review, 62(4), 410-420.

COURSES TAUGHT

• SPEA V560 Public Budgeting and Finance

• SPEA V526 Financial Management for the Non-for-Profit Sector

• SPEA V372 Public Budgeting and Finance

• SPEA V361/H352 Financial Management

SERVICE

• Invited presentations before the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Affairs, the Local Government Efficiency Financing Commission of the Indiana Legislature, the Guangdong Finance Department (People's Republic of China)

• Board of editors and reviewer, Public Performance and Management Review, 2003-now

• Reviewer, American Review of Public Administration, 2000-present

• Board of Directors, Iowans for a Better Future, 2001

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Recipient of the IBM Business of Government Grant. Report topic: "Partnerships

with Citizens in Performance Measurement of Government."

• Iowa State Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Teaching

• Pi Alpha Alpha inductee

David McSwane

David Z. McSwane - Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs. McSwane is an expert in foodborne illness and retail food sanitation. The ultimate goal of his research is to identify hazards associated with contaminated food and implement food safety interventions that will prevent foodborne illness. McSwane also can provide general information about public health and environmental health issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Administrator of the Monroe County Health Department, Bloomington, Indiana.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• McSwane, D. Z., N. R. Rue, and R. H. Linton. 2005. Essentials of Food Safety and Sanitation. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.

• McSwane, David. "Food Safety," in Environmental Health: From Global to Local, Howard Frumkin, MD, editor. Jossey-Bass Publishing Company, 2005

• McSwane, D. Z., N. R. Rue, and R. H. Linton. 2004. Food Safety Fundamentals. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.

• McSwane, D.Z., R.H Linton, and N.R. Rue. 2003. Retail Best Practices and Guide to Food Safety and Sanitation. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.

• McSwane, D.Z., R.H Linton, and N.R. Rue. 2003. Retail Best Practices and to Food Safety and Sanitation Supervisor's Guide. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.

• McSwane, David Z. and Richard Linton. (2000)."Issues and Concerns for HACCP Development and Implementation for Retail Food Operations," Journal of Environmental Health. 62(January/February):15-18.

• McSwane, David Z. and Cynthia D. Woodley. (1999). "A Valid Job Analysis is Key to Developing Food Protection Manager Certification Examinations." Journal of Environmental Health 62 (November): 15-21.

• Linton, Richard H., McSwane, David Z., and Cynthia D. Woodley. (1998). "A Comparison of Perspectives about the Critical Areas of Knowledge for Safe Food Handling in Food Establishments." Journal of Environmental Health 60 (April):8 - 15.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Environmental Health

• Environmental Health Policy

• Food Science and Sanitation

SERVICE

• Past President of the Indiana Environmental Health Association and the Indiana Public Health Association

• Past-Chairman of the Board of the Indiana Division of the American Cancer Society

• Diplomate of the American Academy of Sanitarians

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Walter S. Mangold Award presented by the National Environmental Health Association

• W. George Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service presented by Indiana University

• Tony and Mary Hulman George Achievement Award in the field of environmental health presented by the Indiana Public Health Foundation

• American Cancer Society's St. George Medal for distinguished service in cancer control