http://uspublicserviceacademy.org America Deserves Our Best Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:30:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OhMyGov.com... Against a backdrop of uniformed soldiers in Colorado Springs a couple weeks ago, Sen. Obama told the audience that national service "will be a central cause of my presidency." But what exactly does he mean by "service?" Chastened by critics of his past speeches on the subject, Obama carefully included military ... http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/07/23/check-out-chris-new-column/ I don't think I can recap the conference better than Erik, a Youth Advisory Council (YAC) from Virginia (second from the right), who sent this out to the rest of the Youth Advisory Council when he got home from DC: We arrived on Wednesday and moved into Madison Hall. We ... http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/07/16/national-youth-conference/ From the campaign trail in Colorado Springs, CO, Senator Barack Obama is calling on Americans to become active public servants during what he hopes to be an Obama Administration.  We here at the Academy are thrilled that Obama is showing the leadership necessary to inspire, promote and demand public service.  ... http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/07/02/obama-yet-another-call-to-public-service/ U.S. Army Lieutenant Ryan Collins is a West Point graduate who now leads the 1st Platoon of the 556th Signal Company, which is part of the 25th Infantry Division’s 2nd Striker Brigade. He is from Alaska, and was appointed to West Point by two of the current members of the ... http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/06/30/all-the-way-from/ By Emma Olson, Summer Intern and Minnesota Youth Advisory Council Member This week, the Pentagon nominated Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to be the first woman in U.S. history to be a four-star Army general. While this is a huge step for the women’s movement, we still have a lengthy climb ... http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/06/26/women-in-service/ Paul C. Light, the author of "A Government Ill Executed" and a professor at New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post today pointing out the problems facing the public sector workforce, namely retirement, poor organization, redundancy, low-pay, poor morale... the ... http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/06/25/washington-post-op-ed-columnist-calls-out-the-cant-do-government/ Chris gets a nice mention on a blog about the true life of social entrepreneurs. http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/06/25/the-true-life-of-chris-myers-asch/ OKLAHOMA CITY – Andrew Rice, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, announced his support Tuesday for the Public Service Academy Act, which will create a civilian counterpart to the military academies. "Young people of this generation haven't had the same call to service as previous generations," said Rice, who is currently an ... http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/06/24/rice-becomes-first-oklahoman-to-endorse-us-public-service-academy/ More big public service stories in the main stream media!! Today the New York Times did a feature story in the Education section about Harvard students and some of the personal conflicts they face whether to head into a high paying Wall Street career, or go into a public ... http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/06/24/ny-times-6-most-emailed-story-about-public-service/ Service Vote interns shout out the Academy: The three of us interns agree that this is a great idea. It will serve as an alternative to people who may not be interested in serving in the military. Young people want and can serve our country in a variety of ways. Not ... http://uspublicserviceacademy.org/blog/2008/06/23/new-from-the-blogosphere/