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In “Does Outsourcing Reduce Public Scrutiny toward Elected Officials?: Insights from US Municipal Water Management,” Barnes, Koebele, & Deslatte find that outsourcing municipal water services may not reduce scrutiny toward elected officials. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

Have you had a chance to read "Credible signaling to promote local compliance: Evidence from China's multiwave inspection of environmental protection" by Xufeng Zhu & Yue Wang found in 103(1)? Interesting findings on information asymmetry. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

"Bureaucratic redundancy and administrative burden: Evidence from public-private partnerships (PPPs) in China" in 103(1) contains fascinating results on how bureaucratic redundancies lead to administrative burden. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

Have you had a chance to read "Deservingness at the frontline: How health-related responsibility cues affect sanctioning and prioritization of citizens," found in 103(1)? doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

Interesting findings on how the theory of planned behavior helps to explain whistleblowing are found in "Public Employees' whistleblowing intention: Explanation by an adapted theory of planned behavior," which is part of 103(1). doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

"Leader empowering and upper echelons decision-making: How and when does top managers' empowering leadership promote decision-making speed and comprehensiveness in public organizations?" in 103(1) explores how leadership style impacts decision speed. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

"Reversing Government Reforms: Radical Change or Adaptive Adjustments?" by Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid focuses on the characteristics of reversal processes in terms of their driving forces and results. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

Have you had a chance to read "Public accountability and auditing: Why and when do state auditors conduct broad audits?" in 103(1)? Interesting findings! doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

Interesting findings on the influences of e-governance in Africa are found in "Influences on e-governance in Africa: A study of economic, political, and infrastructural dynamics," published within 103(1). doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

What impact does women's representation in bureaucracy have on corruption? Read "Breaking up male-dominated collusive arrangements: Women's representation in bureaucracy and corruption" in 103(1) to find out! doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

Take the time to read the thoughtful review of "Government and Political Trust: The Quest for Positive Public Administration" by Miguel Torres & Marco Túlio Fundão Zanini! doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

Have you had a chance to read "Patient capital and no net loss: Applying institutional theory to understand publicly-owned mitigation banking in an urban context at a United States port" in 103(1)? doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

Have you had a chance to read "Embracing the ambiguity: Tracing climate response diversity in urban water management" in 103(1)? Findings highlight that institutional designs do distinctively influence response diversity. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

"Can Cross-Sector Collaboration Contribute to Boundaries Reshaping of Digital Government Platforms? Empirical Evidence Based on Machine Learning and Text Analysis" by Shaopeng Zhang, Yinhao Yang, & Huanhui Gan presents an attention-based behavioral model doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

The editorial team is very saddened to hear of the passing of Laila El Baradei. Laila was a member of the editorial board for the journal. Take the time to remember Professor El Baradei by reading her 2011 article doi.org/10.1111/j.1467….

"Chasing Digitalization: Understanding Control and Dispersion of Digitalization in Public Sector Organizations" by Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger explores how digitalization is controlled and why it becomes dispersed in the public sector. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

“A Practice of Fairness”: Social Equity Budgeting in Freedom City" by Laurence Ferry & Thomas Ahrens introduces the "practice of fairness" that operationalizes social equity budgeting in English local governments. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

"Auditing, the State and Democracy in a “New” Machine Age of Digitalization: The UK Supreme Audit Institution" by Laurence Ferry, Henry Midgley, & Thomas Ahrens explores the impacts of digitization of the audit process on capacity and reporting. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…