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New, popular, or otherwise notable cases are selected as featured cases on the Electronic Hallway. Browsing featured cases is a great way to begin if you are new to the Electronic Hallway or if you would like to see a sample of the breadth and depth of our case library.

The Eight Neighbors: A Case Study in Collaboration and Formalization

This case demonstrates most clearly the challenges to starting and sustaining a collaborative partnership. By examining the different steps that the Eight Neighbors partnership has taken between September 2008 and August 2010, this case also highlights the potential benefits and challenges to tackling community-wide issues with an approach that involves different sectors and a diverse set of stakeholders.

Advocacy/Lobbying, Nonprofit and NGO, Public Sector/Government Agency
Collaboration, Networks, and Partnerships, Community Organizing, Decision Making, Fundraising and Development, Leadership
Teaching/Usage Note
Political Strategy for Civil Society in a Strong Regime State: The Pandoran Development Association

Mahiz Shewen is the president of the Pandoran Development Authority (PANDA), a group of private sector leaders with civic action interests in the Southeast Asian republic of Pandora. PANDA has recently sponsored a large convention in the capital city of Garabad to discuss the private sector’s role in Pandora and to find ways for the private sector to increase its participation in social and economic policy. In Shewen’s mind, the convention had been a great success for his organization and the private sector.

Environment, Energy, and Agriculture, International Organization, Public Sector/Government Agency
Collaboration, Networks, and Partnerships, Economics, International Development, Leadership, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, Strategic Planning
Teaching Exercises/Assignments, Teaching/Usage Note
Ethics Case: What's Really Going On?

A public sector chief executive is faced with a dilemma: recommend the selection of a vendor based upon objective criteria and potentially lose her job, or revise her recommendation in response to an oblique request from one of her bosses that might actually have been a threat. The situation is further complicated by the fact that she gained information about the potential job threat through confidential channels. A central focus of the case is to determine which ethical guidelines should govern the choices that the administrator makes.

Public Sector/Government Agency
Collaboration, Networks, and Partnerships, Communication, Decision Making, Ethics, Leadership, Operations Management
Teaching/Usage Note
Next Steps for Wyandotte County

Wyandotte County, Kansas consistently ranks near the bottom in health outcomes in the state. It is also one of the state’s poorest, most diverse counties. The County has made some important economic strides recently, and its government has begun to take an increasingly active role in trying to improve health. This case offers a detailed description of the County, its residents, their health outcomes, the health care system, and how health reform could change the landscape.

Health and Health Care, Public Sector/Government Agency, Social Services
Collaboration, Networks, and Partnerships, Decision Making, Diversity, Policy Analysis/Policy Process, Program Evaluation, Strategic Planning
Teaching/Usage Note
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Serving America's Veterans

This report is offered as part of the Recovery Act Case Program and serves as a best example of the efforts of the large network of federal, state, local, non-profit, and private sector partners who contributed in the implementation of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Public Sector/Government Agency, Social Services
Budgeting and Finance, Change Management, Decision Making, Leadership, Operations Management, Project Management, Regulation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Place-Based Reporting

This case is offered as part of the Recovery Act Case Program and serves as a best example of the efforts of the large network of federal, state, local, non-profit, and private sector partners who contributed in the implementation of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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Public Sector/Government Agency, Urban Planning
Budgeting and Finance, Change Management, Decision Making, Electoral Politics, Leadership, Operations Management, Project Management, Regulation
Managing Organizations in Unusual and Uncertain Conditions: The Environmental Protection Agency's Recovery Act Stewardship Plan

This case is offered as part of the Recovery Act Case Program and serves as a best example of the efforts of the large network of federal, state, local, non-profit, and private sector partners who contributed in the implementation of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Environment, Energy, and Agriculture, Public Sector/Government Agency
Budgeting and Finance, Change Management, Collaboration, Networks, and Partnerships, Communication, Decision Making, Leadership, Operations Management, Project Management, Regulation
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Sections 1602 and 1603: Providing Federal Support for Energy and Housing through Direct Cash Payments in Lieu of Tax Credits

The cash payment programs for renewable energy and low-income housing investments that the Department of Treasury (Treasury) enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Recovery Act or ARRA) were a creative response to the economic downturn of 2008. They served as tools to help create a lifeline for two important industries in order to achieve the policy outcomes of sustaining and creating jobs, ensuring housing for low-income residents, and furthering the United States’ energy goals.

Finance, Public Sector/Government Agency, Social Services, Urban Planning
Budgeting and Finance, Change Management, Communication, Decision Making, Policy Analysis/Policy Process, Project Management, Regulation
Build America Bonds: Implementing an Efficient and Effective Subsidy for State and Local Borrowers
Finance, Public Sector/Government Agency
Budgeting and Finance, Change Management, Economics, Policy Analysis/Policy Process, Project Management, Regulation
Transit Funding Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Key Decision Points and Leadership Challenges
Public Sector/Government Agency, Transportation
Change Management, Communication, Decision Making, Leadership, Operations Management, Project Management