The website will include our new electronic journal tentatively titled The International Public Management Journal. Articles published in the journal will be referred, i.e., this will not be an open-to-add file like the one we will maintain for draft papers (see note below). Volume 1, Number 1 should appear in January 1997. I have also discussed the possibility of moving from the electronic journal to a printed journal with several publishers and this is a feasible option. We will first see how we do with the electronic journal before moving into print. The conference papers will be mounted separately from the journal as not all conference papers will be published in the journal. Vol.1, No. 1 will contain approximately six articles. The IPMN core group will serve as the editorial board for the journal.

The second item we would like members of the network to send for the website is a one page biographical statement so that website visitors can find out who we are and what we are researching and writing, etc. I have provided at the end of this msg. an example of my bio for the website. Please note, the bio below is only an example of what you might include. Feel free to include more or less information as you deem appropriate. However, remember that these bios will be on the website and should therefore represent you well. If you want to include a picture of yourself with your bio send it by e-mail if you know how. Otherwise, mail it to the Oregon address below. If you want the picture returned, enclose a self-addressed envelope for this purpose.

Third, we are interested in your suggestions for material that we can put on the website. At the St. Gallen conference it was suggested that some members might want to put on "working drafts" of papers on research in progress. We like the idea and will mount any paper sent for this purpose. As noted, it is easiest to do this if the paper is transmitted electronically, i.e., by e-mail. However, you can mail a diskette as an alternative.

Address e-mail for the website (conference papers, biographical statements, working papers, etc.) to:

mgreen@willamette.edu

The website mailing address is:

Mark T. Green
IPMN Website
Atkinson Graduate School of Management
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301-3922
USA

This will be the temporary address for the website until it is formally mounted.

In addition, another feature of the website will be a comprehensive bibliography of published sources on and relevant to NPM. We have completed a sizable bibliography and once it is mounted we would like members to add sources they know of that do not appear on the list. These additions will be particularly important for books and journals published outside of the United States and in foreign languages.

Next, information on publication of papers from the St. Gallen conference. We are editing the conference book and are receiving your diskettes containing your final edited copy, and thank you for responding. The deadline is October 15, 1996. If you have not already been notified, the conference papers will be published under the title International Perspectives on the New Public Management in the series Advances in International Comparative Management, by JAI Press,Greenwich, CT. If Kuno Schedler and I can get the final copy to the publisher in November the book will be out by June 1997. This is a very good book series and our publication will be advantaged by this fact. Feel free to cite your paper in the book, with L. R. Jones and Kuno Schedler as editors. Copyright forms will be sent out to you shortly.

The final item of new IPMN information is that we are planning a workshop for next Summer (1997) in a location in Europe yet to be determined. We have a proposal to sponsor the workshop from the Public Management Program at the University of Geneva. The workshop will be a one and one-half day event and will feature presentation of only a few invited papers, two or three, that will provide a basis for discussion of themes and issues by participants. Tentative dates for the workshop are June 19 (evening public speaking event), June 20 (2 papers presented and discussed), and June 21 (half-day, 3rd paper presented and discussed). The June 19-20-21 date is one alternative. Other potential dates are June 12-13-14, or June 26-27-28, 1997.

Could you please let me know what dates are best for you and whether you would be able to come to Geneva? As before, IPMN and sponsors will cover costs of lodging, receptions and meals including one formal dinner but we cannot pay airfare.

We look forward to receiving your reply about the workshop and materials for the website. We will provide the website address as soon as it has become operational (estimated date November 1, 1996).

Best Regards,

Lawrence R. Jones

Example of Biographic Statement

Lawrence R. Jones

Lawrence R. Jones is Professor of Financial Management in the Department of Systems Management at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He received his B.A. degree in political science from Stanford University (1967), and M.A. (1971) and Ph.D. (1977) in public policy and budgeting from the University of California, Berkeley. His dissertation was on planning and budgeting strategies for universities coping with resource constraints.

At the Naval Postgraduate School Dr. Jones teaches courses in public policy, government budgeting and finance, and national defense resource policy and planning. Formerly, he served as Associate Dean of the Naval Postgraduate School. He joined the faculty at NPS in 1987. Professor Jones began his academic career in 1977 as a member of the Faculty of Business, University of British Columbia. Prior to joining the faculty at UBC, Dr. Jones served as a budget official and management auditor for the State of California Department of Finance. He also worked for three other state government agencies including the University of California. Before working for California State government he was employed in the private sector in the electronics industry in production management and marketing.

After working at the University of British Columbia Dr. Jones moved to the Department of Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon (1979-1985) and then the Division of Public Management, University of New Mexico (1985-1987). He also lectured as Visiting Professor at Shanghal University, and at the University of Geneva in the MBA program. In 1994 he was the recipient of a Fulbright Award to conduct research on corporate environmental policy. In 1993-94 he was a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University, the University of St. Gallen and the University of Geneva. In 1996-97 he is a part-time Visiting Scholar at the Atkinson School, Willamette University.

Dr. Jones has published more than sixty sole and co-authored articles in a variety of journals including the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Public Administration Review, Policy Sciences, Public Budgeting and Finance, State and Local Government Review, Municipal Finance, the Journal of Higher Education, California Mangement Review, Academy of Management Review, Sloan Mangement Review, Defense Analysis, Armed Forces and Society, and Government Executive. He has published six books as author or co-author: Regulatory Policy and Practices, 1982 (with F. Thompson), University Budgeting for Critical Mass and Competition, 1985, Government Response to Fiscal Constraint, 1989 (with J. McCaffery), Mission Budgeting to Realign National Defense, 1992 (with G. Bixler), Corporate Environmental Policy and Government Regulation, 1994 (with J. Baldwin), Reinventing the Pentagon, 1994 (with F. Thompson). He is currently writing a book on the new public management with Fred Thompson (due 1997) and editing a book titled International Perspectives on the New Public Management with Kuno Schedler (1997). He serves on the editorial boards of the journals Public Administration Review, Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, and Armed Forces Comptroller. He also is editor (1997) of the book series Research in Public Policy and Mangement, JAI Publications.

Professor Jones has consulted for local, state and federal governments and in the private sector. He is President of Management and Policy Associates, Inc., a research and consulting firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon.