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The Foundation for Public Affairs is a not-for-profit, charitable association (i.e., a 501c3) in the United States that serves as the research arm of the Washington, DC-based Public Affairs Council. Among the research it produces include annual and specialized efforts examining issues and topics of special interest to public affairs officers (aka PAO). Though governed by executives drawn from the Public Affairs Council’s executive committee, the Foundation has its own (research) advisory board. It is supported financially mainly by donations drawn from Public Affairs Council leadership and their organizations. The Foundation also occasionally sponsors/co-sponsors events or meetings to share its research findings with interested PAO and relevant stakeholders.
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The Foundation for Public Affairs (aka FPA) is a research organization that was founded and remains located in Washington, DC. It became a not-for-profit, charitable organization dedicated to supporting...
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References
Fleisher, C. S. (1995). Public affairs benchmarking. Washington, DC: Foundation for Public Affairs.
Fleisher, C. S. (1997). Assessing, managing and maximizing public affairs performance. Washington, DC: Foundation for Public Affairs.
Foundation for Public Affairs. (2016). Measuring and communicating the value of public affairs. Washington, DC: Foundation for Public Affairs.
Foundation for Public Affairs. (2019). Opening doors in brussels: Managaing government affairs in the EU. Washington, DC: Foundation for Public Affairs.
Shafer, P. (1994). Adding value to the public affairs function: Using quality to improve performance. Washington, DC: Foundation for Public Affairs.
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The entire library of current FPA reports can be accessed here: https://pac.org/research/publications
To learn more about the Foundation’s current activities, please refer to its website: https://pac.org/fpa
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Fleisher, C.S. (2019). Foundation for Public Affairs. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13895-0_2-1
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