American Society for Public Administration

American nonprofit organization

American Society for Public Administration owns the journals Public Administration Review and Public Integrity and sponsors several others via its subject matter Sections, including Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Public Budgeting and Finance, and others.

American Society for Public Administration was founded in 1939 by Louis Brownlow, William E. Mosher, Donald C. Stone, Charles A. Beard, Harold D. Smith, Luther Gulick, and others. During its early years, American Society for Public Administration was housed in the Public Administration Clearing House (PACH) in Chicago. In 1981, creation with NAPA of National Public Service Awards. Find the full list of its awards on its website.

The Dwight Waldo Award is presented to individuals "who have made outstanding contributions to the professional literature of public administration over an extended career."

The Charles Levine Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Administration is presented jointly by American Society for Public Administration and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration to "a public administration faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in three major areas of the field of teaching, research and service to the wider community."

The Louis Brownlow Award is presented by ASPA for the best Public Administration Review article written by a practitioner.

Since 1986, the Riggs Award for Lifetime Achievement in International and Comparative Public Administration has been awarded annually by the ASPA Section on International and Comparative Administration. It is named in honor of Fred W. Riggs, a pioneer of comparative public administration.