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Federman's research focuses on the intersection of bureaucracy and democracy, where administrative officials engage in the policy-making process to make decisions that impact the public. His work considers how public policy created in part by these officials impacts the lives of citizens, and in particular the role that government plays (or does not play) in protecting the health and safety of its citizens.

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Contributions

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Experiences of 21st Century Federal Employees

Key Findings Brief, April 2018

In the News

Regular contributions by Peter Stanley Federman to Track Trump, a website he co-founded to follow the policies of the Trump presidency..

Interview on Track Trump, the site designed to monitor the progress of President Trump in his first hundred days Peter Stanley Federman, CTV News Channel, April 27, 2017.

Peter Stanley Federman quoted on tracking the Trump administration with data by Jonathan Bloom, "Bay Area Techies Track Trump with Data" ABC 7 San Francisco, January 25, 2017.

Publications

"Historical Perspectives in Public Administration" in Handbook of American Public Administration, edited by H. George Frederickson and Edmund Stazyk (Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming).

Discusses the value of historical methodology and evidence in public administration scholarship, in part by providing new insight into the work of Dwight Waldo.

"Digital Dashboards as Social Media: Using Data to Increase Transparency and Accountability" (with Nicole Rishel Elias), in Social Media for Government: Theory and Practice, edited by Staci M. Zavattaro and Thomas A. Bryer (CRC Press, 2016).

Uses interviews with multiple government officials and contractors to delineate specific concerns and useful elements of the current methods that the federal government uses to disseminate and display data. Reviews recent government use of digital dashboards, both public-facing and interagency.

"Beyond the Lavender Scare: LGBT and Heterosexual Employees in the Federal Workplace" (with Nicole Rishel Elias). Public Integrity 19, no. 1 (2016): 22-41.

Presents evidence from the 2012 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey that suggests sexual orientation and gender identity are less predictive of employee satisfaction than whether or not an employee works for an agency tasked with issues of national security.