The Center for Public Administration and Policy (CPAP) is an academic department of

Virginia Tech The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...

focused on

public administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...

and

public policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a Group decision-making, decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to Problem solving, solve or address relevant and problematic social issues, guided by a conceptio ...

. It has campuses in Blacksburg, Arlington, and Richmond. One of the center's founding faculty members, Gary Wamsley, wrote about its founding in a 1978 issue of the journal ''Dialogue'',Wamsley, Gary L. (1978). ''Dialogue'', 1(2), 6-12. in which he said: "The Center for Public Administration and Policy was established in 1977 to provide a focal point for the University's efforts in applying its intellectual resources to the amelioration of public sector problems and the enhancement of public service at local, state and national levels. ... The programs consist of advanced graduate studies at the post-master's level, basic and applied research, and a broad range of public service outreach and continuing education activities designed to meet the needs of the Commonwealth of Virginia and its citizens."

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