Patrick Mullen , Ph.D., Associate Professor
Patrick R. Mullen, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy, with a joint appointment with the Institute for State Leadership and Policy, received his Ph.D. in public administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2006. He joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at Springfield in 2006, after 33 years with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Washington, DC.
Professor Mullen’s research interests include public budgeting and finance, as well as evaluation methods and issues in program analysis. His research has been published as chapters in three public administration text books, three encyclopedias, and various professional journals including the International Journal of Public Administration, Public Budgeting and Finance, Social Science Computer Review, and Virginia Issues and Answers. He is past president of the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis, editor of a newsletter The Bottom Line, and serves on the board overseeing publication of Public Budgeting and Finance.
Scholarly Achievements for CY 2006
Books:
Mullen, Patrick R. (2006), Congressional Reporting: A Management Process To Build A Legislative-Centered Public Administration, Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.
Chapters in Books:
Mullen, Patrick R. (2006), “Performance Reporting on United States Digital Government,” in Encyclopedia of Digital Government, edited by Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Malkia, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA.
Mullen, Patrick R. (2006), “Federal Performance Reporting Requirements: From Financial Management to E-Government,” Public Financial Management, edited by Howard Frank, Taylor & Francis Group., New York.
Articles in Professional Journals:
Mullen, Patrick R. and Frank, Howard A. (2007), “Introduction to Public Financial Management: Setting the Disciplinary Boundaries,” International Journal of Public Administration August 2007 (30:10), Taylor and Francis Group, Philadelphia, PA.
Articles in Association Publications:
Mullen, Patrick R. (2006), Editor of The Bottom Line, newsletter of the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis, Falls Church, VA.
Mullen, Patrick R. (2006), “Stan Collender’s ‘Nightly Budget Report’”, The Bottom Line, (Vol. XXIV:1, February 2006), newsletter of the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis, Falls Church, VA.
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