TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION advances "evidence based strategies to resolve problems occurring between people and their social environments." Through its Center for Social Policy and Community Development, it provides technical assistance to a variety of neighborhood organizations and agencies.

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT has a specialist in public policy and public administration. His articles and books include "System Under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics; The Transformation of Governance" (winner of the National Academy of Public Administration's 2003 Louis Brownlow Book Award for the best book in public administration) and "The Politics of the Administrative Process."

THE PENNSYLVANIA INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AUTHORITY is a governmental/financial supervisory agency originally created to assist Philadelphia in restructuring its budget, finances and spending.