APPAM is soliciting bids to host the editorial office for the next editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM). The contract for the current editor, Maureen Pirog, expires in June 2014 and proposals are being sought for a five year period, starting in July 2014. To help institutional members interested in submitting a proposal, APPAM is holding an informational conference call on June 27th, 2:00 p.m. EST to answer any questions.

The School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University in California takes a fresh, innovative, and student-centered approach to the increasingly important interdisciplinary field of public policy.

There are three awards that will be presented at APPAM’s 2013 Fall Research Conference. The window for nominations is closing rapidly, so there is still time to enter.

Eric Schwartz, Dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, has been appointed by President Obama to serve on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission that monitors the universal right to freedom of religion or belief abroad.