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Dr. Khi V. Thai
School of Public Administration
CAUPA, SO #274
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991

Telephone: (561) 297-4007
E-mail: thai@fau.edu

Khi V. Thai has taught since 1978. His expertise is in public budgeting, financial management and public procurement. As shown in detail below, he is (1) editor of 3 academic journals; (2) Editorial Board member of 3 other academic journals; (3) author or editor of 6 books; (4) author or co-author of 33 referred articles, and 12 non-refereed articles and technical reports; (5) author or co-author of 17 book chapters; (6) editor or co-editor of 14 academic journal symposia; and (6) principal investigator of 24 grants/contracts. In addition, he has served as director of the Bureau of Public Administration at the University of Maine, Director of the School of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University, and most recently founder and Director of the Public Procurement Research Center at Florida Atlantic University. He organized a variety of training programs, particularly international training programs, at the University of Maine and Florida Atlantic University. Most recently, he has provided technical assistance to the South Florida Water Management District, the Government of Sierra Leone ( Africa), and the Federal Government of Canada in the area of procurement reforms.

Curriculum Vita (Click links to expand)

Education
Professional Experience

Consultancy and Training Experiences:

Consulting services provided to: Sierra Leone, Canada, Uganda, Colombia, and various state and local governments in USA, Government Finance Officers Association (as faculty advisor), National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (as faculty member of the Research committee, and Education Committee), and Universal Public Procurement Certification Council (as an academic member of the Governance Board).

Training various national and international programs including the most recent one, Miami-Dade County Government (2006-2008), and Bulgaria Procurement Monitoring and Performance Study Tour (July 2006), Government of Columbia’s vendor manual and seminars (2006-2007).

Professional Experience:

1999-Present Director, Public Procurement Research Center, Florida Atlantic University.
1996-1999, Ph.D. Program Coordinator, School of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University.
1992-1996, Director, School of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University.
1991- Present, Professor, School of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University.
1990-1991, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University.
1988-1990, Director, Bureau of Public Administration (a research and public service unit), University of Maine.
1985-1988, Graduate Coordinator, MPA Program that is offered at three campuses
1984-1990, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Maine.
1978-1984, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Maine.
1969-1972, Chief, Office of Budget and Accounting, National Institute of Administration, Vietnam (Responsible for budget, accounting and procurement of this higher education institution.
1965-1967, Director, Department of Finance, Province of Baxuyen, Vietnam (Responsible for provincial budget and accounting systems. Also responsible for the provincial government’s procurement function).

Consulting Experiences:

Provided numerous consulting services to state and local governments in USA and several other countries, including China (1989), Belarus (1998) etc. Most recently, involved in the following:

Sierra Leone (December 2003): To provide consulting services to UNDP’s Inter-agency Procurement Services Office (Denmark) in a procurement reform project in Sierra Leone, funded by the World Bank and United Nations. To analyze and procurement problems of the central government of Sierra Leone, and to recommend procurement reform and procurement capacity building.
Canada (May 2004): To provide consulting services to the Parliamentary Secretary’s Task Force Government-wide Review of Procurement. To present and discuss issues related to procurement problems of the government of Canada, and government-wide procurement.
Government of Uganda (2005-06): To provide consulting services to a USAID-funded National Public Procurement Integrity Survey.
Government of Colombia (2006-2007): To prepare a manual and deliver six seminars on “how to win government contracts in USA” in six cities in Colombia

Courses Taught
Publications

A. Refereed Articles

(Co-author) "Public Financial Management - A Professional Education?" Southern Review of Public Administration (Fall 1982): 307-317.
(Co-author) "Toward a Paradigm for Public Budgeting and Financial Management," Southern Review of Public Administration (Fall 1982): 272-281.
"Problems and Issues in Teaching Public Budgeting and Financial Management," Southern Review of Public Administration (Fall 1982): 263-274.
"Public Administration - A Professional Education," Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1983): 35-50.
"Does the NASPAA Review Improve the Quality of PA/A Education?" Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Fall 1985): 442-460.
"Governmental Accounting: Recent Developments and Current Issues," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 7, No. 4 (1985): 495-525.
(Co-author) "Structural Budget Deficits in the Federal Government: A Theoretical Perspective," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1986): 33-55.
"Structural Budget Deficits in the Federal Government: Concepts and Facts," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1986): 7-32.
"Structural Budget Deficits in The Federal Government: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 8, No. 8 (1986): 1-6.
"Public Budgeting and Financial Management Curriculum Reform: A Conceptual Framework," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 8, No. 3 (1986): 315-335.
"Public Budgeting and Financial Management in Developing Countries," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 11, No. 3 (1988): 243-50.
(Co-author) "Impact of General Revenue Sharing on New England Local Government Finance," Public Administration Review, Vol. 49, No. 1 (January/February, 1989): 61-67.
(Co-author) "Excellence in Human Service Delivery," Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall, 1991): 127-131.
(Co-author) "The Perceived Role of Governmental Accounting Standard Board in Local Governments' Accounting Practice," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Fall, 1992): 583-610.
"Developments in Public Financial Management in the 1980s: An Overview," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Fall, 1992): 431-463.
(Co-author) "The Politics and Economics of Health Care Finance: Hard Questions and No Easy Answer," Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring, 1993): 121-143.
(Co-author) "The Politics and Economics of Health Care Finance: Introduction," Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Fall, 1993): 115-120.
(Co-author) "Recent Developments in Public Financial Management in the European Community: A Comparative Analysis," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1994): 235-370.
(Co-author) “Institutional and Management Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Symposium,” International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 18, No. 9 (1995): 1333-1339.
(Co-author) "Institutional and Management Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Training," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 18, No. 9 (1995): 1447- 1483.
(Co-author) "Health Care Financing: A Comparative Analysis," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1995): 279-314.
(Co-author) “Introduction to Health Care Reform: State Experiences,” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1996): 113-117.
(Co-author) “Coping with the Health Care Crisis: State Government Responses,” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1996): 206-230.
(Co-author) “Introduction to Health Care Systems: An International Perspective,” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Vol. 20, No. 4 (1998): 391-395.
(Co-author) “Comparative Health Care Systems: A Conceptual Framework,” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Vol. 20, No. 4 (1998): 520-536.
(Co-author) “Introduction to Health Care Reforms,” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1998): 137-139.
(Co-author) “National Health Care Reform Failure: The Political Perspective,” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1998): 236-259.
(Co-author) “Government Procurement: Past and Current Developments.” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2000): 231-247.
(Co-Author), “Regulation vs. Self-Governed Compliance in Government Procurement: The Perceived Impact of DII.” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 12, No. 3 (2000): 462-496.
(Co-author, with Alka Sapat and Jacobus Vos) “Environmental Injustice: An Emerging Public Policy Issue.” International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2001): 143-168.
(Co-author, with Jacobus Vos, Alka Sapat), “Blaming the Victim: The Role of Decision-Makers in the Occurrence of Environmental Justice,” in a “Symposium on Environmental Justice: An Emerging Field in Public Administration.” International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 25, No. 3 (2001): 305-332.
“Public Procurement Re-Examined.” Journal of Public Procurement, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2001): 9-50.
(Co-editor, with Celeste Murphy and Rosalyn Y. Carter), “Reinventing Government: Theory and Practice: Symposium Introduction.” Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 26, Nos.1 and 2 (2002).
(Co-author, with Celeste Murphy and Rosalyn Y. Carter), “Reinventing Government: Theory and Practice: Symposium Introduction.” Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2002): 2-7.
(Co-author, with Yuhua Qiao), “Reinventing Government at the Federal Level: The Implementations and the Prospects.” Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2002): 89-115.
“Challenges in Public Procurement: An International Perspective—Symposium Introduction.” Journal of Public Procurement, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2004): 312-318.
(Co-author with Gustavo Piga) “The Economics of Public Procurement.” Revista di Politica Economica, Vol. XCVI, Nos. I-II (2006): 3-10.
(Co-author, with Gustavo Piga) “Special Issue Introduction.” Journal of Public Procurement, Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2006): 190-192.
(Co-author, with David Drabkin), “Emergency Contracting in the US Federal Government.” Journal of Public Procurement, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2007): 84-104.

B. Non-refereed Articles

"Self-Insurance: Is It Useful for Vietnamese Communities in the U.S.?" Bantin (1982): 32-36.
Review of Financial Management for Not-for-Profit Organization by R. Braswell, K. Fortin, and J. S. Osteryoung, Public Budgeting & Finance, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1985): 109-110.
"Target Base or Envelope Budgeting, Part I," Maine Town and City Manager Association Newsletter, January 1986.
"Target Base or Envelope Budgeting, Part II,” Maine Town and City Manager Association Newsletter, February 1986.
(Co-author) "Incrementalism: Fiscal Irresponsibility or Fiscal Reality?" Barnard Society Newsletter, 1988.
(Co-author) Local Governments' Involvement in Export Development (MIS Report). (Washington, DC: International City Management Association, April, 1992): 1-16.
(Co-author) "The Tree T's - Today's Practicing Administrator, Theory and Tools," in Proceedings on the 18th Conference on Teaching Public Administration (Seattle, Washington, 1995), pp. 4A1 - 4A10.
(Co-author, with David Drabkin). (2003). “Federal Government Procurement: Structure, Process and Current Issues,” In International Research Study of Public Procurement (Proceedings). (91-120). Budapest, Hungary, April 10-12.
“Public Procurement Corruption: An Overview.” The Source (October 2006), pp. 10-15.

C. Book Chapters

Chapter 9, "Governmental Accounting." In Jack Rabin and Thomas D. Lynch (Eds.), Handbook on Public Budgeting and Financial Management, pp. 317-344. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1983).
Chapter 11, "Government Financial Reporting and Auditing." In Jack Rabin and Thomas D. Lynch (Eds.), Handbook on Public Budgeting and Financial Management, pp. 367-399. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1983.
Chapter 1, "Introduction." In K. V. Thai (Ed.), Structural Budget Deficits in the Federal Government: Causes, Consequences and Remedies, pp. 3-7 (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987).
Chapter 2, "Structural Budget Deficits: Concepts and Facts." In K. V. Thai (Ed.), Structural Budget Deficits in the Federal Government: Causes, Consequences and Remedies, pp. 7-28. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987).
(Co-author) Chapter 3, "Structural Budget Deficits: Causes and Consequences." In K. V. Thai (Ed.), Structural Budget Deficits in the Federal Government: Causes, Consequences and Remedies, pp. 29-46. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987).
Chapter 9, "President Reagan's Tax Reform." In K. V. Thai (Ed.), Structural Budget Deficits in the Federal Government: Causes, Consequences and Remedies, pp. 190-220. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987).
(Co-author) "Implementing Internal Cash Control." In Nicholas Henry (Ed.), Doing Public Administration. (New York: W. C. Brown, 1991).
(Co-author) "Context of Public Budgeting in Developing Countries." In Ali Farazmand, (Ed.), Handbook of Comparative and Development Administration. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1991).
"Governmental Accounting: Overview." In Jack Rabin (Ed.), Handbook of Public Budgeting. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1992).
"Government Auditing." In Jack Rabin (Ed.), Handbook of Public Budgeting. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1992).
"Government Auditing." In Jack Rabin and Robert Golembiewski (Eds.), Handbook on Public Budgeting and Financial Management. (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999).
(Co-author) “Managed Medicaid: The Florida Experience.” In Mark Daniels (Ed.), Medicaid and the American States: The Politics of Managed Care (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999).
(Co-author). (2002). “Introduction to International Health Care Systems: Themes and Variations on Themes.” In Khi V. Thai, Terry Wimberley, and Sharon McManus (Eds.). Handbook of International Health Care Systems, pp. 1-28. (New York: Marcel Dekker).
(Co-author) (2002). “Health Care Financing: A Comparative Analysis.” In Khi V. Thai, Terry Wimberley, and Sharon McManus (Eds.), Handbook of International Health Care Systems (pp. 543-72). New York: Marcel Dekker.
(Co-author, with Clifford P. McCue), “State and Local Government Revenue: Policy and Management.” In Rowan Miranda, and Roland Calia (Eds.). Handbook of State and Local Government Finances: Concepts and Practices. (Chicago: Government Finance Officers Association, 2005).
(Co-author, with Yuhua Qiao) "Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations.” In Rowan Miranda, and Roland Calia (Eds.), Handbook of State and Local Government Finances: Concepts and Practices. (Chicago: Government Finance Officers Association, 2005).
“Public Procurement: An Overview.” In J. Richard Aronson and Eli Schwartz (Eds.), Management Policies in Local Government Finance (5th ed.), pp. 421-450. (Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association (2004).
“Challenges in Public Procurement.” In K. V. Thai et al. (Eds.), Challenges in Public Procurement: An International Perspective, pp. 1-19. (Boca Raton, FL: PrAcademics Press, 2005).
(Co-author, with David Drabkin). “U.S. Federal Government Procurement: Structure, Process and Current Issues.” In L. Knight et al. (Eds). Public Procurement: International Cases and Commentary (pp. 89-103). London, UK: Routledge (2007).
(Co-author with C.M. Harland, J. Telgen, L.A. Knight, and G. Callender), “Challenges Facing Public Procurement.” In L.A Knight et al. (Eds.), Public Procurement: International Cases and Commentary (pp. 349-355). London, UK: Routledge, 2007.
“Introduction.” In K. V. Thai and G. Piga (Eds.), Advancing Public Procurement: Practices, Innovation and Knowledge Sharing (pp. 1-14). Boca Raton, FL: PrAcademics Press, 2007).

D. Books

(Editor) Structural Budget Deficits in the Federal Government: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987).
(Co-editor) Handbook on International Health Care Systems (New York: Marcel Dekker, 2002).
(Co-editor) Current Public Policy Issues (Boca Raton, FL: PrAcademics Press, 2000).
Introduction to Public Procurement (Herndon, VA: National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, 2004).
Developing and Managing Requests for Proposals in the Public Sector (Herndon, VA: National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, 2004).
(Co-editor), Challenges in Public Procurement: An International Perspective (Boca Raton, FL: PrAcademics Press, 2005). Paperback, US 4.00
Contributing Editor (Government Procurement). Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003, 2005.
(Co-Editor) Advancing Public Procurement: Practices, Innovation and Knowledge Sharing. Boca Raton, FL: PrAcademics Press, 2007.
(Co-editor with C.M. Harland, J. Telgen, L.A. Knight, G. Callender and K. McKen) Public Procurement: International Cases and Commentary. London, UK: Routledge, 2007.
(Co-editor) The Economics of Public Procurement. Rome, Italy: Palgrave, 2007.
Introduction to Public Procurement (2nd Edition). Herndon, VA: National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, 2007.
(Co-editor). Handbook of Globalization and Environment. Boca Raton, FL: Francis Taylor, 2007.
(Editor) International Handbook of Public Procurement (under contract with Francis and Taylor, to be published in 2008).

E. Symposia

(Editor) "Symposium on Teaching Public Budgeting and Financial Management," Southern Review of Public Administration (Fall, 1982).
Editor, "Symposium on Structural Budget Deficits in the Federal Government: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 8, No. 1 and No. 2 (1986).
(Editor) "Symposium on Public Budgeting and Financial Management in Developing Countries," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 11, No 3 (1988).
(Co-editor) "Excellence in Public Service Delivery," Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration, Vol. 15, No. (1991).
(Editor) "Developments in Public Financial Management in the 1980s," Public Budgeting and Financial Management, 4, No. 3 (1992): 431-719.
(Co-editor) "The Politics and Economics of Health Care Finance," Journal of Human Resources Administration, Vol. 16, No. 2 (1993).
(Co-Editor) "Institutional and Management Building in Sub-Saharan African Countries," International Journal of Public Administration, 18, No. 9 (1995).
(Co-editor) "Health Care Reforms: Sate Experiences," Journal of Health and Human Service Administration, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1996).
(Co-editor) "Health Care Reform: An International Perspective," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1998).
(Co-editor) “Health Care Reform,” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Vol. 20, No. 4 (1998).
(Co-editor) “Symposium on Government Procurement,” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 12, No. 2 & 3 (2000).
(Co-editor) “Environmental Justice: An Emerging Policy Issue.” International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 25, Nos. 2 & 3 (2001).
(Co-editor) “Reinventing Government Movement: Theory and Practices.” Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2002).
(Co-editor) “Challenges in Public Procurement: An International Perspective.” Journal of Public Procurement, Vol. 4, Issue 3 (2004).
(Co-editor) “Special Issue on Public Procurement.” Journal of Public Procurement, Issue 3, Volume 6 (2006) and Issue 1, Volume 7 (2007).
(Co-editor) “The Economics of Public Procurement.” Rivista di Politica Economica, XCVI, Nos. I-II (2006): 1-269.

F. Monographs

(Co-author) Managing Decentralization: An Annotated Bibliography. Syracuse: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, 1977.
(Co-author) Follow-Up and Evaluation of TDC Training Programs. University of Maine, Bureau of Public Administration, January 1990.
(Co-author) Additional Support for People in Retraining and Education: An Evaluation According to Legislative Requirements. University of Maine, Bureau of Public Administration, February, 1990.
(Co-author) Regional Structural Change: A South Florida Profile. Fort Lauderdale, FL: Florida Atlantic University, Information Transfer Initiative (1996).
(With Strengthening Decentralization in Uganda Phase II), National Public procurement Integrity Baseline Survey, 2006. Kampala, Uganda: SD II, 2006.
(Co-author) Vendor Manual: Doing Business with U.S. Governments. Boca Raton, FL: Public procurement Research Center, 2006.

G. Editorial Work

Editor of the following academic journals:
1. Editor, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management (from 1994-Present).
2. Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Public Procurement (2001-Present). A premiere journal in governmental purchasing, sponsored by the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, the U.S. General Services Administration, United Nations/DP/IAPSO, and the Public Procurement Research Center.
3. Managing Editor, International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior (2003-2006).
4. Editor, International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior (2007-Present).
Member of Editorial Board of the following academic journals:
1. Member, Editorial Board, Public Administration Quarterly (from 1985 to present);
2. Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Public Administration (from 1992 to present).
3. Member, Editorial Board, Public Budgeting and Financial Management (from 1989-1993).
4. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Human Services (from 1992-Present).
5. Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Economic Development (an electronic journal, 2000-Present).
6. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business Government (Australia) (2003-present).
7. Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (2005-2008).
8. Member, Editorial Board, Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal (2000-Present)

H. Conference Papers and Presentations

Since 1979 to present:

Convened numerous panels at annual conferences of many professional organizations including the American Society of Public Administration, Budgeting and Financial Management Association, Southeast Conference of Public Administration, Teaching Public Administration.
Presented papers (at least a paper/year) at annual conferences of a variety of professional organizations including ASPA, SECOPA, Teaching Public Administration, Government Finance Officers Association, National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association, International Research Study of Public Procurement, and International Public Procurement Conference. Many papers were presented since 1979
Organized two conferences, PATNet and Teaching PA Conferences in 2000.
Initiated and organized the 1st International Public Procurement Conference, held in Fort Lauderdale, FL, in 2004.
Co-chairing, the 2nd International Public Procurement Conference will be held in 2006 in Rome, Italy.

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