Professional Background:

Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2004 - present

Senior Researcher, Applied Gerontology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003-2004

Assistant Research Professor, University of Kansas Gerontology Institute, 2002-2003

Classification Program Director, U. S. Customs Service, 1990-1993

Senior staff and Project Director for Compensation and Job Classification, The National Commission on the Public Service (Volcker Commission), 1987-1990

Classification Program Director and Branch Chief, U. S. Customs Service, 1985-1987

Senior Job Classification Expert, United Nations International Civil Service Commission, 1981-1985

Staff Classification Expert, U. S. Office of Personnel Management, 1980-1981

Branch Chief, U. S. Federal Communications Commission, 1979-1981

Functional Chief and Unit Chief, U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1971-1978

Assistant to the Deputy Director of Personnel, The Smithsonian Institution, 1972-1974

Personnel Generalist, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1971-1972

Psychologist, Tests and Measurement, U. S. Department of Army, 1964-1969

Consultations:

• Research directed by Rhonda Montgomery, Ph.D., to evaluate federally-funded state government policy innovations relating to Alzheimer's patients and caregivers, 2001
  
• Human Resources project at the headquarters of the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at the Hague in the Netherlands, 2000-2001
  
• Federal agency research directed by Katherine Naff, Ph.D., relating to employees feelings of reprisal after use of agency's equal employment opportunity procedures, 1999-2003
  
• Pan American Health Organization Staff Association, Washington, DC, 1997
  
• United Nations Office for Project Services, 1996
  
• UNDP-Sponsored Symposium in The Peoples Republic of China, July 1990
  
• African Development Bank in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Nov/Dec., 1990
  
• ILO Symposium for The Peoples Republic in China, Oct/Nov., 1989
  

Professional Organizations:

• Gerontological Society of America, 2002-present.
• American Society on Aging, 2003-present.
• American Society for Public Administration
  • Ethics Section, Founding member, Grants Coordinator in 2001.
  • Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations, Executive Council, 2000.
  • Nebraska Chaper Executive Committee, 1995-present; President, 1997-1999.
• Pi Alpha Alpha, Member and founding president of UNO chapter, 1997.

Education:

B.A., The American University, 1964
M.P.A., University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1995
Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1999

Articles:

Montgomery, R. J. V., Holley, L. M., Deichert, J. A., & Kosloski, K. D. (submitted). A profile of homecare workers from the 2000 census: How it changes what we know. The Gerontologist.

Dufner, D. L., Holley, L. M., & Reed, B. J. (submitted). Using strategic information systems planning (SISP) to bridge the gap between state resources and the needs of aging Americans. HICCS Annual Conference Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society Press.

Holley, L.M., Dufner, D. L., & Reed, B. J. (2004). Strategic information systems planning (SISP) in U. S. county governments: Will the real SISP model please stand up? Public Performance and Management Review, 27(3), 102-126.

Dufner, D. L., Holley, L. M., & Reed, B. J. (2003). Can private sector strategic information systems planning techniques work for the public sector? Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 8(28). Retrieved August 21, 2004 from http://cais.aisnet.org/

Dufner, D. L., Holley, L. M., & Reed, B. J. (2003, February). Strategic information systems planning models for county government. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 11(13). Retrieved August 21, 2004 from http://cais.aisnet.org/

Holley, L. M., Dufner, D. L., & Reed, B. J. (2002, June). Got SISP? Strategic information systems planning in state governments. Public Performance and Management Review, 25(4), 398-412.

Holley, L. M., & Lutte, R. K. (2000). Young doctors accuse the movies of teaching public administration. Public Voices, 4(3), 3-10.

Holley, L. M. (2000). The psychological contract: An organization behavior tool for public administration research and practice. ASPA 61st Conference Paper, Washington, DC: ASPA.

Holley, L. M. (1996). The experience of federal employment. Public Voices, 2(3), 117-128.

Hinton, D. W., & Holley, L. M. (1997, February). Overview of the report of the 1996 NASPAA curriculum commission. NASPAA Forum.

Topp, N. W., & Holley, L. M. (1994, Fall). Internet in the public interest. The Public Manager, 23(1).

Holley, L. M. (1991-1992, Winter). NAPA study: Another view. The Bureaucrat: Journal for Public Managers, 20(4).

Holley, L. M. (1991, July/August). Bargaining for pay. The Classifiers Column.

Holley, L. M. (1990, Spring). Pay reform and job classification. The New Bureaucrat: The Public Manager, 19(1).

Book Chapters:

Dufner, D. L., Holley, L. M., & Reed, B. J. (in press). Information technology management in U. S. states, counties, and cities. Pursuit of performance: Management systems in state and local government. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

Holley, L. M. (2003). Job classification. In Jack Rabin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of public administration and public policy (pp. 658-666). New York: Marcel Dekker.

Holley, L. M., & O'Connell, J. R. (1997). Job classification. In Howard Risher & Charles H. Fay (Eds.), New strategies for public pay: Rethinking government compensation programs (pp. 76-97). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Holley, L. M. (1989). Facing the federal compensation crisis. In Leadership for America: Rebuilding the public service/the report of the national commission on the public service, Paul A. Volcker, chairman. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books. Also published as: U. S. House of Representatives Committee Print 101-4.

Technical Papers:

Montgomery, R. J. V., Kosloski, K. D., Holley, L. M., & Deichert, J. A. (2004, March). Addressing the shortage of dementia capable workers: Insights and strategies from the Alzheimer's disease demonstration grant to states program. An evaluation research report available from the U. S. Administration on Aging, Washington, D. C.

Montgomery, R. J. V., & Holley, L. M. (2003, October). Alzheimer's disease demonstration grants to states: Interim report to the administration on aging. An evaluation research report available from the U. S. Administration on Aging, Washington, D. C.

Monographs:

Holley, L. M. (1997). The Weston strategic planning book. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Economic Development Corporation.

Holley, L. M. (1989). United States of America: Federal government salary system. A background paper for a 1989 symposium in the Peoples Republic of China, translated into Mandarin.

Holley, L. M. (1989). Compensation for the general schedule: Pay and compensation task force white paper. Request from The American University Library, Archives: Records of the National Commission on the Public Service, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C. http://www.library.american.edu/about/archives/special.html

Dissertation:

Holley, L. M. (1999). Comparing work motivation and performance: A criterion test of the HJMB theory of motivation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Nebraska at Omaha.