He is a fellow and past trustee of the National Academy of Public Administration. He is a past national president of the American Society of Public Administration. He has been an honorary member of the International City/County Management Association since 1980, and he is a member of the Cal-ICMA Board, 2003-2004. Newland was the initial director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, first working at the White House and then in Austin to establish that institution. Newland served twice as director of the Federal Executive Institute, the U.S. Government’s training and development center for top executives.