Winter 2010 (Vol. 9, No. 1)
AIR AND WATER AWARENESS. New environmental policy briefs provide leaders with current information on aquifer storage, ambient air quality, and interbasin water transfers.
WORKSHOPS FOR A CUSTOM FIT. Governments can customize professional development to their needs and budget through special topics workshops.
SURVEYS REVEAL PROGRAM SUCCESS. Survey research specialists evaluate how a new state customer service training initiative is making a difference.
PREVENTIVE CHECKUP FOR ROME. Rome city officials aren’t waiting to find out if their government is ready for the future.
REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE. Local government managers share their on-the-job experiences with UGA graduate students.... Undergraduate students gain first-hand knowledge of state and local government through the Vinson Institute Fellows Program.
TRAINING TAKES OFF IN 2010. More than 1,000 local officials enhanced their job skills during recent training programs.
FAMILY IMPACT. Adolescents can't wait was the message that Georgia legislators heard from education experts at the 2010 Family Impact Seminar.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATE. A group of five rising public leaders completes the Shanghai Executive Training Program.
PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT. Look inside local government with these publications: Building the Local Economy: Cases in Economic Development, Spending a Lifetime: The Careers of City Managers, Budget Manual for Georgia Local Government.
OUTSTANDING OUTREACH. Mark Foster is awarded the top public service honor at UGA.... Steve Condrey is invited by Taiwanese officials to speak at various universities about civil service and human resource management trends.
