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U.S. Communities recently held a press conference in Washington D.C. marking its 10-year anniversary and the celebrating the $735 million saved by local governments using the purchasing contracts.
For more information on how your county can save money through the U.S. Communities purchasing alliance program, visit the WCA Services, Inc. Web site. If you have questions, contact WCA Director of Programs and Services J. Michael Blaska. |
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The Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Corporation (County Mutual), in conjunction with Local 882 and the Milwaukee County Risk Management Department, will host the Milwaukee County Highway ROADeo May 22-23, 2007.
The event is being held as a part of the Milwaukee County Department of Public Works Week and over 140 county highway employees are expected to attend and take part in the road course challenge and safety seminars. All county officials are invited to attend the event. For more information, contact Vance Forrest of Aegis Corporation at 800.236.6885. |
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 WCA Executive Director Mark O'Connell's video message touches upon last week's JFC action on the state budget, including what occurred and the impact of doubling of the Real Estate Transfer Fee as a funding source for counties.
To see the video, click here. |
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 The regional Online News Association Conference will be held May 16-17 at the Madison Club in Madison and will discuss online media coverage of campaigns, Web site innovations and the training of online journalists. Experts include a trio of top pollsters - Iowa's Ann Selzer, Democratic pollster Paul Maslin and Republican pollster Gene Ulm, plus Democratic consultant Joe Trippi, conservative blogger Ed Morrissey and many others.
Read on for more information, including how to register and a tentative agenda for the event. For more information, contact Jeff Mayers of WisPolitics.com at 608.441.8418.
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 The UW-Extension Local Government Center (LGC) is publishing this announcement of statewide programs on a monthly basis. It includes Extension programming and other programs of interest relating to local government that are offered in Wisconsin. Asterisked (*) programs are Cooperative Extension programs.
Information about the UWEX Local Government Center and its programming may be found at www.uwex.edu/lgc. Additional information about UW-Extension local government educational programs may be found at www.govtraining.org. Full story... |
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With 2008 Clean Sweep Grant applications coming out in early June, it is time for counties and municipalities to begin the data collection process and begin initial planning for grant applications.
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is expecting 2008 to be a very competitive year and it will be important for serious applicants to take the time to prepare complete and thorough applications. For suggestions on how counties and municipalities should consider organizing themselves for the application process, go to the Clean Sweep Web site. |
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 On Wednesday, May 23, from 9a.m. to 12 p.m., three representatives from the Multilateral Development Banks, including the World Bank, will be presenting a free program at the Waukesha County Technical College.
Among the many Development Banks projects is dairy development in China. Specifically, Heilongjiang, China is the recipient of a $200 million dairy development and environmental loan from the World Bank. Full story... |
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The Midwest Government Performance Conference will be held October 22-23, 2007 in Rochester, Minnesota. This year's conference will include a half-day professional development workshop with nationally recognized speaker Ken Miller, author of "We Don't Make Widgets."
The purpose of this event is to bring together a professional network of performance measurement and reporting officials whose work focuses on reconnecting citizens with government through performance measurement and reporting.
Sign up today so you can join colleagues in sharing ideas, learning best practice techniques and identifying new trends. For more information, contact Linnea Betzler Mirsch.
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