_-- Public Policy Network - Posting to [log in to unmask] --_
Hi to all list members,
Forwarded message below.
Regards, Claude
Claude Roy, (514) 987-3324#9376
**********
>From [log in to unmask] Wed Jul 8 08:03:22 1998
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 12:34:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Marc Holzer <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: NCPP Announcements
7 July 1998
The National Center for Public Productivity at Rutgers University, Campus
at Newark (http://newark.rutgers.edu/~ncpp)
announces three initiatives:
The National Center for Public Productivity, a not-for-profit
University-based organization, invites nominations for the
Exemplary State and Local Awards Program and participation in an online
Performance Measurement Conference. This notice is being sent to a
limited list of addresses which are published on web sites and which we
have researched individually. In addition, we are asking cooperating
organizations to forward these notices to public and not-for-profit sector
newsletter editors
and other interested departments, agencies and commissions as a public
service.
1. The 1998 National Public Sector Productivity Conference:
"Performance Measurement, Performance Improvement" Format: Online
2. The 1998 Exemplary State and Local Awards Program. Applications Will
Now
Be Accepted Electronically. International applications will now be
considered for the first time.
3. National Center Membership Now Includes PUBLIC PRODUCTIVITY AND
MANAGEMENT REVIEW and Online Conference Registration
1. Call for Registrants and Participation in the Online National Public
Sector Productivity Conference:
"Performance Measurement, Performance Improvement"
November 1998
The National Center for Public Productivity, in cooperation with the
Center
for Accountability and Performance of the American Society for Public
Administration, announces the latest in a twenty-year series of Public
Sector Productivity Improvement Conferences. This "virtual meeting" will
be conducted during the second and third weeks of November, 1998. It will
address four major themes:
Citizen-Driven Government Performance
Communicating Performance
Lessons Learned: Twenty-Five Years of Performance Measurement
Comprehensive Approaches for Building Measurement Systems
Each of the four sub-themes will be discussed over a period of two days.
Discussion within each will be in response to three substantive papers
presented on the Conference web site, followed by comments from three
discussants. General registrants will then be able to add individual
comments. For networking purposes, a list of all participants will include
full contact information and their areas of interest. All presentations
and
discussion "archives" will be available to registrants on the website, and
a synopsis of the Conference will be published in the PUBLIC PRODUCTIVITY
AND MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
Registration for the Conference is only through membership in the National
Center for Public Productivity (see below).
Individuals who are interested in presenting one of the fifteen major
papers, or serving as discussants, should contact one of the Conference
Program Co-Chairs:
Dr. Patria de Lancer, University of Illinois at Springfield
[log in to unmask]
Reuben Leslie, Texas Department of Human Services:
[log in to unmask]
2. The 1998 Exemplary State & Local Awards Program
The National Center for Public Productivity (NCPP) is proud to announce
its
annual call for applications for the Exemplary State and Local Awards
Program (EXSL). Applications are due by October 1, 1998. Electronic
applications are preferred, and may be submitted via the World Wide Web
or
Email. International applications will now be considered for the first
time.
The EXSL Program is sponsored by:
--The National Center for Public Productivity (NCPP) at Rutgers
University-Campus at Newark,
--The Local Government Information Network,
--The Section on Management Science and Policy Analysis of the American
Society for Public Administration
--The International Productivity Network
EXSL was established by the National Center for Public Productivity and
the
Local Government Information Network in 1989 to recognize public
initiatives that improve the quality of government services and
operations.
EXSL recognizes innovative projects and programs that have produced
measurable increases in quality and productivity, significant cost
savings,
and improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of government
services. The awards are illustrations of creative approaches to problem
solving across areas as diverse as administration and management, criminal
justice, education, public works, environment, health and human services,
housing, public safety, technology, transportation, etc. EXSL winners are
featured in GOVERNMENT AT WORK: BEST PRACTICES AND MODEL PROGRAMS, by Marc
Holzer and Kathe Callahan (Sage Publications, 1998).
Criteria for Eligibility
Nominations are considered for projects and programs which have positive
impacts on state and local government operations and the communities
served
by those entities. Public agencies, as well as community based
organizations which receive at least 50% of their budgets from public
sources, are eligible to apply. Nominated programs must have been in
operation for at least one year prior to the application deadline.
Programs
can be self-nominated or designated by an agency's chief administrative or
elected official. Nominations are encouraged in all areas of state and
local government, as well as school districts, regional authorities,
community-based organizations, non-profit agencies and public-private
partnerships.
Previous EXSL Winners
Recent award recipients have included such projects as: Affordable Housing
* Teen Pregnancy Prevention * Volunteer Interpreter Service * Automated TB
Surveillance System * Medical Care for Children * Fleet Management
Productivity Improvement Program * Partnership for Long Term Care *
Sparkling Water System * Schools in the Age of Technology * Management by
Unreasonable Objectives * Prison Braille Project * Competitive Bidding for
Municipal Services. (Brief descriptions of previous award winners are
available on the NCPP Web Page: http://newark.rutgers.edu/~ncpp).
The EXSL Application Procedure
Applications must be submitted by October 1, 1998 to qualify for this
awards program. Electronic submissions are preferred (see instructions
below). Each application will be carefully reviewed by a distinguished
panel of internationally recognized experts from the Section on Management
Science and Policy Analysis of the American Society for Public
Administration (ASPA) and the National Center for Public Productivity. A
group of up to 25 finalists will be featured at the Ninth Public Sector
Productivity Improvement Conference, to be held Online in November of
1998.
All applicants should send a short statement of their intent to submit an
application by email to: [log in to unmask] or by mail to: NCPP,
701 Hill Hall, Rutgers University, 360 King Blvd., Newark, NJ 07102.
The preferred form for a completed 1998 EXSL Award Application is through
the application web site:
http://www.login-localgov.com/exslapp.html
If technical problems are encountered, applications may also be submitted
via email (or regular mail) to the addresses above.
3. National Center Membership Now Open
The National Center for Public Productivity, a research and public service
organization devoted to improving productivity in the public sector, will
now offer annual individual and organizational memberships. Membership
benefits are summarized below. Further details may be found on the NCPP
Web
Site (http://newark.rutgers.edu/~ncpp).
Membership includes:
--Registration to the Online National Public Sector Productivity
Conference: "Performance Measurement, Performance Improvement." November,
1998.
--Annual subscription to the PUBLIC PRODUCTIVITY AND MANAGEMENT REVIEW, a
widely respected international journal. PPMR offers useful insights for
all levels and functions of government.
--Electronic notices of performance improvement web sites, publications,
conferences, and other resources
Membership Categories
Organization (includes three individual memberships submitted as a
group under the organizational address: $199US (+$45US foreign postage)
Additional organizational members: $67US(+$15 foreign postage)
Individual: $99US(+$15US foreign postage)
Graduate Student $49US(+$15US foreign postage)
(List program of study, school attending and anticipated year of
graduation.)
Please send your check or purchase order to:
National Center for Public
Productivity
Graduate Dept. of Public
Administration
Rutgers University, 701
Hill Hall
360 King Blvd. Newark, NJ
07102 U.S.A.
Marc Holzer, Ph.D.
Professor of Public Administration and
Executive Director, National Center for Public Productivity
Rutgers University-Campus at Newark
Office Tel: (973) 353-1351 ext. 23
Office Fax: (973) 353-5907
Office Address: 701 Hill Hall, Graduate Dept. of Public Administration,
Rutgers University, 360 King Blvd., Newark, NJ 07102
Home Tel: (914) 271-6709
Home Fax: (914) 271-5514
Home Address: 4 Giglio Ct., Croton-on-Hudson, New York 10520
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://newark.rutgers.edu/~ncpp (then access any of 12+ sites)
_------- -------_
Public Policy Network - PUBPOL-L
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/pubpol/pubpol.htm
Commands to: [log in to unmask]
Subscribe: SUB PUBPOL-L "Your Name"
_ Unsubscribe: UNSUB PUBPOL-L _
------- -------
|
