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February 2012 Highlights
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (NACo)
Stateside Contact: Jake Hegeman at jeh@stateside.com
NACo’s Legislative Conference is scheduled for March 3-7 in Washington, DC. The Legislative Conference is primarily focused on the federal agenda and its impact on county government and its sessions highlight Congressional and Executive Branch policy issues for the attending county officials and staff.
All of NACo’s 11 Policy Steering Committees will meet during the Legislative Conference on March 3 and 4. The Steering Committees develop NACo’s legislative and regulatory policies and guide the organization’s advocacy efforts. NACo’s Board of Directors will meet March 5.
General session speakers include political commentators Tucker Carlson and Eleanor Clift.
Educational Workshops for the attendees are scheduled for March 5 and 6. Featured Workshops include:
March 5:
- Highways, Bridges, Buses and Airports; When Will Help Arrive?
- Using Data Analytics to Make Smarter Public Safety Decisions
- Changes to the Clean Water Act; Regulatory and Legislative Proposals
- How Do Federal Land-Use Decisions Impact the Local Economy?
- Creating Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Jobs in Your Community
- Opportunities in the Affordable Care Act to Strengthen the Local Health System
- The National Flood Insurance Program; Background, Challenges and Financial Status
March 6:
- Making Rural Development a Priority in the Farm Bill
- Demonstrating the Positive Return on Investment in County Health Initiatives
- The Legal Workforce Act; Implication of E-Verify Mandates
- Hydraulic Fracking; Balancing Energy Independence vs. Environmental Concerns
- The State of Local Government Finances
- Counties in the Global Economy; Creating Local Jobs with Foreign Investment
- Staying Ahead of Changes in Federal Economic Development Policy
- Cyber Security Services for Counties; Reducing Your Risks
- Running Power Transmission Lines Across America’s Counties; Opportunities and Challenges
Capitol Hill visits for NACo’s leadership and county officials attendees are scheduled for March 7.
On March 3 NACo will host a Technology Summit as part of the Legislative Conference (advanced registration is required). A Social Media Tech Room will be open each day of the Conference for attendees to learn more about media applications.
For more information on the Legislative Conference please visit: http://www.naco.org/meetings/participate/LegislativeConference/Pages/default.aspx
NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION (NGA)
Stateside Contact: Mark Anderson at mda@stateside.com
NGA will hold its Winter Meeting February 24-27 in Washington, DC. The Winter Meeting will focus on the governors’ legislative agenda for the 2012 Congressional session and will include sessions highlighting state efforts to improve services while reducing costs.
On February 25, the meeting focus will be on the NGA Chair’s Initiative, Growing State Economies. The goal of the initiative is to provide governors information and ideas to increase private sector growth in their respective states. NGA convened regional summits in Hartford, Connecticut; Nashville, Tennessee; and Seattle, Washington on the topic, during which the governors discussed ideas such as increasing public-private partnerships, decreasing regulatory burdens to business and modernizing the tax code to foster growth. The plenary session that day also features a discussion with the Chairman and CEO of Gallup, Jim Clifton.
The NGA standing committees will meet on February 25 and 26. The committees will discuss and approve new policies as part of a process designed to make NGA’s federal lobbying efforts more relevant and effective. NGA is transitioning to a policy process in which the NGA Executive Committee adopts a single policy before each session of Congress outlining NGA’s priority issues for the year. The standing committees will then adopt broad policy statements during the Winter Meetings capturing those same issues.
Topics of discussion in committee sessions include:
- Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture for Economic Growth in the States
- Innovations in Reducing Health Care Costs While Improving Services
- Governors’ Efforts to Eliminate Childhood Hunger
- The World’s Energy Future
- The Changing Role of the National Guard
The meeting will conclude on February 27 with the governors’ annual meeting with the President at the White House.
For more information please visit: http://www.subnet.nga.org/WM12/a9m/gen/media.htm
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES (NLC)
Stateside Contact: Heather Williams at hsw@stateside.com
NLC’s Congressional City Conference is scheduled for March 10-14 in Washington, DC. The Congressional City Conference is focused on the federal agenda and its impact on cities and municipalities.
The seven policy committees will hold their large meeting on March 11. Educational workshops, aimed to educate and inform local officials and staff on the federal agenda and its impact on cities, will take place on March 12-13.
General session speakers include Ed Gillespie and Terry McAuliffe on March 12 and David Brooks on March 13. Capitol Hill visits for NLC’s leadership, city and municipal officials will take place on March 14.
On March 10-11, NLC will host Leadership Training Institute Seminars (advanced registration is required).
Leadership Training Institute Seminars topics include:
March 10:
- Collaboration vs. Polarization: Creating Effective Policy Amid Competing Views
- Creating and Understanding Your Personal Leadership Style
- Strategic Collaboration to Strengthen Local Government
- Leading Your Community’s Transformation: Making Change Work
- A Call to Order: Effective Parliamentary Procedure
- Shaping Community through Storytelling
- Problem Solving Teams are Effective City Councils
March 11:
- Building Public Private Partnerships
- The Nine Essential Skills for Municipal Leaders
- Speaking from the Heart: Giving your Best Speech Ever
- Leadership in a Diverse Generational Community
- Marketing Economic Development in Your Community
- The Five Powers of Public Leadership
- Advocating and Influencing with Integrity
- Managing Your Media Message
- Contemporary Trends in Local Government
For more information please visit: http://www.nlc.org/events/ccc/index
