ORIENTATION FOR NEW CITY AND COUNTY MANAGERS
NC Policy
North Carolina Progress Board
http://www.ncprogress.org/
The Progress Board’s mission is to help North Carolina’s leaders and citizens stay focused on the big picture: the long-term goals and needs of our state and her citizens. This means setting milestones, checking progress, reporting data, recommending course corrections, and scanning imaginative solutions to jumpstart change.
The Institute of Emerging Issues
http://www.ncsu.edu/iei/
The Institute for Emerging Issues is a think-and-do tank affiliated with North Carolina State University. The Institute is a catalyst for innovative public policy through research, ideas, debate, and action that encourages civic leadership in business, government, and higher education.
The Institute frames future challenges for North Carolina by identifying and researching emerging issues, specifically around topics that relate to the state’s growth and economic development. The Institute then brings together new combinations of leadership to debate and refine ideas that meet the demands of emerging issues. Finally, the Institute mobilizes and supports champions through programs of work that turn ideas into action.
The North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research
http://www.nccppr.org/
The North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the goals of a better-informed public and more effective, accountable, and responsive government. The Center identifies public policy issues facing North Carolina and enriches the dialogue among citizens, the media, and policymakers. Based on its research, the Center makes recommendations for improving the way government serves the people of this state. In all its efforts, the Center values reliable and objective research as a basis for analyzing public policy, independence from partisan bias and political ideology, the richness of the states diverse population, and a belief in the importance of citizen involvement in public life.
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