Legislative Effectiveness Overview
The NCSL Legislative Effectiveness and State Government Committee examines strategies, practices and procedures for making legislators, staff and legislatures more effective. The committee focuses both on key skills for legislators and on key operations and powers of state legislature. The issues include education and training for legislators and legislative staff, legislative structure and management, rules and procedures, leadership, committees, staffing, information resources, constitutional issues and ethics. The committee also addresses topics concerning the executive branch of government and Congressional procedures and reform.
The Mission Statement for the committee shows the focus on exchanging information on best practices and helping legislatures improve their operations.
The Committee Roster provides you with an up-to-date list of all of the legislators and legislative staff who are officers or members of the committee.
The committee's Meeting Agendas and Summaries show the agenda for the next national meeting and summaries of all committee sessions since November 1997.
The Plans for the Current Year describe the themes and issues that the committee's officers plan to address in meetings and work products.
Committee Reports and Work Products describe the work of the committee and some of its significant accomplishments.
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