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Florida House Sergeant at Arms Earnie Sumner will Retire

Longtime Florida House Sergeant at Arms and NCSL Officer, Earnest "Earnie" Sumner will be retiring next month after 42 years of legislative service. More

Courteous & Effective Communication:  Social Media & Email 

Formal letters and phone calls were once the norm but times have changed.  Today, email is our primary form of communication, and social media provides an easy outreach tool.  More

State Budget Update:  Spring 2013

As the four-year anniversary of the official end of the Great Recession approaches, no strong indication exists that states are entering a robust recovery phase. More

 
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National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES)

2012 Professional Development Seminar

Picture of pencil & paperThe 2012 NLPES Professional Development Seminar will be held October 1-3, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. The seminar offers professional development opportunities for program evaluators of all skill levels. More

 Do You Want To Join Them?
 

Globe with laptops around the bottomDaniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Mumford & Sons, Banana Joe—they are the best in their fields. Take a chance to find out if you are the best in yours.  Apply for an NLPES award; the categories are Excellence in Evaluation, Excellence in Research Methods, and Certificates of Impact. The deadline for submission of all award application packages is May 10, 2013.  More.

New Legislative Careers Website

The effort started three years ago. Now, it is ready! The Legislative Careers website has been launched! More

Question of the Month

This month's topic: In what circumstances, if any, would your office protect from public disclosure statements made to your staff by someone interviewed during an evaluation or audit?  More

NLPES Newsletter 

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Survey: Ensuring the Public Trust 

People Analyzing Data on ComputerProgram Policy Evaluation’s Role in Serving State Legislatures. More

New Training Resources

Stack of BooksCritical thinking is a vital part of our project work.  PowerPoints on this and other important skills are available on our Training page.  Also look for the overview document that provides a description of each PowerPoint.  It is located first in the list of document titles. More

 

 

NCSL's 2013 Legislative Summit

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