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Smart Governance Alliance

Dyer, Griffith, Highland, Munster, St John, Schererville

The mission of the Smart Governance Alliance (SGA) is to improve the quality of life in our communities by offering opportunities to provide goods and services for the public at the highest possible value, considering both cost and quality.

Local Government Academy

The Northwest Indiana Local Government Academy’s purpose is to promote excellence in both government and governance by providing educational opportunities that will enhance the leadership and decision making skills of local elected officials, public employees and citizens.

Objectives

• To develop in elected and appointed public officials the skills needed for effective leadership and responsible, responsive policy making
• To cultivate and foster in our governing culture, an ethos of public service for our elected and appointed public officials as well as public employees
• To develop in public employees the skills needed for professional management, supervision and the efficient and effective delivery of public services
• To promote, wherever possible, the concepts and methods of intergovernmental cooperation including resource sharing and coordinated planning
• To foster expansion of the concept of excellence in government to include good citizenship and provide educational opportunities aimed at encouraging citizen involvement in local government

All of these objectives are to be reached in the context of upholding the seminal ideals of self government and American democracy.

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