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Lake Zurich, Illinois—2019 Recipient, Program Excellence Award, Strategic Leadership and Governance (10,000 to 49,999 Population)
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Digging into seemingly unrelated experiences can provide tangible benefits to your current or future career in local government.
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Take a moment to consider a retired manager who is deserving of the prestigious ICMA Distinguished Service Award.
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A toolkit on how to be a successful mentor in the local government space.
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ICMA’s Smart Communities Advisory Board identified key benefits that local government managers should expect from their data.
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Offering local government participants interactive learning, superlative instructors, networking with colleagues, and engaging discussions of key leadership issues.
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This case has implications for sign codes and other government restrictions on speech.
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Do as much as you can today to strengthen your cyber hygiene and to make it more difficult for the bad guys to infect your systems.
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The ICMA Executive Board met in Washington, D.C., December 12-14, 2019