President Simon Farbrother welcomes us to the next century of professional local government management and leadership.

As local governments have wrestled with budgets for the last six years, police and fire departments have not been immune.

Ten stations across the country are currently booked to air ICMA's media event.

This new, complimentary handbook is intended to highlight the value of a formal manager evaluation process and to assist local elected officials and appointed managers and administrators in the design of an effective evaluation tool.