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StatNet Meeting on Municipal Purchasing
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If you are a municipal purchasing agent, or work on purchasing for a municipal department, please fill out this survey by Thursday, November 6 at 5:00 pm:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/statnetpurchasing
The survey should take fifteen to thirty minutes to complete. We will use the responses to create a presentation that will be discussed at the November StatNet event on purchasing. The event will be a series of facilitated discussions and case study presentations based on the survey responses. Please note that we use the survey responses not as a benchmarking tool, but to develop the agenda for our discussions.
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StatNet on Municipal Purchasing
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Worcester Technical High School
1 Skyline Drive, Worcester, MA
RSVP to Amy Dain, StatNet Coordinator, at
amy.dain@umb.edu. Please include name, title, affiliation, and email in the RSVP.
We encourage people in all municipal departments who are involved in purchasing to attend.
Please RSVP to hold your space.
No fee for participation.
StatNet is a network of municipal managers, department heads, analysts, and staff interested in improving their use of data and evidence in management and policymaking. StatNet holds three meetings per year focused on different areas of municipal government. Before each meeting, participants fill out a survey to provide information to be discussed at the event.
StatNet is funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance as part of the Municipal Performance Management Program.
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Executive Recruitment Update
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The Center is presently conducting six recruitments for senior municipal officials: Town Administrators for Wilbraham, Rutland, and Walpole, as well as for Executive Director for the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, Director for the Massachusetts Fire Academy, and the Director of Traffic, Parking, and Transportation for Cambridge.
Rutland Town Administrator
Cambridge, MA Director of Traffic, Parking & Transportation
Massachusetts Fire Academy Director
Further information about the remaining searches will be posted on the Center's website as it becomes available.
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Municipal Conflict Resolution Survey
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You are invited to share your knowledge and insights in a statewide survey of municipal conflict resolution needs for a study commissioned by the Massachusetts Legislature. Please click the following link to complete the survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MOPC. By answering these questions, you will help determine what local governments and communities need to effectively address destructive (harmful and dysfunctional) public conflict. The survey will be open through November 7, 2014.
MOPC, the state dispute resolution agency known as the Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration at the University of Massachusetts Boston, is conducting this study to document needs and create solutions to address those needs. For more information on the study, please visit www.umb.edu/mopc/needs.
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Promises Kept: John McCormack, Social Security, Medicare, & Medicaid
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 Thursday, November 6
Reception: 6 p.m. Lecture & panel discussion: 6:30 p.m.
Campus Center Ballroom
This guest lecture is given by Garrison Nelson, PhD, a professor of political science at the University of Vermont and the Fall 2014 Robert C. Wood Visiting Professor of Urban and Public Affairs at the McCormack Graduate School. A serious scholar and an entertaining speaker, Nelson has penned the forthcoming book, John William McCormack: A Political Biography.
Sponsored by the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
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Collins Center In the News
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Throughout his outstanding public career, Edward J. Collins, Jr. epitomized the spirit and goals of the center that now bears his name. We at the Collins Center are proud to continue Ed's legacy - helping governments work effectively and productively for the benefit of their citizens.
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Contracting with the Collins Center
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Agreements between local governments and the Collins Center are exempt from the provisions of Chapter 30B, the Uniform Procurement Act, since the University of Massachusetts is an instrumentality of the Commonwealth. Municipalities may negotiate a scope of services and a price with the Collins Center directly, saving both time and money. Similarly, Massachusetts state agencies may enter into Interagency Service Agreements with the Collins Center. For further information, please contact Stephen McGoldrick at stephen.mcgoldrick@umb.edu. |
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Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management
John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
www.umb.edu/cpm |
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