The Wisconsin Certified Public Manager® Program (WCPM) is a nationally- accredited management development certificate program specifically for managers in federal, state and local government and in tribal and non-profit organizations. The program prepares you for the challenges and unique demands of the public management profession. Individual CPM classes are open to all public managers; you need not be a candidate in the certificate program to attend. Visit the following link to learn more about WCPM.  http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/cpm/ 

The Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Managers® is one of 19 state chapters of Certified Public Managers®.  Together, we are members of a national consortium, the American Academy of Certified Public Managers®.  For information on the AACPM and our sister socieities, click on the following link: AACPM Web site

http://www.uwex.edu/lgc/   The University of Wisconsin-Extension's Local Governement Center is an outstanding resource for local public officials.

www.firstgov.com    This is an excellent point of access to more than 27 million US Government web pages.

www.unpan.org   This is the United Nations public administration site with information regarding public administration issues around the world.

www.effective-change.org   This is the Web site of the Coalition for Effective Change. (an alliance of associations representing currrent and retired federal employees and professionals; this is an excellent resource on legislative issues facing the federal workforce)

www.theroundtable.org   This is a Web site of the Public Employees Roundtable, and organization committed to "affirming pride in public service."  (They sponsor an annual Public Service Recogition Week, held the 1st week in May.)

www.joanlloyd.com  This site, mantained by a Milwaukee management consultant, has access to an archive of over 1,000 nationally syndicated workplace advice articles and is highly recommended by Rick Higgins (a fellow WSCPM member).

www.rwmanagementgroup.com   RW Management Group, Inc. (RW) is a Wisconsin based consulting firm providing consulting, project management and other services to fire, police, emergency medical service and emergency management organizations throughout the United States.

Rick Higgins also recommends emailing Prof. Robert Behn at the John F. Kennedy School of Governmnet at Harvard so you can get a free email subscription to his Public Management Report.  To subscribe, send an email to TheBehnReport@ksg.harvard.edu

www.forwardaward.org   This is the Web sited of the Wisconsin Forward Award which is a state-level version of the Baldridge Award, recognizing productivity and quality in organizations.

http://www.govtraining.org/  This is a great point of access to UW-Extension's governement training opportunities.

http://certnet.com/   Internet site listing types of professional certifications.

[page last updated: 11Dec2006]