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The Institute for Public Service and Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research and public service unit of the University of South Carolina. Its principal purpose is to address current and emerging issues relating to matters of public policy, governance, and leadership through research, educational activities, publications, and direct assistance programs. The goal of the Institute is to improve the quality of social, political, and economic life, with a primary focus in South Carolina.

The Institute has grown from a rich tradition of public service at USC. It was organized in September, 1945 as the Bureau of Public Administration. In 1969 the name was changed to the Bureau of Governmental Research and Service. In 1988 its mission was expanded to include more service-related policy research and it became the Institute for Public Affairs. In 2001 the Institute became a part of the College of Liberal Arts and its name was changed to the Institute for Public Service and Policy Research to convey the functions of the organization more clearly: to meet the training and technical assistance needs of local and state government and to conduct research to find effective solutions to the public policy challenges facing our state and communities.

A more detailed account of the Institute’s early history can be found in Twenty Five Years of Governmental Research written by former director Robert H. Stoudemire.

Financing Workshop for Small Water Systems

The University of South Carolina’s Institute for Public Service and Policy Research, in cooperation with the Environmental Finance Center and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be hosting a Finance Workshop for Water Systems on June 4th, 2013.

This workshop is being offered as part of a one-year grant from EPA to provide finance and management workshops to water systems in all fifty states and five territories.

For more information or to register please see the brochure and registration links below:

Financing Workshop Brochure

Online Registration

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South Carolina City & County Management Association Summer Meeting

June 13-15, 2013 Myrtle Beach, SC

The South Carolina City & County Management Association (SCCCMA) will host its annual summer meeting at Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach, SC June 13-15, 2013.

The registration deadline is June 3, 2013. For more information or to register please see the brochure and registration links below.

Summer Meeting Brochure

Online Registration

Please contact Adrienne Moody for more information.

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Local Government Management Training: Public Budgeting

June 13, 2013

The South Carolina City & County Management Association (SCCCMA), in partnership with the Municipal Association of South Carolina, the South Carolina Association of Counties, the South Carolina Association of Managers, Administrators and Supervisors, and the Institute annouces the second session of the South Carolina Local Government Management Training Prograt for 2013- Public Budgeting. This session will be offered in conjunction with the SCCCMA 2013 summer meeting.

The registration deadline is June 3, 2013. For more information or to register please see the brochure and registration links below.

Public Budgeting Brochure

Online Registration

Please contact Adrienne Moody for more information.

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