State Resolution from the Governors Office

CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER
STATE OF FLORIDA RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Florida government agencies have identified critical needs  for  management development  initiatives and leadership direction; and,

WHEREAS,  in  an  era  of  constrained  revenues,  management development  based on instruction, examinations, and  applied projects  should  be viewed as an integral  tool  to  improve service delivery and productivity to the citizens of Florida; and,

WHEREAS, Florida government agencies would benefit more  from a  valued set of management principles and best practices for the  senior  management service, select  exempt  service  and supervisor management personnel; and,

WHEREAS,  the  State  of  Florida's executive,  judicial  and legislative leadership has placed a priority on the  use  of management knowledge and skills; and,

WHEREAS,  the  Florida Center for Public  Management  at  The Florida  State University has developed and uses a nationally recognized management development curriculum; and,

WHEREAS,  the  Florida Center for Public  Management  at  The Florida  State University has a twelve year history with  the Certified  Public  Manager program  with  over  five  hundred graduates and over three thousand seeking graduation.

NOW,  THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida do hereby designate the

Certified Public Manager Program

As a preferred management development program for the State of  Florida and thereby actively encourage the participation of state agencies in the development of government managers in  order to enhance the quality and productivity of services delivered to the citizens of Florida.

IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida have hereunto subscribed their names and have caused the Official Seal of the State of Florida to be hereunto affixed in the City of Tallahassee on this 26th  day of July, 1994.

Lawton Chiles, Governor        
Jim Smith, Secretary of State
Bob Butterworth, Attorney General   
Gerald Lewis, Comptroller
Tom Gallagher, Treasurer       
Bob Crawford, Commissioner of Agriculture
Doug Jamerson, Commissioner of Education

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