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Additionally, the Commission’s Local Government Projects Committee has prepared and
published standards for effective local government. Areas addressed by these standards are those most
common to local governments, including: general governance and leadership, financial management,
personnel management, police, fire, parks and recreation, public works, planning and land use control,
emergency medical service and emergency management, ethics in government, records management and
risk management. In recognition of the many small boroughs and townships in the Commonwealth, the
Projects Committee has prepared special standards in the areas of general governance, finance and
personnel.
To accompany the standards, the Committee has prepared a series of reference manuals, whose
purpose is to assist local government officials in implementing the standards. Each manual provides
illustrations, models, suggested readings and contracts related to several areas covered by the standards.
The standards for each area are made an integral part of the Reference Manual for the particular function
or administrative activity.
These works are available from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, 425 Sixth Avenue,
Suite 2500, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1852. Local officials are urged to obtain these publications for their
libraries.
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