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The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts provides administrative services to help the state's unified court system operate more efficiently and effectively, taking into account each courthouse’s diverse needs, caseloads and available resources.
As a Triple-A bond-rated county, Waukesha County prides itself on operating in a business-like manner. We are focused on delivering high quality, essential services with competence and skill. With our vision of Leading the Way, Waukesha County values: Teamwork and Collaboration- Individual strengths play a key role in team projects to provide the highest quality service and outcome. Collaborating with businesses, other governments, and local organizations lead to creative and cost-effective services. Ethics and Integrity - Our code and policies exemplify honesty and truthfulness. Efficiency - We avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money and time. Innovation and Improvement - We regularly ask Is there a better way? The County provides mentoring for professional development, and encourages employees to learn and practice continuous improvement principles. Diversity and Respect - Waukesha County strives to create an environment where all individuals are able to contribute their skills and talents to reach their fullest potential. Cost Savings - Tax payers pay our salaries. Do the best for them. High-Quality Customer Service - Our goals are to respond within 24 hours, focus on facilitating versus regulating, be courteous and knowledgeable. Communication - We aim to use language that customers understand; to communicate in a professional, respectful manner. Our Mission - The mission of Waukesha County government is to promote the health, safety and quality of life of citizens while fostering an economically vibrant community. We are committed to delivering effective, high quality programs and services in a courteous and fiscally prudent manner.
The USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, the impacts of climate and land-use change, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and useable information.
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), established in 2012, is an independent state agency charged with monitoring health care spending growth in Massachusetts and providing data-driven policy recommendations regarding health care delivery and payment system reform. The HPC`s mission is to advance a more transparent, accountable, and innovative health care system through independent policy leadership and investment programs. The agency`s main responsibilities are managed by HPC staff and overseen by an 11-member board of commissioners. HPC staff and commissioners work collaboratively to monitor and improve the performance of the health care system. Key activities include setting the health care cost growth benchmark; setting and monitoring provider and payer performance relative to the health care cost growth benchmark; creating standards for care delivery systems that are accountable to better meet patients` medical, behavioral, and social needs; analyzing the impact of health care market transactions on cost, quality, and access; and investing in community health care delivery and innovations.
Since 2001, the Office of Indigent Defense Services (“IDS”) has overseen legal representation for indigent defendants and others entitled to counsel in North Carolina. Created by an act of the N.C. General Assembly, the organization works daily to make real the Constitution`s right to counsel for those charged with crimes or who face significant deprivations to their liberty. IDS trains, qualifies, and sets performance standards for attorneys, as well as determines the most appropriate and cost-effective methods for delivering legal defense services in each of the state`s judicial districts. It is committed to recruiting North Carolina`s most talented attorneys to represent indigent defendants and to providing those attorneys with the resources they need to be effective. IDS works diligently to anticipate and resolve systemic issues that impact defenders and their clients. For two decades, it has distinguished itself nationally as a leader in the development of innovative, high quality, cost-effective, and accountable indigent defense programs. Many states, including Georgia, Texas and Virginia, have looked to IDS`s example and establishing act for guidance in improving their own defense systems. The organization`s programmatic work includes efforts to increase communication and resource-sharing with the private bar; the development of legal training programs, often in partnership with the UNC School of Government; the establishment of a specialized Office of the Juvenile Defender; and the creation of performance guidelines for appointed counsel across a number of practice areas. IDS also works regularly with the Offices of the Capital Defender and Appellate Defender to recruit and evaluate attorneys for their respective rosters, ensure their appointments in a timely and equitable manner, and to support them with expert services. IDS and its staff are committed to the continued delivery of quality legal services to indigent persons throughout North Carolina. For more information about IDS and its role in public defense, see Why We Have a Public Defense System.