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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.

SCCCMA Summer Meeting

The South Carolina City County Management Associations Summer Meeting will be held July 12-15, 2012 in Pawley's Island, SC. To register click the link below.

Registration

Meeting Agenda and Hotel Information

If you have any questions regarding the meeting, please send an email to Adrienne Moody.

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South Carolina Local Government Management Training Program

The Institute for Public Service and Policy Research, in conjunction with the South Carolina City and County Management Association (SCCCMA), the South Carolina Association of Counties (SCAC), the Municipal Association of South Carolina (MASC), and the South Carolina Association of Managers, Administrators and Supervisors, has designed a training program to meet the needs of local government managers in the state. The next training session will be held July 25, 2012 at the Institute for Public Service and Policy Research, 1600 Hampton Street. More information about this upcoming training session will be made available in the coming weeks.

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Economic Research Survey

For the past two years, the Institute has surveyed cities and counties in South Carolina to determine how they were being impacted by the recession. Click the link below to download the results of the 2010-11 and 2011-12 surveys.

2011-12 Research Brief

2010-11 Research Brief

If you have any questions regarding the survey results, please e-mail bill-tomes@sc.edu.

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