Press Release: Governor Creates Interactive Website with Center for Urban Policy

Center for Urban Policy and the Environment Director John Krauss talks about the development of the website.

Press Release
August 3, 2007
Indianapolis, Ind.

-- The Local Government Reform Commission launched a Web site today with support from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis and the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment.

“This Web site will give citizens, elected officials, and the media an efficient way to understand the commission’s work and contribute and ask questions,” said John Krauss, director of the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment. Governor Mitch Daniels announced the formation of the bipartisan Local Government Reform Commission in July and appointed the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment to act as staff and home for the Commission.

The public and policymakers can access the Web site at http://indianalocalgovreform.iu.edu/ to check progress and send comments to the commission.

The commission will publish a report for the citizens of Indiana in December 2007 with recommendations on how local government can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations to lower taxpayer costs.

The commission is co-chaired by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard and former Governor Joseph E. Kernan. The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment is well known for its non-ideological, data-driven research on issues that affect the quality of life in Indiana communities.

For more information about the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, visit its Web site (www.urbancenter.iupui.edu).
Source: Center for Urban Policy and the Environment