Financing & Management
AMSA Competitiveness Report and Workshops
Background: AMSA and the Association of Metropolitan Water
Agencies (AMWA) have joined to produce a new publication, Thinking,
Getting & Staying Competitive: A Public Sector Handbook. The
Handbook will serve as a companion piece to AMSA's previously
released publications, "Evaluating Privatization: An AMSA
Checklist," and "Managed Competition: Developing and
Responding to RFQs & RFPs." The Handbook, released
during AMSA's Winter Conference, illustrates a "how to" approach to
becoming competitive by highlighting proven strategies for becoming
competitive and profiling several utilities that have developed these strategies.
Status: AMSA and AMWA will sponsor eight "how to" workshops based
on the publication, which will feature panel and interactive sessions and
will provide members and non-members with the opportunity to network with
water and wastewater officials in their regions. The day and a half
workshops are scheduled for: April 21-22, Providence, RI; April 23-24,
Philadelphia, PA; June 2-3, San Francisco, CA; June 4-5, Los Angeles,
CA; June 8-9, Seattle, WA; Sept. 15-16, Chicago; Sept. 17-18, Kansas
City, MO; Nov. 17-18, Atlanta, GA; Nov. 19-20, Houston, TX. Online
registration is available on AMSA's web site at
http://www.amsa-cleanwater.org.
CONTACT: Christy Kettell, AMSA 202/833-3692.