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Exceeding Excellence Program Overview
Did you receive excellent service from a DCA staffer? If so, DCA wants to hear about it!
DCA's Exceeding Excellence Customer Service Recognition Program allows you to recognize a job "very well done." The program represents an innovative effort that allows DCA team members and our external customers to recognize DCA team members for providing excellent customer service that goes above and beyond normal job duties.
An overview is provided below:
- Eligibility – Any DCA team member can be nominated for providing excellent customer service.
- Nominations – May be made by any DCA customers or staffers. Nominations are reviewed by selection committees in each division that recommends a candidate for the quarterly award.
- Selection – DCA leadership choose a quarterly winner from division recommendations. DCA’s Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners are not eligible for nomination or selection.
- Recognition – All nominees for the quarterly award will be recognized on the DCA Intranet, the DCA monthly newsletter and at an annual employee recognition event.
News Releases
Newton County and its municipalities Covington, Mansfield, Newborn, Oxford, Porterdale and Newton County Water and Sewerage Authority Designated As Georgia’s Twenty-fifth WaterFirst® Community (2/15/2012)The Department of Community Affairs’ Commissioner Mike Beatty today designated Newton County as Georgia’s twenty-fifth WaterFirst Community. Office of Planning and Environmental Management Director, Jim Frederick was on hand to deliver the announcement at a ceremony attended by community leaders and state officials at The Center in Covington.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Advisory Council Plans Ambitious Agenda for First Year (1/27/2012)
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Advisory Council, meeting for the first time since it was created by the Georgia General Assembly, has taken the first steps toward fulfilling its mission of promoting the principles of nonviolence and the teaching of Dr. King.
Georgia DCA designates Opportunity Zone in Rockdale County for jobs incentives (1/13/2012)
DCA Commissioner Mike Beatty today announced that a new Opportunity Zone has been designated in Rockdale County for the Rockbridge redevelopment area. Opportunity Zones promote job growth and redevelopment. The DCA action paves the way for businesses located in the Opportunity Zone to receive enhanced jobs tax credits as new jobs are created.
Program Updates
DCA’s Office of Research & Surveys
The Office of Research and Surveys, in the Local Government Assistance Division, provides accurate, up-to-date information on a variety of topics related to local government in Georgia. Many of the surveys that local governments complete each year are governed by state law, meant to help provide a high level of transparency in government for Georgia's citizens.
If you want to see where the money goes in your local government, or if you'd like to see how other governments of similar sizes "get things done around town" you can check out the Report of Local Government Finances. It's a great resource not only for elected officials, planners and accountants, but also for citizens and students. Likewise, the annual Government Management Indicators Report (GOMI) provides comparisons for governments of similar sizes. Can a small city or rural county afford a sewer system, or a parks and recreation program, or a professional planning staff? The GOMI report can help supply the information to make an informed decision. The most popular annual report is a voluntary one (the others are required by Georgia law): The Wage and Salary Survey. It provides salary ranges for a variety of public sector jobs in Georgia, organized by the size of the community. The information in this report can help local governments determine a competitive wage when hiring for a new position.
The Office of Research and Surveys publishes a wide array of information on the Department's website, but due to space and time constraints, doesn't publish all the data they collect. For a complete list of the various reports we provide each year, see this page. The staff can provide additional information upon request, so if you don't see what you're looking for, contact Jonathan Sharpe at jonathan.sharpe@dca.ga.gov.
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