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Social Media As A Tool For Tennessee Municipalities, Bonnie Jones, Josh Jones Dec 2010

Social Media As A Tool For Tennessee Municipalities, Bonnie Jones, Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication will provide your city with information relative to social media for purposes of communicating with employees, interacting with your community, and using social media as a hiring tool. Includes sample social media policy.


Interviewing And The Law (2010), Richard Stokes Nov 2010

Interviewing And The Law (2010), Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Congress provided federal legal enforcement for equal employment in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with strengthening amendments added in 1972. Unlawful discrimination in the employment process also is enforced through the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.


Surveying Citizens: A Handbook For Municipal Officials Who Want To Know What Their Citizens Think, David H. Folz Phd Nov 2010

Surveying Citizens: A Handbook For Municipal Officials Who Want To Know What Their Citizens Think, David H. Folz Phd

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This handbook describes the process getting valid and reliable information from a citizen survey. It's intended for readers who don't have a substantial background in survey research or statistics. The basic premise is simple: Do it right or don't bother to do it at all. The necessary steps to "do it right" allow for few shortcuts in planning, designing and implementing a high-quality citizen survey or in analyzing responses. Following the procedures and suggestions described here should yield questions that are valid (measures what you want to measure), reliable (consistent), and useful (results that relate to the survey objectives.


Capital Asset Accounting System (2010), Al Major Aug 2010

Capital Asset Accounting System (2010), Al Major

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication provides direction in accounting for and properly reporting assets in governmental funds.


Tennessee Public Acts 2010: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Josh Jones Aug 2010

Tennessee Public Acts 2010: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication summarizes the year's public acts that have the most significant impact on municipal operations.


Qualification Based Selection: An Mtas Guide For Procuring Professional Engineering Services In Tennessee (2010), Sharon Rollins Jul 2010

Qualification Based Selection: An Mtas Guide For Procuring Professional Engineering Services In Tennessee (2010), Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The purpose of this guide is to present a simple, step-by-step procedure to aid Tennessee municipal officials in procuring engineering, architectural, land surveying, and other professional services by using the QBS process.


Irs Regulations On Personal Use Of City-Owned Vehicles: Employer's Guide To Fringe Benefits (2010), Ron Darden Jun 2010

Irs Regulations On Personal Use Of City-Owned Vehicles: Employer's Guide To Fringe Benefits (2010), Ron Darden

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The personal use of a city-owned vehicle is taxable to the employee.


Water And Wastewater Management (2009), Steve Wyatt, Brett Ward, Bill Young May 2010

Water And Wastewater Management (2009), Steve Wyatt, Brett Ward, Bill Young

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The purpose of this manual is to provide a resource for both new and experienced water board members and municipal officials who have little or no formal training for the job.


Open Records: A Guide For Municipal Officials (2010), Josh Jones May 2010

Open Records: A Guide For Municipal Officials (2010), Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide summarizes Tennessee’s open records laws as of the end of the 2009 legislative session and includes practical applications for municipal officials and employees.


Family Medical Leave Act (2010), Bonnie Jones Apr 2010

Family Medical Leave Act (2010), Bonnie Jones

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The FMLA was passed in 1993, amended in 2008 to provide leave entitlements for military families, and updated in 2009 by the Department of Labor.


An Updated Guide To Cobra (2010), Bonnie Jones Feb 2010

An Updated Guide To Cobra (2010), Bonnie Jones

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

An overview of COBRA, which mandates that most group health plans offer a continuation of health insurance when employees and beneficiaries would otherwise lose group health coverage.


Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee (2010), Sharon Rollins Jan 2010

Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee (2010), Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.


Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials (2010), Mtas Jan 2010

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials (2010), Mtas

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date.


Fair Credit Reporting Act (2010), Richard Stokes Jan 2010

Fair Credit Reporting Act (2010), Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The provisions of FCRA, CRECA and FACTA directly affect those cities that use outside agencies to secure information about applicants and employees.