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URISA Press Releases & Announcements

Managing GIS Series by URISA Members in ArcNews:

• The Geo-Jargon Guide to GIS Leadership
  By Rachel Kornak, GISP, URISA's Vanguard Cabinet
  Winter 2012/2013
• Geospatial Society, the GIS Profession, and URISA's GIS Management Institute
  By Greg Babinski, GISP, Finance and Marketing Manager, King County GIS Center, URISA President
  Fall 2012
• Avoiding Last-Minute Metadata Misery
  By Ryan E. Bowe, GISP, GIS Technician II, Photo Science, Inc., and April H. Davis, GISP, GIS Analyst III, Southwest Florida Water Management District
  Summer 2012
• GIS Matters in 2012!
  By Kathryn McSorley, GIS Specialist, Bergen County, New Jersey
  Spring 2012
• Zen and the Art of GIS Communication
  By Brandon Brown, GIS Administrator, City of Dublin, Ohio
  Winter 2011
• Delivering GIS in a Period of Unsustainable Growth
  By Corey Halford, Information Technology Team Leader, Data Services, City of Airdrie
  Fall 2011
• Let's Exchange Competition for Cooperation
  By Claudia Paskauskas, GIS Manager, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
  Summer 2011
• URISA Proposes a Local Government GIS Capability Maturity Model
  By Greg Babinski, GISP, Finance and Marketing Manager, King County GIS Center
  Winter 2010/2011
• A Local Government Perspective of Spatial Data Management
  By Ron Stanfield, GIS Coordinator, Montgomery County, Alabama
  Fall 2010
• Finding Success During Hard Times
  By Nicole Gattuso, GIS Director, McHenry County, Illinois
  Summer 2010
• Thoughts on Technology Coordination
  By Lee N. Hartsfield, GISP, GIS Coordinator, Tallahassee-Leon County, Florida
  Spring 2010
• The Integrated Land Office: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, GIS
  by Todd Wilson, GIS Technology Solutions Manager, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
  Fall 2009
• GIS Project Intake Process: Balancing Infinite Needs Against Finite Resources
  by Leeanne W. Pacatte, GIS Manager, City of Austin, Texas
  Summer 2009
• Interview Your Customers: Take Advantage of Their Knowledge, Expertise, Interest, and Use of GIS
  by Mary Lynne Lackner, GIS Manager, City of Aspen and Pitkin County, Colorado
  Spring 2009
• City of Plantation's GIS
  by Ivette Reyes, GISP, GIS Manager, City of Plantation, Florida
  Fall 2008
• Metro's Regional Land Information System: The Virtual Key to Portland's Growth Management Success
  by Richard C. Bolen, Urban Research Program Director, Metro Regional Government, Portland, Oregon
  Summer 2008
• The Evolution and Use of GIS in Local Government
  by Cecille Blake, Spatial Data Management Division, Jamaica
  Spring 2008
• Growing Up GIS
  by Kim H. McDonough, GIS Coordinator, Information Technology Division, Tennessee Department of Transportation
  Winter 2007/2008
• Listening and Learning: Secrets to GIS Success
  by F. Peirce Eichelberger, GIS Manager, Chester County, Pennsylvania
  Fall 2007
• Redefining the "Killer App"
  by Scott Oppmann, Oakland County, Michigan, Manager, Application Services Division, Oakland County Information Technology
  Summer 2007
• From Governance to Action
  by George Horning, King County, Washington, GIS Program Manager
  Spring 2007
• Enterprise GIS—Some Keys to Success
  by Dianne Haley, URISA Past President
  Winter 2006/2007