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The buttons below are provided to enable you to navigate the site and to find quickly the information you need.  In the sidebar to the right, you will find brief explanations of each set of buttons.


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What's New
A Tribute to
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Share Your Success Story
The fast track to achieving excellence is to adapt the successes of others to benefit your organization.  So, telling your story will assist your colleagues in other local-government agencies to become more efficient, more effective, or more accountable.  It may even make the difference between their continued survival or their being merged out of existence.  At the same time, you'll bring widespread recognition to your organization.  VFC is now read by those on 4 continents who govern, manage, assist, support, and sustain our local governments.  So, your article will enjoy a broad exposure to your peers at home and in many other parts of the world.
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Local Government Performance Checkup
This initiative enables you to find the 'hidden' savings in your budget by comparing the performance of your organization with that of your peers.
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Other Institute Programs
Research Publication Information Exchange Performance Improvement

About the Institute
Founded in 1994, the Cordillera Institute is an independent public-policy organization dedicated to excellence in local government.
Who We Are Meeting a Critical Need Achieving Excellence What We Do

About Our People
The success of any organization is determined by the quality of its people.  Our Institute benefits from having some of the best.
Volunteer Opportunities Institute Associates Editorial Advisory Board Institute Ambassadors

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If this is your 1st visit, ...
be sure to read the note from our Director.  It provides a brief history of our Institute and introduces the programs we have designed to assist you on your journey to excellence.

View from the Cordillera (VFC) ...
is our on-going commentary on achieving excellence in local government.  By clicking on the buttons to the left, you can order a Free Copy of a recent issue, Register to receive an email copy of each future summary, Subscribe to receive the full text of each future summary, and Order the full text of any past issue.  You can read summaries of the most recent commentaries by clicking on the buttons under the What's New heading.  To see the catalog of all past issues, click on the button below.
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Share Your Success Story ...
provides a button to Submit an Article, an Author Guidelines button to find answers to questions most often asked by our guest authors, a No Writer? button to show you how you can still share your success story even if you have no writer available, and a button to review the list of more than 75 Contributing Authors.

Local Gov't. Performance Checkup ...
By clicking on the buttons under this heading, you can Enroll your organization, Sponsor an organization, Submit your data, and read More Details of this initiative.

Other Institute Programs ...
include the Research, Publication, Information Exchange, and Performance Improvement programs.

About the Institute ...
begins with information on Who We AreMeeting a Critical Need describes our mission.  Achieving Excellence provides our definition of excellence.  What We Do outlines how we employ our resources.

About Our People ...
introduces you to Institute Associates, to our Editorial Advisory Board, to Volunteer Opportunities, and pays tribute to the Institute Ambassadors.