The Utah CPM Consortium

THE NATIONAL CONNECTION

The Utah Certified Public Management (CPM) training program is an accredited Member of the National CPM Consortium, a network of states that offer CPM Certification to public employees. Formed in 1979, the National Certified Public Manager Consortium establishes and preserves standards for CPM designation. It is the Consortium's belief that the quality and efficiency of government management have a major impact on the lives of individual citizens and orderly functioning of society.

Systematic training programs are essential to maintain and improve the effectiveness and professionalism of government supervisors and managers. The purpose of the Consortium is to promote state CPM programs by providing and monitoring accreditation standards, facilitating program development, encouraging innovation and developing linkages with programs and organizations with similar concerns.

LOCAL CONNECTION

In Utah, the CPM program is co-sponsored by the state's Department of Human Resource Management and the System of Higher Education. The Utah CPM program was carefully structured and developed to meet Utah's many governmental needs through the cooperative efforts of a CPM Advisory Board with representatives from the private sector and academic institutions, state agency representatives, and members of the Utah CPM Society. These organizations continue to be actively involved in efforts to increase the effectiveness of the program.