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Chief of Staff to Valerie Jarrett to Speak on Behalf of Obama Administration
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michael Strautmanis, Chief of Staff to the Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Engagement, will address delegates attending the National League of Cities' (NLC) 2009 Congress of Cities & Exposition in San Antonio tomorrow. Strautmanis will speak to attendees on behalf of the Obama Administration.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081022/NLCLOGO)
All general sessions are live webcast on NLC TV at www.nlctv.org.
Also addressing delegates during the opening general session will be Kathleen M. Novak, NLC President and mayor, Northglenn, Colo. During the five-day conference, held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, municipal officials will participate in discussions and educational sessions on public finance, infrastructure, sustainability, public safety and economic development.
Later in the week, attendees will hear from William Freund, chief economist emeritus of the New York Stock Exchange, Ed Begley Jr., actor, author and environmental activist and Doris Kearns Goodwin, political author and historian. Additionally, Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, will discuss what citizenship means to cities.
To learn more about the 2009 Congress of Cities, visit http://www.nlccongressofcities.org/.
For information on media registration, visit: http://www.nlc.org/pressroom/cocpress.aspx.
Opening General Session
Thursday, November 12; 8:45 am-11:00 am
-- Michael Strautmanis, Chief of Staff to the Senior Advisor Valerie
Jarrett and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations
and Public Engagement
-- Julian Castro, Mayor, San Antonio, Texas
-- Ronald O. Loveridge, Mayor, Riverside, Calif., NLC 1st Vice President
Workshops
Thursday, November 12;
1:00 pm-2:30 pm
-- Doing More with Less: Getting Better Results for Children and Families
-- Do More with Less: Integrating Traditional and Innovative Approaches for
Free Tax Preparation
-- Downtown Revitalization: A Key to Sustaining Your City's Economy
-- Leading and Communicating in a Time of Crisis
-- Local Foods
-- The Road to a National Transportation Network
-- What Citizenship Means for Cities
3:00 pm-4:30 pm
-- An Educated Choice: School District Partnerships That Pay Off for Cities
-- Democracy Online: New Technologies for Public Engagement
-- Green Jobs: Preparing for the New Economy
-- How to Move Freight in Your Communities
-- Intelligence-Led Policing
-- Public Sector Pensions - Can Cities Continue to Afford Them; Can Workers
Live Without Them?
-- Using Local Assets to Reinvent Your Economy
City of San Antonio Best Practices
Thursday, November 12; 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
-- Office of Emergency Management
-- Economics & Infrastructure: How the Military and Communities can Work
Together to Create Value for Both
Constituency Group Events
7:30 am-9:00 am
-- Hispanic Elected Local Officials Membership Networking Breakfast Meeting
-- Includes elections of 2010 Officers
11:30 am-1:30 pm
-- National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials Membership Luncheon
-- Dr. Frederick Humphries, former president, Florida A&M University
2:30 pm-4:00 pm
-- Asian Pacific American Municipal Officials Business Meeting
The National League of Cities is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.
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