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<br />15 INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS NAMED FINALISTS FOR PRESTIGIOUS AMERICAN GOVERN... Page 300 <br /> <br />-'said Stephen Goldsmith, Director of the Innovations in American Government Awards, "The amazing scope of <br />government activity and creativity represented by these eighteen programs should give citizens renewed confidence in <br />the quality of their public servants," <br /> <br />Each of the 18 finalists will deliver a public presentation before the National Selection Committee at Harvard <br />University .on May 11,2005, The Committee is chaired by David R. Gergen of the Center for Public Leadership at <br />Harvard and includes former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former San Diego Mayor <br />Susan Golding, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Maria Echaveste and former Congressman William <br />Clinger. For more information about the presentations and how to view them on the Internet, please visit <br />www,ashinstitute.harvard.edu. <br /> <br />After a full day of presentations, the committee will select five winners of the Innovations in American Government <br />Award and one winner of the Fannie Mae Foundation Innovations in American Government Award in Affordable <br />Housing, a special award made possible by the Fannie Mae Foundation, The winners will be announced on July 27, <br />2005 at the 2005 Excellence in Government Conference, in Washington, DC, Each winning program will receive a <br />$100,000 grant. to encourage replication of its innovation in other jurisdictions. <br /> <br />The Innovations in American Government Awards program, now in its 18th year, is a program of the Ash Institute for <br />Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. The award is <br />administered in partnership with the Council for Excellence in Government. <br /> <br />The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy <br />School of Government fosters excellence in government around the world in order to generate and strengthen <br />democracy, Through its awards program, research, publications, curriculum support, and global network, the Institute <br />champions critical milestones in creative and effective governance and democratic practice, <br /> <br />The Council for Excellence in Government is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to <br />improve government performance by strengthening results-oriented management and creative leadership in the public <br />sector, and to build understanding by focusing public discussion on government's role and responsibilities, <br /> <br />For more information on the Innovations in American Government program and this year's finalists, please <br />visit "",,w,ashinstitute,harvarfJ,edu or www,excelgov.org. <br /> <br />### <br /> <br />http://www.ashinstitute.harvard.edu/Ash/pr_2005Cash.htm <br /> <br />7/13/2005 <br />