EMA, Inc.

A Partnership between The United States Conference of Mayors and EMA, Inc., USCM Platinum Member

The United States Conference of Mayors is proud to introduce its newest Platinum Member, EMA, Inc. EMA offers comprehensive consulting services for cities, public works agencies, utilities, and manufacturers. An ideas-to-implementations consultant with offices throughout North America, EMA will work with you and your city to create results and improve efficiency. Public sector service providers are under intense pressure to do more with less. Driven by rapidly escalating health care and pension expenses, aging infrastructure, decreasing state aid, security concerns, and escalating citizen demands, cities are hard-pressed to respond. Fortunately, there are alternatives to service cuts and employee layoffs.

Hundreds of public agencies have relied on EMA to improve operating performance through the implementation of high-productivity management strategies, work practices, and technology improvements. By developing and implementing sound, cost-effective business strategies, public agencies are responding to current demands with innovative, cost-effective solutions that can save millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs.

EMA's services include:

• Vulnerability and disaster avoidance services
• Reengineering/organizational services: assessments and competitiveness plans, work practice analysis, change management, team building and communications, and compensation planning
• O&M systems: operations, maintenance and laboratory management, process control, information systems, and decision support systems
• Business systems: customer service, financial, and human resources applications
• Engineering systems: computer-aided drawing/drafting, automated mapping/facilities management, and geographic information systems
• E-Business services: consulting and online services to meet utility customer needs, website communities to provide information, and other business enabling services

For more information on how EMA can assist you in making your city more efficient, please call Judith Cascio at 651-639-5600 or email her at jcascio@ema-inc.com or visit www.ema-inc.com. You can also contact Kathryn Kretschmer-Weyland with the United States Conference of Mayors at 301-460-5251 or email her at kweyland@usmayors.org.

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