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Exceeding Excellence
Exceeding Excellence Program Overview
Did you receive excellent service from a DCA staffer? If so, DCA wants to hear about it!
DCA's Exceeding Excellence Customer Service Recognition Program allows you to recognize a job "very well done." The program represents an innovative effort that allows DCA team members and our external customers to recognize DCA team members for providing excellent customer service that goes above and beyond normal job duties.
An overview is provided below:
- Eligibility – Any DCA team member can be nominated for providing excellent customer service.
- Nominations – May be made by any DCA customers or staffers. Nominations are reviewed by selection committees in each division that recommends a candidate for the quarterly award.
- Selection – DCA leadership choose a quarterly winner from division recommendations. DCA’s Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners are not eligible for nomination or selection.
- Recognition – All nominees for the quarterly award will be recognized on the DCA Intranet, the DCA monthly newsletter and at an annual employee recognition event.
News Releases
News Releases – for more information, contact Saralyn Stafford, Director, External Affairs: 404-679-3166, saralyn.stafford@dca.ga.gov.
Auburn District Named Newest Opportunity Zone (3/12/2013)
Sweet Auburn District Named Newest Opportunity Zone
HUD Award to DCA (2/16/2013)
DCA Awarded $4 million Grant to Assist Extremely Low Income Persons with Disabilities
Georgia Receives HUD Grant (2/14/2013)
Media Advisory for Press Event on 2/15/13, 11:00 a.m., North Wing, Georgia Capitol
DCA Main St. Economic Report (2/4/2013)
DCA Releases the 2012 Main Street/Better Home Town Economic Impact Report
Program Updates
DCA’s Office of Research & Surveys
The Office of Research and Surveys, in the Local Government Assistance Division, provides accurate, up-to-date information on a variety of topics related to local government in Georgia. Many of the surveys that local governments complete each year are governed by state law, meant to help provide a high level of transparency in government for Georgia's citizens.
If you want to see where the money goes in your local government, or if you'd like to see how other governments of similar sizes "get things done around town" you can check out the Report of Local Government Finances. It's a great resource not only for elected officials, planners and accountants, but also for citizens and students. Likewise, the annual Government Management Indicators Report (GOMI) provides comparisons for governments of similar sizes. Can a small city or rural county afford a sewer system, or a parks and recreation program, or a professional planning staff? The GOMI report can help supply the information to make an informed decision. The most popular annual report is a voluntary one (the others are required by Georgia law): The Wage and Salary Survey. It provides salary ranges for a variety of public sector jobs in Georgia, organized by the size of the community. The information in this report can help local governments determine a competitive wage when hiring for a new position.
The Office of Research and Surveys publishes a wide array of information on the Department's website, but due to space and time constraints, doesn't publish all the data they collect. For a complete list of the various reports we provide each year, see this page. The staff can provide additional information upon request, so if you don't see what you're looking for, contact Jonathan Sharpe at jonathan.sharpe@dca.ga.gov.
Public Notices
GHFA 2013 Audit RFP
The Georgia Housing Finance Authority is seeking proposals from highly qualified Certified Public Accounting firms to perform financial and compliance audits for the Georgia Housing Finance Authority, the Georgia Housing Finance Authority Affordable Housing, Inc. and the Georgia Housing Finance Authority Economic Development Financing, Inc.
Please carefully read the RFP and its instructions. Submit separate technical responses and cost of service responses. A separate excel worksheet herein titled “Cost Worksheets” should be electronically completed, printed and submitted separately per the instructions in the RFP. The Cost Worksheets are the only documents which may contain any reference to the proposed cost or fees for services. A third file is included for your review which will serve as the contract for the successful bidder.
GHFA 2013 Audit RFP (PDF)
Cost Worksheets (Excel)
GHFA 2013 Audit Contract (PDF)
Responses to Questions (PDF)
American Recovery and Re-Investment Act (ARRA)
