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Center for Industrial Services (CIS)	County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS)	Law Enforcement Innovation Center (LEIC)

Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS)	Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership (NCEL)	Tennessee Language Center (TLC)

Jefferson County Recognized for Opioid Settlement Planning Process

April 19, 2024

Jefferson County announced it is receiving of one of the inaugural awards for Excellence in the Application of the Opioid...

April 18, 2024

By Rhiannon Jones, LEIC I am a self-proclaimed overthinker; if there’s a way to ruminate on something, I’m going to...

April 9, 2024

Leading Up By Jon Walden, CTAS In today's fast-moving work world, being a good leader means more than just leading...

March 4, 2024

Can We Make Civility a Norm? By Dr. Herb Byrd III Coming home from the UT Board of Trustees meeting,...

February 29, 2024

Innovation, Honesty, Engagement, Accountability, & Respect – I HEAR By Lynn Reed, CIS Our global population was estimated to have...

February 19, 2024

By Kelley McNeal, CTAS Jocko Willink and Leif Babin draw powerful leadership principles from their experiences as U.S. Navy SEALs...

February 12, 2024

By Eric Spencer, MTAS I’m an outdoors guy and an avid backpacker. I love spending time on the trail. As...

February 2, 2024

By Dr. Herb Byrd III Last month’s LEAD! article was inspired by a visit Resa and I made between Christmas...