BoardofCountyCommissionersContact:ClaireFeazel
OfficeoftheCountyAdministrator912-510-0464(office)
P.O.Box99/200East4"Street912-576-5647(fax)
Woodbine,Georgia31569cyfeazel@co.camden.ga.us
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
LouisFoltzerEarnsDesignationas
LocalGovernmentChiefInformationOfficer
WOODBINE,GEORGIAApril16,2019TheCamdenCountyBoardof
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CommissionersispleasedtoannouncethatInformationTechnologyDirectorLouisFoltzerhas
earnedthedesignationofaLocalGovernmentChiefInformationOfficer(LGCIO).Thisisajoint
certificateprogrambetweentheGeorgiaChapteroftheGovernmentManagementInformation
Sciences(GA-GMIS)andtheUniversityofGeorgia’sCarlVinsonInstituteofGovernment
(CVIOG).Itisco-sponsoredbytheAssociationofCountyCommissionersofGeorgia(ACCG)
andtheGeorgiaMunicipalAssociation(GMA).
“lamproudthatLouishasreachedthisprofessionalmilestone,”saidCountyAdministratorSteve
Howard.“Hisworkinleadingourinformationtechnologyandcybersecurityeffortsbenefitall
CamdenCountyresidents.”
TheLGCIOCertificateProgramrequiresqualifiedprofessionalstocompleteonlineandin-person
classes,independentassignments,andacapstoneproject.ToreceivethecertificateFoltzer
completed240learningcredithoursthroughCVIOG.Foltzerwillofficiallyreceivehiscertification
attheGA-GMISSpringConferenceinlateApril.
AbouttheGeorgiaChapteroftheGovernmentManagementInformationSciences(GAGMIS):TheGeorgia
ChapteroftheGovernmentManagementInformationSciencesiscontinuallyblazingnewfrontierstobetterservethepublicand
governmentalagenciesthroughsharingofknowledgeinthefieldofInformationTechnology.Learnmoreat:
http://www.gagmis.org/ga/Default.aspx.
AboutCamdenCounty:LocatedintheextremesoutheastcornerofGeorgia,CamdenCountytrulyis“Georgia’sCoastal
CommunityofChoice.”Originallyformedin1777,CamdenCountyisbestknownforitsrichhistory,naturalscenicbeautyand
Southernhospitality.Ourvisionishelpingtomakethisthebestplacetolivebypreservingandenhancingthehistoryandquality
oflife,whilepromotingsmartgrowthandprovidinganefficient,effectiveandresponsivegovernment.
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