What's New
Are You Ready for Fall Interns?
Give yourself a head start by providing your interns with CMF publications specifically tailored to their needs:
CMF's Congressional Intern Handbook is a nuts-and-bolts guide used by hundreds of offices to orient new interns. It sets realistic expectations and instructs interns on customer service, constituent mail, ethics, safety, and many additional topics.
Its companion, The Insider's Guide to Research on Capitol Hill, provides information on the various legislative and political resources and guidance on congressional research and answering constituent mail.
Order them together and SAVE!
A Public-Private Partnership That Works
With your help, CMF can improve legislative branch operations, enhance the opportunity for meaningful civic engagement with citizens, and
strengthen the congressional workforce.
The following presentation shows how we plan to further these goals in 2009 through our projects and services. Please contact us about ways you can help support a more effective Congress.  cmf update_july 2009 (1.3 MB)
CMF's Web Site Evaluations Have Begun
 The Mouse Awards are back!
CMF is randomly evaluating all Member, committee, and leadership Web sites
for the next Gold Mouse Report.
Read Roll Call's coverage (subscription req'd).
Want to know how you can become a winner? View our FAQ about the evaluations.
Featured Resources
August Recess is Here
 August
is a great month to focus on improving your internal processes. CMF can
help you with services designed to give you results in
as little as 1-2 days:
Contact CMF to discuss or schedule a service today!
How to Manage Staff During Crises
 In this month's "Chief Counsel," CMF discusses how Chiefs of Staff should manage their staff when the Member is in crisis.
Learn how internal transparency and control can reduce stress on the office during this difficult time.
(A subscription is required to read this Roll Call management column.)
Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Personal Efficiency
CMF recently hosted "Time, Paper, and Email
Management" for Chiefs of Staff, made possible through support given to CMF by NASDAQ®, State Farm
Insurance®, BlackBerry® and the Society for Human Resource Management
(SHRM).
Download the handouts:  2009_COS_pep_handouts (375 KB)
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