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Santa Clara County California Superior Court Judge Leonard Perry Edwards II was named recipient of the 2004 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence by the National Center for State Courts. This award is presented annually to a state court judge who exemplifies the highest level of judicial excellence, integrity, fairness and professional ethics. President of the National Center stated that “Judge Edwards is one of the most effective and progressive trial judges in America, especially in the area of juvenile and family courts. Judge Edwards stands out, not only for his numerous achievements, but ... for his leadership style, which has positively influenced courts in California, the nation, and the world.” Judge Edwards has served nearly 25 years on the Santa Clara County bench with efforts resulting in the juvenile dependency court being designated a national model by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Judge Edwards has implemented model practices such as dependency court mediation, family group conferencing, direct calendaring, and court coordination. In 1999, Judge Edwards established one of the country’s first dependency drug treatment court.
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The California Economic Development Partnership was established as an interagency Cabinet team, to coordinate all of the State government economic development activities. The Partnership brings together State Administration resources (org chart) in collaboration with regional and local economic development organizations and other public and private expert resources to retain, expand and attract jobs in California.
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MANCHESTER – Two years ago, the national March of Dimes gave the state a barely passing grade for its newborn screening program, a panel of six conditions that had not changed in 15 years. - By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Telegraph Staff
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California is the first state to have an agency dedicated to promoting and protecting the privacy rights of consumers. Now located in the California Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection, the Office of Privacy Protection was created by legislation in 2000 and opened in 2001. Its mission is to identify consumer problems in the privacy area and encourage the development of fair information practices.
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SOLON, Ohio, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fiberstars, Inc. (Nasdaq: FBST - News) today announced that it has completed its reincorporation from the State of California to the State of Delaware. The shareholders of Fiberstars, Inc. ("Fiberstars-California") approved the reincorporation proposal at Fiberstars-California's annual meeting on July 6, 2006.
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WebTools is an online resource for California State agency webmasters that will help support the efforts of implementing new standards and look and feel into the agency website. Specifically, WebTools provides necessary tools, resources and implementation guidelines for the Webmasters to implement the state standards for usability, accessibility and separation of presentation.
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