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The Institute for Public Service plays a key role in the public service component of the University of Tennessee by assisting city and county governments in Tennessee, and by training law enforcement personnel on a local, regional and national level. With offices in every region of the state, IPS also helps Tennessee manufacturers reduce costs and increase revenue.

News and Announcements

IPS Supports Tennessee Basic Economic Development Course

The Institute for Public Service collaborated with the Tennessee Leadership Center to sponsor, design and implement the second annual Tennessee Basic Economic Development Course more...

National Forensic Academy Begis 21st Session

Seventeen participants make up the 21st session of the National Forensic Academy™ (NFA™) more...

MTAS' Stokes Receives Recognition

Richard Stokes, PHR, IPMA-CP, UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS) Human Resource (HR)Consultant, was recently honored more...

CIS Sponsors Study to Determine Effectiveness of Educational Product

The UT Center for Industrial Services (CIS) instrumented the partnership between one of its customers more...

IPS Shares Results of Tennessee Youth Development Forums

What do Tennessee and other southern states need to do to develop our youth, the real future of the South? more...