Program Responsibilities

Public Affairs Office

The Public Affairs Office promotes the knowledge of integrated waste management and the use of the Board's services to meet State mandates, analyzes the extent of public understanding of the programs administered by the Board, and suggests appropriate steps, if necessary, to increase that awareness. The office uses several strategies to accomplish this goal.

• Provides integrated waste management information to the general public and news media, prepares news releases, and responds to specific requests for information and publications. Public Affairs also coordinates topical waste prevention media campaigns and events.
• Coordinates production and distribution of Board publications, including its Web site. The publications range from mandated reports to educational fact sheets and brochures. All publications are distributed to libraries throughout California (as required by the Library Distribution Act) and to the public upon request and through the Web site.
• Promotes CIWMB programs and the waste management hierarchy by coordinating Board participation at conferences, expos, and fairs organized by local governments, businesses, and schools throughout the state.

This office also includes the Board's Ombudsman program, which serves as a single-source outreach program to the public and to the regulated industry, and provides conflict resolution assistance related to Board programs.

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For more information on programs managed by this office, see the following on our Web site:

• About the Board
• Kids' Stuff
• Ombudsman
• Press Room
• Publications Catalog
• What Can I Do?

Last updated: July 23, 2008