Karoline Schmal Email & Phone Number

Conduct research on various topics for two professors in the School of Public Affairs Office.  Research and prepare bibliographies with relevant scholarly journals on a large array of topics. Research was conducted to keep the professors up-to-date within their study areas such as local government restructuring, fiscal distress legislation, state responses to local government fiscal distress, state mandate commissions, planning trends, sustainable development, fiscal federalism, transit oriented developments, collaborative governance, and national-wide judicial selection methods. Emergency Management Project: Project purpose: to provide data to Dr. Beverly Cigler for future book and scholarly journal. The following was undertaken: • Determined data to be collected. • Compiled data from all state emergency management departments’ websites. • Created Excel database for future analysis in SPSS. Data include regulatory and legislative components of the agency structure.

Provided administrative and legal support services to all borough departments. Supported and assisted 4 attorneys on all programs, plans, and initiatives of the municipal law office. Supervised, trained and mentored Legal Secretary I, delegated duties and assignments, and administered office budget.  Advise/brief senior management on policy and program changes. Assist in drafting legislation and regulations. Interpreted new or revised court procedures, analyzed their application, devised methods for implementation, and advised supervisors of their existence and applicability.  Achieved 30% savings in the legal library budget by way of price/cost analysis and source selection which allowed for the expansion of legal library. Set-up and instituted new records management policy and systems for documents to be archived and organized that resulted in a more efficient and accurate recording and reporting function. Maintain and control auditable financial and budgetary reports reflecting necessitated spending trails; assist decision making authorities on financial status and outlook based upon ongoing operations and programs.  Responsible for maintaining office supplies within budgetary constraints using cost/price analysis and source selection. Assisted Attorneys with meeting Training Plan objectives as outlined in the office Strategic Plan. Manage, schedule, and calendar court dates, conferences, and administrative deadlines for office of six. Research, review, collect, and prepare material for confidential and/or sensitive documents. Respond to non-technical requests for information and provide data through research of multi-data libraries, files, legislative research and/or personal knowledge and experience. IT products, services and systems experience: “Ms. Schmalwas also the only person in the Borough Attorney ' s Office I could solidly rely upon to be technically proficient in a wide array of various information technologies