Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute staff member Denise Brown has been named to the steering committee of the National Local Technical Assistance Program/Tribal Technical Assistance Program Clearinghouse.

The clearinghouse provides support to the National Local Technical Assistance Program/Tribal Technical Assistance Program, a network of 58 centers funded by the Federal Highway Administration that serves every state, Puerto Rico and tribal governments. The centers enable local counties, parishes, townships, cities and towns to improve their roads and bridges by supplying them with a variety of training programs, an information clearinghouse, new and existing technology updates, personalized technical assistance and newsletters. Brown is an administrative assistant at Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute in Bismarck, which operates North Dakota’s Local Technical Assistance Program center. 

The steering committee ensures the clearinghouse develops services that meet the needs of the centers and the national program community in accordance with the national strategic plan. Members of the Clearinghouse Steering Committee, comprised of Local Technical Assistance Program/Tribal Technical Assistance Program representatives, are a liaison between Federal Highway Administration, the Local Technical Assistance Program/Tribal Technical Assistance Program community and the clearinghouse. They provide guidance and feedback on clearinghouse activities.