p. 1  Manage its internal operations efficiently and effectively, including: 2  Management of procurement staff. 3  Developing and maintenance of policies and processes. 4  Introducing and leveraging appropriate technology and systems. 5  Defining procurement strategy and structure. 6  Developing plans and measures.
North Georgia is the hilly to mountainous northern region of the U.S. state of Georgia. At the time of the arrival of settlers from Europe, it was inhabited largely by the Cherokee. The counties of north Georgia were often scenes of important events in the history of Georgia.
As you say, the Northwest is very white, with few minorities. The same could be said of places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and some of the liberal states of New England. Many Southern states, which are only 60-70% white are strongly Republican in spite of near total Democrat voting by the minority groups.