Centers of Excellence

• Center for Competitive Florida
  Advancing Florida′s global economic competitiveness through policy research and development.
  
• Center for Educational Performance & Accountability
  CEPA conducts research, issues publications, and engages in meaningful actions to promote exemplary student achievement within a cost effective environment throughout Florida's PreK-20 public system of education.
  
• Center for Local Government Studies
  To conduct research projects and perform contract research for Florida's city and county governments: budgeting and taxation, prioritization of services and service delivery options, auditing and performance measurements in order to recommend improved effectiveness, efficiency and accountability to benefit taxpayers.
  
• Center for Smart Justice
  Florida TaxWatch has given special attention to the significant and growing number of tax dollars spent on Florida’s criminal justice system. In December of 2010 Florida TaxWatch formed the Center for Smart Justice to help remedy this growing dilemma. The primary goal of the Florida TaxWatch Center for Smart Justice is to ensure cost effective criminal and juvenile justice in the state of Florida.
  
• Center for Tourism
  The Center for tourism conducts research that measures the economic contribution and infrastructure challenges of Florida's vital tourism and tourism-related industries in the context of statewide growth, vitality, and stability.