Overview Topics Will Include: Innovation New Technologies Digital Government Trends Leadership in Times of Change Shared Services and Collaboration Mobility Citizen Engagement Purpose: This event is for and about state and local government. The purpose of the event is to foster discussion and dialogue on the use of information technology as a strategic tool for managers, executives and policy makers. Who should attend: If you influence or part...

Join top leaders from Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania at this year’s Emergency Management Summit! A rallying point for the entire Philadelphia community of first responders, this regional event will gather top leaders in emergency management, public safety and homeland security and provide a forum to share best practices, renew relationships and work on new solutions in the Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania for both t...

Overview Topics Will Include Innovation New Technologies Digital Government Trends Leadership in Times of Change Shared Services and Collaboration Mobility Citizen Engagement Purpose: This event is for and about state and local government. The purpose of the event is to foster discussion and dialogue on the use of information technology as a strategic tool for managers, executives and policy makers. Who should attend: If you influence or parti...

Overview This is an invitation-only event. The New York State IT Leader of the Year AwardNominations are now being accepted | Submission Deadline is Friday, March 15, 2013For Submission Guidelines click HERE. Topics Will Include Government on the Go: Changing the way Government Works! Stakeholder Relationships that Improve Organizational Performance Effective Methods for Driving Innovation The "Big Data": Moving from "What is it?" and "So what...

Meet Face to Face with the San Francisco/Bay Area Region’sPolice, Fire and the Whole Community of 1st Responder Leadership!Emergency Management Summits connect you with the highest level of public safety first responder and emergency management executives in your sales territory.The San Francisco/Bay Area region has a top-of-mind need for solutions due to both disaster frequency and a priority to protect the safety and welfare of its cit...

GOVERNING’S Healthy Living Summit, held in Atlanta at the Botanical Gardens on December 6, 2011, was a major success!This summit was born out of a need to address increasing healthcare costs as they are impacted by obesity. Recognizing that social and environmental determinants shape health outcomes, the 2012 Healthy Living Summit agenda will continue the discourse around healthy community strategies incorporating: Policy and Planning Tr...

Overview Topics Will Include Digital Government Trends Leadership in Challenging Times Shared Services New Technologies Innovation Citizen and Employee Mobility Purpose This event is for and about state and local government. The purpose of the event is to foster discussion and dialogue on the use of information technology as a strategic tool for managers, executives and policy makers. Who Should Attend If you influence or participate in techno...

Economists warn that looming federal tax hikes combined with the $109 billion in automatic spending cuts scheduled to occur in January 2013 could derail the fragile economic recovery if Washington fails to act. Sequestration is the topic of the day, but there’s been little coverage about the specific impact the process would have on state and local governments, and in particular, on programs that rely on federal funds. Attend this free G...

Overview Topics Will Include Accommodating a Mobile Workforce Capacity Management Meeting Customer Needs Electronic Record Retention and Discovery Project Management A Prescription for Success Dashboarding and Performance Management Workplace Trends A New Direction? Modernization Approaches and Lessons Learned IT Skill Sets of the Future How Much of Your Personal Information Is Online? ITs Role in Business Transformation Purpose This event is...

Each fall, GOVERNING hosts an awards banquet in Washington to honor individual state and local government officials for outstanding accomplishment. Our Public Officials of the Year are elected, appointed and career officials from any branch of state or local government who are nominated by GOVERNING's readers and selected by our editors.The 2012 Public Officials of the Year awards dinner will be held on November 15 at Washington's historic Wil...