The GOVERNING Texas Leadership Forum brings thought leaders from GOVERNING's award-winning editorial team, Texas and around the nation to you. The day is designed to be interactive, and will include sessions on some of the most important challenges facing Texas. The forum will feature a highly interactive format and an agenda created in partnership with the Advisory Board. Learn from your peers in different agencies and jurisdictions, hear fro...

Intelligence sharing among public safety agencies is mission critical—where gaps in information can put lives at risk. Technology solutions designed to promote information sharing across the local, regional, state and national levels are entering the market at an almost mind boggling pace. At Emergency Management’s Public Safety Technology Summits, you’ll see firsthand the exciting best-of-breed technologies designed to get y...

8:30-9:00 Coffee and Registration 9:00-10:00 “Seven Myths about Academic Freedom and Tenure,” Greg Scholtz, Director of Programs in Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Governance 10:00-11:00 “Faculty Handbooks and Shared Governance,” Puri Martinez, Vice Chair of the Assembly of State Conferences 11:00-11:15 Coffee 11:15-12:15 “Government Relations,” Brian Turner, Secretary 12:15-1:15 Lunch “A Faculty Agenda...

As we embark on a new era of IT industry transformation, a critical question to ask is: Are we positioned for success across this increasingly competitive IT landscape? What will the world of technology look like in 3 years, 5 years, and beyond? Join us on September 22nd for predictions and insights as we explore the next wave of convergence and how clients and computing are being transformed by mobility and the cloud and vice versa. IDC's Tec...

Join Deltek and TechAmerica for a State and Local Executive Breakfast featuring Texas’ top technology leaders representing state, city and county government. In addition to providing insight on Texas' emerging contracting climate, this breakfast is an opportunity for technology vendors to network with peers and interact with this area's top local executives. This event features presentations from key Texas government officials, such as:...

GTC Southwest 2011 Renaissance Hotel 9721 Arboretum Boulevard Austin, TX 78759 June 13 − 14, 2011 TOPICS WILL INCLUDE Cloud Computing - Technologies and Opportunities Driving Operating Efficiencies with IT: Best Practices The Future of Mobile Technology Wireless Broadband: The Changing Landscape Social Media in Government Engaging the Mobile Citizen Texas.gov Update Implementing an Information Security Program IT Governance and Portfolio...

Power to Purchase brings DIR contracted technology vendors together with IT and purchasing staff from state agencies, local and county government, K-12 and higher education to raise awareness about our Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Cooperative Contracts program. ICT Co-op Contracts is a streamlined cooperative purchasing program for state and local government, public education, and other public entities within and outside the...