The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocates billions of dollars for state and local governments as they strive to close the digital divide.Though each state is promised at least $100 million, additional money will be distributed based on a complicated series of calculations and other information that applicants submit. Including all possible helpful data can give agencies a boost as they seek to unlock IIJA funding.During a li...

The nature of work changes all the time. Fax machines give way to email. Top-down edicts fall out of favor; collaborative teams take the stage. New technology makes it easier to work from home. Automation replaces menial data entry and frees employees to focus on strategic initiatives. But nothing in modern history has impacted the nature of work more than COVID-19. The disruptions of the pandemic uprooted everything we thought we knew about t...

This is an invitation-only event, open to Public Sector only. For more information or to request an invitation, please contact Brittany Roberts. If you represent a Private Sector organization and are interested in Sponsorship Opportunities, please contact Andrea Kleinbardt. Due to decades of neglect, infrastructure modernization is a critical issue. Three-quarters of infrastructure investments occur at the state and local level. In response, G...

Governing magazine’s Leadership Forums provide transformational leadership and management strategies to help state and local government elected officials, appointees and senior-level agency executives build high-performance government organizations. Faced with unique demands, government leaders have made these annual events their “must attend” day to exchange valuable ideas and spearhead industry partnerships that advance gov...

The national infrastructure landscape has never been more fertile and states and cities are leading the way! They are developing creative and innovative approaches to funding and financing critical infrastructure while also investing in performance-driven, smart, and future-ready projects in transportation, transit, water, energy, and social infrastructure. But the challenge is massive and the only way forward is through better intergovernment...

Governing magazine’s Leadership Forums provide transformational leadership and management strategies to help state and local government elected officials, appointees and senior-level agency executives build high-performance government organizations. Faced with unique demands, government leaders have made these annual events their “must attend” day to exchange valuable ideas and spearhead industry partnerships that advance gov...