The Center for Digital Education is hosting a Market Briefing event in Atlanta, GA and we hope you can join us.IT leaders from Georgia school districts will be on hand for a special briefing on their technology plans for the coming years.The participants will be briefing the audience on district plans in a variety of topic areas, including computing infrastructure, mobile devices, digital content, professional development, cyber security and t...

The Safe & Connected Communities Forum will bring together 30-50 federal, state and local leaders from multiple disciplines and jurisdictions into one room for strategic discussions on new technologies and the related policies that impact public safety and emergency management organizations. The event will be a series of facilitated discussions that will be co-led by Emergency Management magazine and members of the audience who will help s...

Government Technology’s passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. The Georgia Digital Government Summit is designed to do just that. The summit has an advisory board that gathers public- and private-sector leaders to create an agenda designed to make that passion relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the summit. Participants tell us they use the insp...

The Center for Digital Education is hosting a Market Briefing event in Atlanta, GA and we hope you can join us. IT leaders from Georgia school districts will be on hand for a special briefing on their technology plans, priorities and focus for the coming years. With over 38,000 students, Cherokee County School District adheres to the belief that technology should play a vital role in meeting the needs of a broad range of abilities, disabilitie...

The Large District Fly-In is being hosted by the Center for Digital Education and will be held in Atlanta, GA. The largest 25 districts and select others will be invited to take part in discussions that articulate the priorities and challenges large school districts are facing as they “shift to digital.”Free of charge to public-sector leaders, the discussions will highlight the use of information technology in district management a...

This will be the 16th annual Summit and it continues to grow in size and influence. State CIO Calvin Rhodes and State CTO Steve Nichols are avid supporters, as are the CIOs of Atlanta, Fulton County, and other large local government entities. It’s a common misconception that the state’s infrastructure is outsourced. In fact, relatively few of the agencies have outsourced their infrastructure and none have outsourced their applicati...

The Governing Georgia Leadership Forum brings thought leaders from Governing's award-winning editorial team, Georgia state and local government, and around the nation to you.Governing's Georgia Leadership Forum will feature interactive discussions on the topics most important to Georgia. Interact with your peers and hear from experts on best practices and innovative solutions on the issues that matter to you.The day will focus on the important...

Register today to be a part of the first ever Atlanta EM summit! www.emergencymgmt.com/atlantaemsummit/2013/register This summit is a major opportunity to network with top area leaders and industry experts in one location! Home to many major company headquarters, such as Home Depot and UPS, Atlanta is a prime location for facilitating public-private partnerships. Efforts to revitalize the city make city planning—from public safety, utili...

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...