The GOVERNING Michigan Leadership Forum Brings thought leaders from GOVERNING's award-winning editorial team, Michigan 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 Michigan.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,...

Outlook 2012: Trends, Opportunities and Winning Strategies for the State and Local Government Market “This conference, by far, gives us the best insight of any conference that we go to in terms of bringing all of the thought leaders together from different organizations to share what’s forward-looking in the coming year.” - Christine Carmichael, Director of Marketing, Kronos Get a look at the public sector market landscape fo...

Get a first look at the transition strategies, priorities and agendas for state and local government in 2011. If you’re in government affairs, selling to state and local governments, leading an association or non-profit, this two-day event is packed with post-election trends and insights! You’ll interact with public sector leaders and today’s most prominent state and local thought leaders on these critical issues: What are th...

Best Practices from North Carolina and BeyondIn these tight budget times, its more critical than ever that government collect every dollar of tax due. We also need to be more cost-effective and streamline our operations as much as possible. By investigating a case study from the State of North Carolina, we have found the formula to do just that.The typical tax authority deals with tens of thousands of tax cases per year, resulting in an enormo...

GOVERNING’S Summit on the Cost of Government is an invitation-only gathering of public officials to confront the structural problems in government and explore the path forward. After the recession, where do states go from here? What are the smart strategies to accelerate recovery, restore stability and create sustainable growth as governments go through a fundamental reset of the way they do the public’s business? The answers matte...