Networking Breakfast and Registration

Paying for "the America that Works": 21st-Century State Revenue Structures

In the introduction to a special report entitled "The America that Works," The Economist reported that "while the federal government twiddles its thumbs, states and... more

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• Zach Patton - Senior Editor, GOVERNING

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• Hon. Dave Heineman - Governor

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Break

Group discussion

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• Mark Funkhouser, Ph.D. - Director, GOVERNING Institute, former mayor, Kansas City, Missouri

Paying for "the America that Works": The View from Local Government

It is not just state governments that need to modernize their revenue structures. Local governments also have revenue structures that are increasingly out of sync... more

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• Mark Funkhouser, Ph.D. - Director, GOVERNING Institute, former mayor, Kansas City, Missouri

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• Stanley J. Czerwinski - Director, Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Government Accountability Office

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• Honorable Scott Smith - Mayor, City of Mesa, Arizona

Group Discussion

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• Erin Waters - Publisher, GOVERNING

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Lunch

The Great Debate - Fiscal Distress and State Intervention: Does it Work?

From the Municipal Assistance Corporation put in place to deal with the fiscal crisis in New York City in the middle 1970s to the recently... more

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• Alan Ehrenhalt - Author, The Great Inversion

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Group discussion

Break

On the Launching Pad: Medicaid and the Health Exchanges

The Affordable Care Act has launched an unprecedented era of expansion, innovation, risk and potential benefit in the delivery of health and human services. The... more

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• Dylan Scott - Staff Writer, GOVERNING

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• Andy Allison - Arkansas Medicaid Director

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• Matt Salo - Executive Director, Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD)

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Group Discussion

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• Erin Waters - Publisher, GOVERNING

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Smarter Cities and Counties - Stronger Regions

Today managing well is a necessary but not sufficient condition for delivering the outcomes the public wants in economic development and quality of life. Social... more

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• Paul W. Taylor, Ph.D. - Editor at Large, GOVERNING

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• Matthew Chase - Executive Director, National Association of Counties

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• Catherine L. Ross, Ph.D. - Director, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, Georgia Institute of Technology

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• John Thomason - State Cards Program Manager, Department of Administrative Services (DOAS), State of Georgia

Group Discussion

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• Erin Waters - Publisher, GOVERNING

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Reception

Join the GOVERNING staff, our sponsors, our speakers and your colleagues as we recap the highlights of the day over drinks and appetizers.... more

Networking and Breakfast

Welcome

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• Erin Waters - Publisher, GOVERNING

Relieving Pension Pressure: So Much Reform and So Little Change

Virtually every state and most local governments have seen some sort of pension reform since the beginning of the Great Recession. In many cases, rigorous... more

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• Justin Marlowe, Ph.D. - Senior Fellow, GOVERNING Institute, Associate Professor and Faculty Director of the Executive Master of Public Administration

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• Keith Brainard - Director of Research, National Association of State Retirement Administrators

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• Steven Malanga - Senior Fellow

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Group discussion

Break

Safety First: Managing Public-Safety Costs

Most state and local government officials and most members of the public would rate public safety as the highest-priority service their governments provide. Indeed, in... more

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• John Buntin - Staff Writer, GOVERNING

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• William J. Bratton - President and CEO, The Bratton Group LLC

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Group Discussion

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• Erin Waters - Publisher, GOVERNING

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Adjourn