Public Technology Inc

Programs: Education and membership services as part of its member services, pti presents the annual technology solutions & innovation conference and expo, which focuses on educational sessions, designed around technology topics that impact local government in addition, pti hosts topical seminars (for example a seminar on cio leadership) and webinars, and publishes white papers and guidebooks targeting city and county government officials. In january 2009 pti released the book "geospatial systems that support emergency and disaster operations a case study guide for local government and utility first responders," that contains case studies from nine local governments that highlight how geospatial-based systems and data allow first responders to easily and reliably access critical information pre-incident, on-route and on-scene.

targeted research is one of pti's priorities is to identify technology trends and opportunities that impact city and county governments. We accomplish this task by conducting national surveys of local government officials, providing pti members with online forums to share information and lessons learned, and conducting more comprehensive research and analysis on select topics for example, pti is conducting a major research initiative as part of our citizen-engaged community designation program funded by the alfred p. Sloan foundation, this program focuses on identifying and recognizing best practices for the use of citizen relationship/records management (crm) systems, coupled with 311 systems, web portal technology, telephony systems and mobilecommunications infrastructure to advance new standards for citizen on scene.