Presentations Made at Substantive Sessions
of the Annual Meeting

July 11-15, 2008 | Oklahoma City

Agriculture & Rural Development Committee

Challenges Facing Rural Community Colleges

Every Bushel Counts

The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

Rural Housing Perspectives

Turmoil in the Commodity Markets

Economic Development, Tranportation & Cultural Affairs Committee

Americas 2020: Moving People and Products Faster, Safer, and Smarter

Oklahoma’s Economic Development Efforts

Rail Solutions and America’s Future Prosperity

State Economic Development Strategies: Perspectives of a Site Selector

Education Committee

Counterdrug (CD) Information Brief

Educare

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

Quality Pre-K: Southern Strategies for High Returns from Early Education

South Carolina TAP: A National Leader in Outcomes Based Teacher Incentive Programs

Energy & Environment Committee

AES Shady Point: Commercial Operation

Energy Efficiency in Southern States

Smart Solutions: Appropriate for Oklahoma

Utility Business Models: Clean Energy Incentives & Disincentives

Southern Company: Smart Grid

Fiscal Affairs & Government Operations Committee (FAGO)

2008 Oklahoma Economic Outlook?

The National and Southern Economic Outlooks

State Debt Ratings

State Fiscal Conditions and the Federal Budget

What Does Security Cost?

Human Services & Public Safety Committee

Corrections in Southern States

The Impact of Mental Illness and Addiction on the Criminal Justice System: National and Oklahoma Perspectives

One in 100: Behind Bard in America 2008

Lower Mississippi River Basin Initiative

UMRBA Organizational Overview