July 29, 2015
Checking Up On Health: July 28, 2015
Back to school: Is your child ready? Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The new school year begins Monday for some Georgia school systems and over […]
Topic: Google
May 15, 2015
Friday Facts: May 15, 2015
It’s Friday! Events June 23-25: The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism’s Sixth Annual IHC Forum & Expo in Atlanta highlights the innovations and changes in health and benefits. Register by May […]
December 5, 2014
Friday Facts: December 5, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” – Calvin […]
November 18, 2014
Checking Up On Health: November 18, 2014
Guess who’s cashing in on health care for stupid American voters? Health Care News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd I had this visual of net “neutrality” today. It’s […]
October 10, 2014
Friday Facts: October 10, 2013
It’s Friday! Kudos Rogers Wade, Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and former president of the Foundation, was presented with the University of Georgia Blue Key Service Award on […]
September 26, 2014
Friday Facts: September 26, 2014
It’s Friday! Were you at the hugely successful fifth annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum last week? It was attended by more than 150 legislators, staff, government affairs and business representatives […]
May 21, 2014
Video Forum: GA’s Disruptive Innovation in Pardons and Parole
Folks are noticing Georgia adult and juvenile criminal justice reforms success. This month the Texas Public Policy Foundation hosted a panel discussion that included Georgia pardons and paroles executive director […]
April 25, 2014
Steer Clear of Overregulating Autonomous Autos
If anything drives transportation policy as a solution to congestion and mobility challenges in Georgia, it should be the recommendations in a new report from the Washington, D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise […]
March 25, 2014
Checking Up On Health: March 25, 2014
Health Care Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Yesterday, an e-mail from the White House turned up in my mailbox. From President Obama, no less. The salutation […]
February 7, 2014
What Do Y’all Do?
Google Analytics reveals one of our most popular Web site pages is … By Benita M. Dodd Kelly McCutchen, the Big Guy at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, came into […]
September 24, 2013
Atlanta’s Great Strides as a World Class IT Capital
The digital economy is changing the world, and we’re just getting started. Companies are launched every day with just an idea and an Internet connection. Technology has affected nearly every […]
September 23, 2013
The Path to Personalized Learning is Primarily Digital
Digital education is the use of technology to deliver instruction. Technology allows teachers to shift away from requiring all students to learn at the same pace and with the same […]
September 20, 2013
Friday Facts: September 20, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” – Friedrich von […]
September 13, 2013
Friday Facts: September 13, 2013
It’s Friday! Google Glass: Now that we have your attention … Due to high demand, the Foundation is moving to a bigger room for the event, “Georgia’s Digital Economy,” we’re hosting […]
September 9, 2013
Foundation, Google Host Event: ‘Georgia’s Digital Economy’
GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION MEDIA ADVISORY September 9, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Foundation, Google Host Event: ‘Georgia’s Digital Economy’ Atlanta – The Georgia Public Policy Foundation […]
September 6, 2013
Friday Facts: September 6, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but […]
August 30, 2013
Friday Facts: August 30, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.” – Calvin Coolidge “The time is always right to do […]
August 29, 2013 • Press Release
Sept. 16 Event Focuses on ‘Georgia’s Digital Economy’
You are invited to join us for “Georgia's Digital Economy,” a half-day event on Monday, September 16, 2013, at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center.
August 23, 2013
Friday Facts: August 23, 2013
August 23, 2013 It’s Friday! The deadline is MONDAY to register for “Georgia Transportation: The Next Frontier,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon at the Georgian Club on Wednesday, August 28. […]
August 16, 2013
Friday Facts: August 16, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.” – Calvin Coolidge “If I had […]
July 12, 2013
Friday Facts: July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013 It’s Friday! The Legacy of Hank McCamish On June 30 Georgia lost a great leader and a great man. Henry F. “Hank” McCamish Jr. was born and raised […]
January 22, 2013
Checking Up On Health: January 22, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The trials of running clinical trials: About 89 percent of clinical trials meet their enrollment goals but 48 percent of trial sites […]
October 23, 2012
Checking Up On Health: October 23, 2012
Need medical care? Do you know how and where to find data on hospital quality and hospital-related fatalities? Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd ObamaCare by any […]
October 12, 2012
Friday Facts: October 12, 2012
It’s Friday! Events Last chance! Today is the deadline to register for “A Portrait of The Iron Lady,” the Foundation’s noon Policy Briefing Luncheon and Book Forum on Tuesday, October […]
September 18, 2012
In the News
The Foundation’s Benita Dodd writes in an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution of September 17, 2012, that raising the speed limit can be a safe move in the right direction. It’s a […]
September 4, 2012
Checking Up On Health: September 4, 2012
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd On common ground: The Galen Institute held a forum at last week’s Republican National Convention; the panel that included Georgia’s two physician […]
March 9, 2012
Taking the Red Pill Takes You to Wonderland
By Eric Wearne In 2011, Sebastian Thrun left his position as a computer science professor at Stanford University. He had offered a course on artificial intelligence, and enrolled 200 Stanford […]
September 20, 2011
Gwinnett County Incubates an Entirely Online High School
The last time we spoke this summer Principal Christopher Ray was just weeks away from opening his first high school. The former elementary principal still needed pupils, teachers and curriculum. […]
March 25, 2011
Friday Facts: March 25th, 2011
It’s Friday! What’s happening at the Foundation – April 19: Register now for a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon at the Georgian Club with Samuel Staley, Ph.D., director of urban growth and […]
September 3, 2010
Friday Facts: September 3rd, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under […]
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