Milledgeville Georgia is known as the “First Lady of Georgia”, having served as the state's Antebellum Capital from 1803 to 1868. The city’s six largest employers are the Central State Hospital, the Middle Georgia Correctional Facility, Baldwin County Board of Education, Rheem Manufacturing, Oconee Regional Medical Center, and Georgia College & State University.

According to the Baldwin County Schools Three‐Year Technology Plan ending June 30, 2009, “Technology planning for Baldwin County is a dynamic process involving all departments essential to the development of the final plan and yearly updates.” Currently, every classroom has at least three networked computers. In 2006, Milledgeville received an $863,000 grant from a statewide program called Wireless Communities Georgia, funded through the Georgia Technology Authority.

Recently, a decision was made to privatize the state Georgia Technology Authority. The state contract for IT Infrastructure Services was awarded to IBM. The contract is valued at $873 million over eight years with two, one‐year options to renew. It includes mainframes, servers, print, service desk, end‐user computing and disaster recovery. Dell and Xerox will be subcontractors. The commencement date is

April 1, 2009. The state contract for Managed Network Services was awarded to AT&T. The contract is valued at $346 million over five years with two, one‐year options to renew. It includes wide area network, local area network and voice services. The commencement date is May 1, 2009.

Baldwin County is served by the Oconee RESA (Oconee Regional Educational Service Agency.) The Oconee RESA consults with the system level technology department and curriculum department regarding available support and professional learning opportunities, provide trainer(s) and conducts professional learning opportunities, facilitates the bargaining power for purchase of software for all schools it serves, and organizes and conducts the annual Regional Technology Fair. The Milledgeville community recognizes that it has the opportunity to improve educational programs and infrastructure. There is a certain degree of cooperation between all of the educational institutions.

 

 

 

Video footage of the "wire cutting" event kicking off the Milledgeville Municipal WiMax network.