PROVIDENCE, RI, Aug. 4—NGA Chairman Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening, Vice Chairman Michigan Gov. John Engler, and NGA Annual Meeting Host Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Almond outline the agenda for the four-day meeting.

PROVIDENCE, RI, Aug. 5—Iowa Gov. Thomas J. Vilsack, right, and Theodore Roosevelt IV release a new NGA report that emphasizes the need for a simplified, better funded program to preserve America's farms, forests and ranches during NGA's 93rd Annual Meeting.

PROVIDENCE, RI, Aug. 5—Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne examines his new Palm Pilot during NGA's 93rd Annual Meeting. Governors received the hand held devices loaded with information about curbing suburban sprawl and community revitalization—the focus of outgoing NGA Chairman Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening's initiative.

PROVIDENCE, RI, Aug. 5—Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt attended the opening plenary session of NGA's Annual Meeting.

PROVIDENCE, RI, Aug. 5—Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman makes a point during the opening plenary session of NGA's 93rd Annual Meeting.

PROVIDENCE, RI, Aug. 6—California Gov. Gray Davis and Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner listen intently as Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham addresses the Committee on Natural Resources at the NGA Annual Meeting.

PROVIDENCE, RI, Aug. 6—South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges speaks to Miss America 2001 Angela Perez Baraquio, following a press conference on character education.