110: Negotiating Environmental Solutions Why take this training? People often enter negotiations armed with emotionally-charged positions defining what they want. This posturing of parties creates an adversarial relationship that is hard to move past. Interest-based negotiation teaches the skills needed to identify underlying interests, and to develop a protocol that enables all parties to get their needs met simultaneously. Interest-based neg...

COURSE TOPICS The curriculum includes a combination of classroom discussions, equipment demonstrations, and laboratory workshops. Course topics include: Canal Hydraulics Terminology Open channel flow principles Structure hydraulics Canal Operation Delivery concepts Operation and control concepts Methods of canal pool operation Natural tendencies Check gate operating techniques Constraints Flow Measurement Weirs Submerged orifices Flow measurem...

The Congress of Cities and Exposition serves as the National League of Cities "annual convention" and offers a broad range of learning opportunities, access to governance and policy-setting meetings, and multiple opportunities for knowledge-sharing between peers. In 2009, 97 % of respondents to the conference's evaluation reported the conference fulfilled their reasons for attending, with 88% reporting conference programming as either good or...

The CMMI® was developed in cooperation with commercial and defense industry, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Software Engineering Institute and has become the de facto standard for integrated process improvement across multiple disciplines and areas of interest within commercial and defense industry, and governments, worldwide. This conference addresses all categories of users and applications and seeks to help provide a better und...

The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the premier Public Health Educational Forum! Learn from the experts in the field, hear about cutting edge research and exceptional best practices, discover the latest public health products and services, and share your public health experience with your peers. The world of public health is in continual motion, and there is no better way to stay abreast of the research and learn about emerging issues....

Instruction in concrete and concrete repair techniques and needs common throughout the Bureau of Reclamation is not readily available from other sources outside the bureau. Therefore, the Materials Engineering and Research Laboratory will feature instruction and hands-on training at the 3-day Concrete and Concrete Repair School. The course will focus on the newest standards, techniques, and materials. Ample time will be made available for hand...

The Materials Engineering and Research Laboratory will be presenting Corrosion and Protective Coatings Hands-On Training. This 3-day course will familiarize participants with the issues relating to corrosion of metal and corrosion protection. Discussions will include: how corrosion occurs and methods to minimize and prevent corrosion to our infrastructure protective coatings; cathodic protection; new technologies, and inspection and repair tec...

Training will be held in Bldg 67, Hungry Horse Conference Room (next to the cafeteria) on September 14 and 15, 2010, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Background: This 2-day course will familiarize participants with protective system testing directly related to the new Facility Instructions, Standards and Techniques (FIST) Volume 3-8 and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) PRC-005. The course will also discuss the Bureau of Reclam...

Mark Your Calendar to be a Part of AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2010 AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2010 is the premiere forum for reviewing, assessing and discussing the successes and shortcomings of current unmanned systems. The conference, with an expected record turnout, will bring together the key leaders and decision-makers in the industry. Officials from government and user organizations around the world wi...

"Adapting for a Secure Tomorrow" The Environment, Energy Security, and Sustainability Symposium and Exhibition (E2S2) provides an opportunity to share ideas on how to improve energy, environmental and sustainability management throughout DoD, the Services and other federal agencies. This year we have invited administration senior leaders from the White House, DoD, DoE, EPA and the Services to present, in the plenary session, their organization...