Benefits EPA's Unified Guidance (UG) offers major new recommendations for handling and analyzing groundwater monitoring data. Incorporating these recommendations into your groundwater monitoring program is not only consistent with current EPA guidelines - aiding in complying with regulatory expectations - but it also allows for better and scientifically accurate evaluation of groundwater conditions at your site. The new recommendations include...

Benefits Many state and local governments are acquiring a variety of preservation easements for a broad variety of reasons and it is important that property owners understand the proper method of valuing these easements to insure they are receiving just compensation. Further, condemnors are increasingly recharacterizing temporary construction easements as noneasements to avoid paying compensation. Property owners and their attorneys need to kn...

Benefits Many individuals and organizations do not fully understand the intricacies of U.S. and foreign tax laws as they pertain to charitable donations. In addition, many organizations struggle with tax and non-tax rules pertaining to cross-border grantmaking. This live audio conference helps persons responsible for institutional fundraising as well as their donors navigate the rules pertaining to cross border donations. The audio conference...

Scholarships Available! If you would like to attend the GTRA Council Meeting but are facing travel / training budget restrictions, please contact us and ask about scholarships available for your agency! Register Now - Pay Later at $499 Discount Rate! At a time where budget challenges, new technologies, mandates, and security threats are forcing agencies to re-assess their IT strategies, the 2012 GTRA Technology Council Meeting will bring toget...

Don't miss the Coalition for Government Procurement's MAS Basic Training! The intensive, two-day training workshop teaches the basics of utilizing the Multiple Award Schedules program. Over the course of the workshop you will learn how to: obtain and manage your GSA schedule market GSA contracts comply with Federal procurement requirements follow policy changes, and prepare for MAS audits A highlight of the course is training on GSA’s el...

Benefits Uncertain how public records and open meetings laws apply to you? Find out what Colorado law has to say about balancing the public's right to information with the individual's right to privacy. If you're involved with a public entity or if you represent the media, or any public records requester, you need to know the ins and outs of federal and state public records and open meetings laws. Join us for this seminar and you'll get update...

Benefits Protect your organization - know the ins and outs of SEQRA. Join us for this seminar and get practical information about a complex area of the law presented by an extremely knowledgeable faculty in an interactive format. Get a handle on complicated issues surrounding SEQRA strategies. Avoid problems down the road by protecting yourself and your company - find out exactly what the critical issues are and how to best handle them. You wi...

An estimated one-fourth of government IT will transition to the cloud by 2015. For many agencies email represents the best immediate opportunity in the cloud to realize benefits like costs savings, streamlined management, and increased employee productivity. Unfortunately, it can also bring performance challenges as end users are suddenly relying on applications outside of the agency infrastructure. Join government and industry leaders for a w...

Benefits If a park, trail and/or open space is going to be an asset to the community, then a comprehensive effort needs to be made to properly locate, plan, budget, design, construct and maintain that asset. Learn from actual case studies how to approach the task of park planning and design. Parks, trails and open spaces are classified based on location, size and facilities. Suggestions will be made on acquiring parks and open spaces. Case stu...

This is a live webcast broadcast to your desktop computer and also available by satellite downlink. Driving BioPreferred® With The Presidential Memorandum Audience: This free seminar is ideal for all Federal employees and Federal contractors who purchase or who contract for the purchase of products and services, including Contracting Officers, Procurement Professionals, Sustainability Officers and Managers, and Technical and Program Manag...