The Center for Digital Education will host a Market Briefing event in New Orleans, LA. IT leaders from Louisiana school districts will be on hand for a special briefing on their technology plans for the coming years. The participants will brief the audience on district plans in a variety of topic areas, including computing infrastructure, mobile devices, digital content, professional development, cyber security and their plans to incorporate b...

Gain an understanding of the legal basis for administrative orders and how the orders are used. EPA used to hold all of the cards when it issued an administrative order. A recipient could not challenge the factual or legal basis: it could either perform the remedy or wait for EPA to file an enforcement action and bring these challenges in the context of that action. Such a course had significant risks, because the penalties could be doubled fo...

Subsurface construction is often fraught with danger and uncertainty, minimize the impact on your construction project. As consultants and engineers, we work to minimize that uncertainty and engineer solutions to make construction safer. However, in many cases, it is the unknown presence of abandoned utilities that can pose both a danger to workers and adversely affect the project schedule and costs. This topic helps the persons responsible fo...

Understand the Tennessee open meetings and public records laws and how they apply to you. The Tennessee public records law grants citizens access to governmental documents and helps ensure transparency in governmental affairs. Many practitioners, however, find the actual mechanics of the records requests to be a maze of complicated, confusing, and seemingly contradictory statutes and terminology. You will get an inside track on the current sta...

The Center for Digital Education will host a Market Briefing event in Cincinnati, OH. IT leaders from Ohio school districts will be on hand for a special briefing on their technology plans for the coming years. The participants will brief the audience on district plans in a variety of topic areas, including computing infrastructure, mobile devices, digital content, professional development, cyber security and their plans to incorporate blended...

Learn about what the future may hold for the 'Waters of the United States'. The land use development process requires the identification of Federal jurisdictional waters and wetlands on a project site or along a project corridor. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published revised definition of ‘Waters of the United States' found at 40 CFR Part 230, on June 29, 2015, effective A...

Understand how to manage conflicts of interest in the public sector. All board members, business leaders, public officials, and professionals have some type of conflict issue in their employment, even if it appears as a mere remote issue. This topic is intended to provide you with a better understanding and awareness of what is or may constitute a conflict of interest and how to avoid them. Topics will include: What constitutes a conflict of i...

Make sure you are up-to-date with recent changes to Minnesota employment laws. Maintaining best employment practices is critical to the success of every organization. Each year brings new and amended rules and regulations that govern the employer-employee relationship. These constant changes can challenge employers in keeping up with the law and ensuring their practices are compliant. Learn about recent changes to Minnesota and federal law; en...

The NAEP Annual Meeting is the premier higher education procurement solutions conference in the country in 2017. Meet and network with 400 of your procurement colleagues from schools large and small, public and private, across the country. There are over 50 educational sessions along with a keynote speaker a day at NAEP 2017. There is something for everyone in higher education procurement. Review the program to plan your time wisely at the mee...

The TCEA Annual Convention & Exposition brings together campus and district-level educators to explore best practices for engaging students, increasing productivity, and innovating teaching and learning with technology. TCEA’s 37th annual convention will showcase hundreds of sessions to choose from for every educator to discover new ways to engage students and enhance learning. Who Attends: District and Campus Administrators Curricul...