Learn how to deal with the obstacles you might encounter as you navigate through Arizona's Public Contracts and Procurement Regulations.Public projects offer unique and significant opportunities to generate business and accumulate valuable experience. However, many contractors have experienced frustration, either in dealing with the red tape often associated with public projects, or else with getting their foot in the door in what is perhaps u...

The Center for Digital Education is hosting a Market Briefing event in Atlanta, GA and we hope you can join us.IT leaders from Georgia school districts will be on hand for a special briefing on their technology plans for the coming years.The participants will be briefing the audience on district plans in a variety of topic areas, including computing infrastructure, mobile devices, digital content, professional development, cyber security and t...

Find out how to properly track applicant data to avoid costly and damaging discrimination findings.Federal contractors and subcontractors are required to track applicant data for their affirmative action plans. However, even companies who properly track applicant data treat the process as a purely recordkeeping exercise. Failure to maintain proper and robust information regarding applicant disposition is the most common error employers can ma...

Gain an understanding of HUD Section 3 regulations and challenges to avoid penalties, suspension, or worse. Many recipients including attorneys, developers, contractors, city managers, superintendents, mayors, city administrators, county and municipal officials, public relations directors, and other government professionals of HUD funding who are required to comply with Section 3 requirements fail to document their efforts to hire low and very...

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) Training comes to Washington, DC at a Special Price Cloud computing education is the top priority for today's information security professional. The Cloud Security Alliance's Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) is the industry's gold standard for cloud security expertise. On May 11, CSA is conducting the CCSK Foundation class in Washington DC in conjunction with our training partner HP...

Understand how to make sense of the myriad of requirements of the public records and public meetings laws in Washington. The public records and public meetings laws provide multiple challenges to local government agencies. The agency must provide training on an ongoing basis to protect taxpayers from daily penalties and legal fees, and to reduce the amount of the daily penalty if a record is inadvertently withheld. The public meetings laws red...

Don't scramble when the time comes. Do you know if police body camera footage is subject to the Freedom of Information Act? The use of video surveillance has dramatically increased in the past few years, both in frequency of its use and the types of technology available. These videos are at the center of public debate and dispute in high profile police investigations, and a large component is the determination of whether to release these video...

Learn practices to properly prepare workplace policies to avoid enforcement action by the EEOC, DOL and NLRB. Employers often fall into one of two categories with regard to employment law compliance. One category consists of employers who are simply unaware of their responsibilities implicated by the ADA, the PDA, wage and hour laws, and EEOC and NLRB enforcement initiatives. The second group consists of employers who are aware of their respon...

Gain a better understanding of the hottest topics in Connecticut employment law. This topic is designed to bring the Connecticut employer up-to-date on three of the most challenging aspects of HR management in 2016: wage compliance, social media and health care reform. Learn the status of the proposed federal regulations which are expected to require employers to pay overtime to more than 5 million employees now on salary. In addition, you'll...

Understand personal electronic devices and how to stay compliant with Ohio's Public Records and Open Meetings Act. Since the introduction of the first commercially available mobile phone and personal computers in the 1980s, personal and business use of these electronic devices has grown exponentially. With the ability to do more work on our electronic devices comes public officials' responsibility to remember the requirements of Ohio's Public...