Benefits Any proposed project involving wetlands or other waters of the United States is likely to require some type of permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As the federal agency responsible for regulating impacts to wetlands, the Corps' regulations and the permit process can represent a significant part of a project's development. The identification of wetlands or other waters on a project site, determination of federal jurisdic...

Benefits Real estate development in the proximity of higher education institutions, whether undertaken by the institution itself, a private concern or a joint venture between the educational institution and a private concern, presents a myriad of issues above and beyond what is normally encountered with conventional real estate development projects. These issues often include complicated questions related to income, real estate and sales taxes...

Benefits Technology is driving organizations to reassess the way they work. Technology is allowing us to do things we have not been able to do before. Employees, partners and constituents have changing expectations of how they want to work with you. Are you listening? Resiliency is function of leadership. Learn to listen, live, and lead in the Networked Age. Leadership is communication. Gain an understanding of what the Networked Age means to...

Benefits The recent activity in the charitable sector by federal and state regulatory agencies has mandated that professionals take a proactive approach into all aspects of this important and very diverse sector. The tax-exempt community is under a microscope. Problems that a few years ago might have gone unnoticed now get picked up and widely broadcast. Recent IRS compliance initiatives in governance, transparency, abusive tax avoidance trans...

Benefits Water supply around the world has become one of the major tasks facing municipal managers and stake holders. Desalination has often been regarded as too expensive because it consumes too much energy. Environmental concerns have also been expressed by local groups that fear their beaches and shoreline will be harmed if desalination plants are built nearby. Beginning in 2000, large (25 million gallons per day and larger) desalination pl...

Benefits The land survey is a critical part of real estate practice. All parties involved need to be knowledgeable of the survey process so a proper survey can be assured instead of assumed. With this knowledge, a thoroughly researched, accurate and clear representation of the property can be achieved. Minor discrepancies can be resolved without the devastating effects that oftentimes result. Understanding and working with the surveyor can hig...

Benefits In most of the United States, attorneys representing nonprofit institutions and those who donate to them and their endowment funds are governed by new state law which replaced the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds, which had been the law in 47 states since 1972. This live audio conference helps you cope with a new set of legal requirements. In this currently challenging economy, the UPMIFA provides nonprofit institutions with...

Benefits Every major public or private action that may have a significant effect on the environment and which needs a Federal permit, funding, or other authorization must go through the NEPA process. The White House Council on Environmental Quality has issued guidance on both mitigation and making the NEPA process more efficient. The former often allows otherwise problematic projects to proceed by addressing and avoiding or alleviating their e...

Benefits This live audio conference - conducted by one of the key contributors to the U.S. EPA's Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters - will provide a broad overview of the watershed planning approach being used by federal and state agencies nationwide. Watershed plans address all aspects of protecting and restoring rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, and coastal waters. They are used by drinking water utilit...

Benefits With the ever increasing regulation of environmental impacts including that of stormwater runoff, it is important for engineers, architects, planners, property managers, real estate developers, construction contractors, environmental professionals, and public works and regulatory agencies to understand the potential application of underground stormwater management (SWM) best management practices (BMPs). Stormwater management is requir...