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...

Benefits We will review and discuss a wide variety of revenue recognition issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Practical case examples will be used to illustrate and reinforce the accounting principles to be considered in more complicated revenue transactions. This live audio conference will cover the revenue transaction descriptions described above in a practical approach format. You will take away concrete examples of the issues and con...

Benefits By now we've all heard the story of the Red Cross text-message fundraising campaign after the tsunami. Many nonprofits dove feet first into mobile after that, yet very few nonprofits achieved that level of success with any single mobile tactic. The truth is that mobile can be very effective for your organization, especially if you consider more than just text messaging. In this live audio conference, we will review the mobile strategi...

Benefits The wireless industry has built more than 250,000 cell sites in the United States in the past 20 years. But many more cell sites are needed as iPhones™, iPads™ and the like strain existing network capacity with data, email, computer and video applications. New cell sites and significant modifications to existing cell sites will also be needed due to the government's goal of using wireless to increase broadband speeds and c...

Benefits Many federal contractors are wasting significant amounts of time and increasing audit risk and exposure by the improper use of price and cost analysis. Many contractors and Government oversight officials do not understand the true requirements contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) regarding the use of Price Analysis versus Cost Analysis. This results in significant time and expense preparing and justifying detailed cos...

Benefits Many federal contractors are wasting significant amounts of time and increasing audit risk and exposure by the improper use of price and cost analysis. Many contractors and Government oversight officials do not understand the true requirements contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) regarding the use of Price Analysis versus Cost Analysis. This results in significant time and expense preparing and justifying detailed cos...

Benefits Protection of flora and fauna has become increasingly important at the national level, and developers frequently find that they must comply with the Endangered Species Act - the federal law that protects threatened and endangered plants, insects, fish and wildlife, and their habitats. Understanding the implications of the ESA at all stages of the development process can help developers save time and money. In this live audio conferenc...

Benefits 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 for failing to comply with an order. Just recently, however, in U.S. v. Sackett, the Supr...

Benefits 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 for failing to comply with an order. Just recently, however, in U.S. v. Sackett, the Supr...

Benefits FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program plays a very important role in protecting communities and their residents and businesses from the disaster caused by flooding. It publicizes the areas of greatest flood risk, restricts construction with high flood risk, and provides insurance for the flood losses that are excluded from most homeowners and general business policies. These activities have a critical impact on the ability of local...