With the development of Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), agencies and departments are falling under scrutiny with their consolidation efforts. These efforts span far beyond a simple exercise of placing multiple servers into a single room, rather the FDCCI initiative focuses on physically collapsing data centers to a much fewer number, with concentrations on cutting costs and securing the overall environment. The establishm...

If you ship batteries by ground or air, you must comply with DOT or IATA regulations for how the batteries are packaged, marked, labeled, and transported. The rules apply not only to batteries, but also to equipment or vehicles that contain batteries. Virtually all types of batteries are regulated, including lithium, lead-acid, nickel cadmium, and metal hydride, alkaline. All personnel involved in the packaging, marking, labeling, or shipment...

Government IT and Facilities managers challenged with consolidating and improving the efficiency of their data centers must do so without compromising availability. In this webinar, you will learn: - How integrated management systems that provide essential power quality, disturbance and consumption data can be used to increase power system reliability and optimize efficiency; - How Sequence of Events Recording (SER) can greatly reduce the dura...

Virtualization is having a significant impact across infrastructure and operations. This webinar presents a concise focus on what actions you need to take in the virtualization as a core IT scenario realizing better savings across IT and enabling many other IT projects and functions. Virtualization now drives efficient IT from all angles, including data center design, power and cooling initiatives, platform refresh, application and infrastruc...

Join us for this live webcast with featured speaker Thom Rubel of IDC Government Insights and Michael Rowley of Active Endpoints. Listen to their perspectives about the opportunities government agencies - federal, state and local - have to develop "smart applications" to improve service delivery and efficiency, and how a standards-based Business Process Management System (BPMS) can provide the technology to enable this kind of innovation. The...

This five-hour course will prepare you to ship dangerous goods by air in accordance with the International Air Transport Association's Dangerous Goods Regulations. Topics include how to determine which materials are regulated, how to package dangerous goods for air transportation, special requirements for consumer commodities, and marking and labeling requirements. You will also learn how to use the international regulations within the guideli...

OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response rule at 29 CFR 1910.120 regulates cleanup sites, TSDs, and emergency responders. Sections 1910.120 (e) and (p) require workers engaged in hazardous waste operations and workers at TSDs to receive at least eight hours of refresher training annually. Emergency responders must receive annual training of sufficient duration and content to maintain their competencies. This eight-hour webcast...

The Magic of Exceptional Customer Service Class Format: Webinar Instructor: Doug Lipp Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 — CHANGED DATE Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET Fee: Free Course Description Doug’s Walt Disney University training experience provides fascinating stories, unique insights, and invaluable lessons. Learn how certain skills, attitudes and behavior contribute to delivering exceptional customer service. Doug’s ac...

TRB Webinar: Toward a Common Ecological Framework Part 2: Habitats, Species, and Connectivity July 30, 2010, 1:00–4:00 PM EDT In this webinar, Marie Venner (Principal Investigator, SHRP 2 Project C06, marie@vennerconsulting.com) will lead a continued discussion of the upcoming products from SHRP 2 Project C06. Part 2 will focus on habitats, species, and connectivity. Register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/235297937. This is th...

TRB Webinar: Toward a Common Ecological Framework Part 1: Watershed Approaches—Corps, EPA, State, and Region Cooperative Models July 29, 2010, 1:00–4:00 PM EDT This webinar will introduce the upcoming products of SHRP 2 project C06 and share processes and benefits where similar approaches have been tried. The webinar will include agency dialogue and share discoveries of important elements in workability. Register at https://www1.go...