Rising instances of fraud and identity theft have heightened the need to ensure your agency is equipped to deliver critical government services to constituents and consumers securely and seamlessly. Register now for a complimentary webinar exploring identity theft threats and how to ensure you have the right strategy to prevent fraud while better serving individuals. We'll discuss: Today's identity theft landscape Employing advanced identity...

A Free Online Conference From the world’s largest resource on face-to-face marketing comes Event Marketing Safety & Security 2018, an online conference designed to arm you with the intelligence you need to: PROTECT YOUR EVENTS. How to design event security strategies for events of all sizes, how to understand threat levels and how to best execute a protective event blueprint. PREPARE FOR AN INCIDENT. Best practices and intelligence o...

Your community counts on you to have a winter maintenance program in place that keeps them moving. This burden is growing as expectations of the public grows. They expect public works and DOT’s to be using more modern methods from informing the public and putting the right resources at the right location. Geographic information systems (GIS) is a common tool in planning and responding to whatever winter may bring. What you may not know i...

Recent current events and natural disasters remind us how important it is for emergency management teams and responders to effectively communicate to each other as well as citizens during emergency situations, such as the hurricane and wildfire relief efforts that we are currently undergoing as a nation. View our on demand webcast to learn how the DoD is using Adobe Connect, an online collaboration and communication tool, to improve their eme...

The enhancement of the stormwater mitigation masterplan involves promoting and preserving natural environments (LIDs, green infrastructure, BMPs) to take advantage of their innate properties to manage excess surface waters while providing levels of treatment as well. The concept of city resilience is incorporated into the entire picture to assess disaster risk and vulnerability by covering all facets of resilience (social, financial, infrastru...

The Association of State Floodplain Managers invites local floodplain administrators, flood development permitting professionals, and other interested practitioners to our upcoming webinar, “No Rise, No Problem! Managing Infrastructure in the Floodway" on October 12 at 11:00am-12:30pm Central Time. Does the phrase "no-rise" make you sweat? Have you ever planned a project across a floodway and felt the early pains of despair? Are you a pr...

In the wake of an officer involved shooting, the city of Charlotte (N.C.) was thrust into the national spotlight after the unexpected and unanticipated uprise of civil unrest. The dramatic events of Sept. 20 – 24 left one dead, several injured, hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage, and a city divided until the release of information exposing the facts and truth of the police investigation were reluctantly released. Mark wi...

In cooperation with the American Planning Association (APA), the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) presents the October 2017 Planning Information Exchange (PIE) webinar. PIE, is a free quarterly webinar series focusing on tools, best practices, and strategies on the role of hazard mitigation planning and its connections with other community planning and hazard risk reduction initiatives. A community may have a large number of pl...

For years, Miami Beach has experienced increased flooding, especially during King Tides. A combination of atmospheric events (rainfall, tropical storms, etc.), tidal effects, hydrological and hydrogeological characteristics, and sea level rise make the situation of the City of Miami Beach unique when compared to other coastal cities locally and regionally. For this reason, the City decided to take aggressive action by setting short, mid, and l...

Leonard Matarese returns with a police-only presentation to help you make informed policy decisions by knowing what to ask of your police departments. How many police officers do you really need? How well is your police department performing? Are "officers per 1,000" and "number of calls" really meaningful measures? Matarese will tackle these questions and provide data that will help you rethink the workforce allocation of your police departme...