Seminar Information Advanced Import Compliance. As an experienced importer your company has a grasp on the basic procedures to manage the importation of your goods into the U.S. It seems, however, that is all you do, manage the process. Despite your best efforts, the process doesn’t appear to get any better. You experience the same old errors and delays at the border and the specter of a Customs audit or other Customs enforcement is loom...

Seminar Information Too often importers expect their brokers to do all of the work when it comes to the importing process. Unfortunately the broker is NOT a tax advisor. Any errors they make could result in penalties for you, the importer. Learn the key compliance elements of importing, classification, valuation, country of origin duty payment and record keeping. Learn also how to decipher those cryptic forms your broker supplies to you. Regis...

This year’s National Center for Public Performance (NCPP) Public Performance Conference marks the 12th year the nation’s top government and nonprofit performance professionals and academics will convene to emphasize the use of data to improve efficiency and efficacy of public services. Every year, the event draws attendees from all over the world for two days of discussion and networking. The conference will feature multiple resear...

Every day, information is generated and made available to the public about the risks and benefits of public policies, new products, and corporate behavior. People are accessing this information in real time via traditional news, online media, and word of mouth. The public’s near-instant access to this unfiltered information presents significant new risks, including reputation damage for companies who cause health or environmental damage,...

Audits of "SOC" (System and Organization Controls) have been governed starting on May 1, 2017 by the application of "SSAE" (Statement of Standards for Attestation Engagements) 18. This new AICPA Standard replaces SSAE 16, just as SSAE 16 replaced SAS 70. This new standard will require the users of these reports to change their compliance programs to fit the new reporting standards. SSAE 18 is more comprehensive than the prior standards. Learn...

World Congress is the National Contract Management Association’s largest training and networking event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals. 2,000+ participants from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and commercial business come together for networking and training for all career levels. This event is worth up to 20 CPE/CLP credits. View photos and the recap video from last year's event in C...

(DSB) Designing Secure Buildings – This 3-day workshop is designed to familiarize students with twenty-one design principles used in preventing and detecting criminal activity and reducing the effects of acts of terrorism on the safety of personnel and damage to facilities and critical infrastructure. Specific modules include; Terrorism Ideologies, Security Basics, Philosophies and Design Strategies, Blast Fundamentals, Glazing and Windo...

Learn to Add Value to Health Care with Health IT This advanced course brings together the diverse stakeholders impacted by health information technology – including CEOs, CIOs, physicians, nurses, informaticists, researchers, vendors, and academics – to ensure you receive an in-depth, applied understanding of the challenges and opportunities health IT presents. This unique continuing education course is designed for learners who wa...

Red Hat Summit is a collaborative forum, a place to expand your possibilities. This year, we’re thinking about AND. AND is about scaling your technology and culture in whatever size or direction you need, when you need to, with what you actually need―not a bunch of bulky add-ons. From the right foundation―an open foundation―AND adapts with you. It’s interoperable, adjustable, elastic. Think Linux AND containers. T...

Join us for a unique, interactive course that "walks you through" the Internal Audit process. "This course is not just for auditors or new auditors. It is for anyone who wants an understanding of the relationship between business objectives, risk, control, assessment and reporting." This comprehensive internal audit training course is for anyone who wants to have a strong base of knowledge and understanding of the essential audit and the perso...