Our communities, families, staff and students face ongoing and new challenges that impact student success. The purpose of this conference is to congregate leaders in the field of education, public policy, law enforcement, psychology and planning to expand the awareness and implementation of best practices and recommendations in school safety, security, trauma-informed services and mental/behavioral health resources. Participants will leave wit...

Engaging employees, customers, and partners is an ever-increasing challenge for organizations today due to information overload. Organizations need to provide personalized and compelling learning experiences, custom tailored to the needs and expectations of its learners. Learning portals offer an ideal means to make learning and collaboration accessible, meaningful, quickly digestible, and continuously fresh. We’ll discuss how learning p...

ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING *** The monthly meeting of the Government Contractors Association is the one place where business owners, government professionals, and industry experts can come to network, meet possible teaming partners, connect with agencies, get best practices from successful peers and learn how to navigate the maze that is government contracting. This month's event is: REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS: Planning for Success in 2...

The increasing frequency and scale of reported cyber attacks, highlights the need for a cybersecurity workforce of sufficient size and quality to meet the evolving threat environment. To address this need, some cybersecurity experts call for enhanced professionalization requirements. Certification, licensure, skill-based competency exams, and a national association all have been advanced as components of a comprehensive workforce strategy to a...

According to Brandon Hall Group’s 2014 Compliance Survey, 90% of companies say it is important to be able to demonstrate learning compliance to an external agency, and about half of those say it is critical to their business. In highly-regulated industries, such as healthcare, manufacturing and aviation, more than 70% of companies say compliance is critically important to their business. In these and other “high consequence...

Please join FPMI Events along with the Federal Management Institute (FMI) for a 1-day Pre-Retirement Planning Seminar for Federal Employees. This seminar will equip potential retirees with an understanding of retirement eligibility, various benefits, insurance options, estate planning, investing, work options, and post-retirement quality of life. The session will specifically cover: Retirement Eligibility Benefit Computations Survivor Benefits...

Please join FPMI and the Federal Management Institute for a Human Resources Symposium. This one day event will offer a variety of informative sessions geared towards HR professionals. Human Resources Symposium Sessions The Practice of HR Consulting w/ Teresa Jenkins While federal departments and agencies differ as to their missions, they all share the need to accomplish their missions effectively and efficiently with a focus on results. The on...

The Federal Reduction-in-Force Procedures course teaches participants the procedures to be followed when faced with separation or downgrading an employee because of a Reduction-in-Force (RIF). Course content includes defining the competitive area; assigning competitive levels; determining retention levels; releasing employees from a competitive level; separating employees by RIF; and addressing RIF notices, RIF appeal rights, retirement, compe...

The Federal Reduction-in-Force Procedures course teaches participants the procedures to be followed when faced with separation or downgrading an employee because of a Reduction-in-Force (RIF). Course content includes defining the competitive area; assigning competitive levels; determining retention levels; releasing employees from a competitive level; separating employees by RIF; and addressing RIF notices, RIF appeal rights, retirement, compe...

The Human Resource Competencies for Federal Supervisors course is designed to help new supervisors acquire the skills they need to make effective Human Resource Management decisions. The course provides the knowledge and skills-base essential for establishing a solid foundation for making human resource management decisions and supports federal supervisors in meeting critical human resource management competencies. The design includes a wide v...