Gain a better understanding of Florida's ever-changing employment laws and keep your company safe. Employment laws in Florida, and across the country, are changing at a rapid pace. Employers are often left unsure about their obligations when it comes to issues such as medical marijuana, which has recently become legal in the sunshine state. Further, employers are facing questions about their obligations to employees and clients on matters such...

Improve service standards and visitor compliance through effective customer service strategies. Serving the public from a government agency is more difficult and stressful than the equivalent job in the private sector. The average public sector employee is constrained by overlapping and sometimes conflicting policies, rules and laws, which he or she also must enforce. The citizens and visitors to their office usually are not there by choice an...

Keep up with all the ways technological advances can be utilized in your Public Sector organizations. Information technology continues to advance. New tools and technologies emerge at a rapid pace impacting IT policies and processes. With these new innovations appearing daily in our news feeds, it is hard to keep up with the most recent IT trends impacting our Public Sector organizations. Join us as we help you navigate the top IT tools and te...

Stay out of the headlines - understand your ethical responsibilities as a public employee. From Washington D.C., to the state house and city hall, accusations of conflicts of interest and ethical misconduct are in the headlines every day. Being a public official or public employee sometimes feels like someone has painted an ethics target on your back. Sometimes the ethical lapses are due to ignorance of the many laws. Knowing the ethical laws...

Make sure your policies and procedures are in compliance with all of the recent changes to Federal employment law. A number of significant changes to Federal employment law have taken place in recent years. These changes affected employers' obligations in areas such as hiring, wages, discrimination, and termination. During this topic, we will: (1) review the significant changes to employment law, legal and administrative changes from 2016; (2)...

Learn how to plan and execute a program to assess and address aging water distribution infrastructure. This topic will provide you with useful information for dealing with an aging water infrastructure. The water problems in Flint, Michigan brought national attention to problems caused by aging water pipes. Agencies are discovering that water engineering design is a specialty field. Most civil engineers learn highway and traffic engineering as...

Don't scramble when the time comes - do you know if police body camera footage is subject to the Freedom of Information Act? The use of video surveillance has dramatically increased in the past few years, both in frequency of its use and the types of technology available.These videos are at the center of public debate and dispute in high profile police investigations, and a large component is the determination of whether to release these video...

Understand how to utilize social media to connect with your community and increase responsiveness and community involvement. It's more important than ever for government agencies to have a robust social media presence that can create and strengthen real connections with their communities. However, these connections - and the benefits that result from them - don't just happen without careful planning and execution. Does your government agency h...

Gain new insights with a comprehensive overview of government financial reporting from beginning to end. Recent financial difficulties of state and local government finances, highlighted by some noteworthy bankruptcy filings, have prompted increased attention on governmental financial statements. The financial statements of these governments and governmental entities can be very confusing, even for the experienced accountant. This topic will e...

Learn about the emerging issues with eminent domain and understand how it affects your clients and your practice. This topic will provide updates and analysis on eminent domain topics relevant to business owners, property owners, public agencies and their attorneys. We will discuss legislation at the Federal and state levels -- such as the use of alternative project delivery methods -- that has impacted the acquisition of private property for...