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Using Social Media for Public Works and...
As a utility professional you are a person of service. You serve the citizens of your area to provide them with what we consider a basic right. Unfortunately in this age of social media those same citizens you serve may have lost their gratitude for the privileges you provide, often only engaging at the roughest moments, without worry because of the shelter and anonymity provided by social media. You may have even asked yourself why you would...
May 16, 2019
Organizer: Lorman
Location: Webcast
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Storm Water Permitting Compliance for M...
Know how to use your stormwater permit to direct a comprehensive stormwater management. Think back fifteen years ago. Storm water management at municipalities, factories, and warehouses focused on keeping water off the streets and occasionally repairing a failing catch basin. Storm water issues were typically "out of sight, out of mind;" unless a drenching rain event drew attention to a clogged pipe or eroding channel. Now, as we begin 2018, m...
January 16, 2018
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Trending in Public Records Law: Body Ca...
Understand the current trends dealing with public records and the laws surrounding the Freedom of Information Act. What's currently trending in public records law? Do I have a right to that police body camera video showing someone being beaten? How about the mug shot of that celebrity who got arrested? Whether and when electronic communications such as these, and emails, text messages, social media posts and Tweets™ are subject to public...
September 13, 2017
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Assessment of Aging Water Distribution...
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...
July 12, 2017
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Recent Developments in Eminent Domain
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...
June 7, 2017
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Optimize Your Parking Assets to Boost Revenue
Learn how to run an effective parking system in your community that considers revenue and customer service tradeoffs. An improperly run parking system, perhaps more than any other public asset, has a very real impact on the life of citizens and the success, or not, of a business district. Many public officials do not completely understand the cost of parking, and thus the revenues needed to maintain a healthy, vibrant, and revenue positive pro...
October 4, 2016
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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FOIA in the Age of [Police] Surveillance
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...
March 29, 2016
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Roundabouts: Planning, Design and Poten...
Learn and understand the principles of safety behind the modern roundabout as well as specific design practices with simple and complex issues. Although roundabouts have proven safety and operational benefits, proper planning and engineering design is essential for roundabouts to function correctly. This live webinar is your opportunity to better understand modern roundabouts and their installation, learn specific design skills and current pra...
December 2, 2015
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Storm Water Best Management Practices I...
Make sure you are up to speed on the regulatory requirements of your storm water maintenance program. Thousands of storm water BMPs have been built and most NPDES MS4 permits require that they be maintained. In addition, storm water BMPs protect lives and our water resources by controlling runoff, reducing flood risk and pollution, and protecting streams from pollution. Therefore, these valuable facilities need to be maintained so that they co...
November 23, 2015
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Successful and Proven Real World Soluti...
Learn proven strategies to decrease homelessness in your community - and save tax dollars while doing it. Many communities in the USA are facing the acute negative challenges of homelessness, especially large metro areas and communities within the southern Sunbelt. The condition of homelessness has become very costly in terms of lost human capital, increasing governmental costs, overcrowding of jails, suppression of economic development and th...
September 17, 2015
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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