As a part of its ongoing webinar series “Understanding construction contract controls and construction audit best practices,” Baker Tilly will present a complimentary webinar on the use of testing and verification to help a development team deliver a successful project.

The webinar will be Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 12 p.m. Central time.

On its website, Baker Tilly says that through a series of case studies, presenters will illustrate effective and ineffective project control scenarios and how to verify that the project controls environment is performing as expected. Webinar participants will learn:

• Project controls fundamentals
• Audit red flags and under-performance indicators
• Audit program elements

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POWER magazine presents a complimentary on-demand webinar on environmental regulatory issues confronting the utility industry as the Environmental Protection Agency continues to ratchet down emission rates and discharge limits through rules involving air, water, and waste regulations.

On its website, POWER says this annual roundtable discussion by the industry’s leading authorities on environmental regulation will offer insight into the likely outcome of the greenhouse gas rulemaking process for existing plants; the likely regulatory timeframes and legal issues related to upcoming water, waste, and air rules; and the range of response strategies being implemented by the utility industry for surviving in the current regulatory environment.

Webinar attendees will learn the latest on water, air and carbon emission regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This discussion at ELECTRIC POWER 2014 offered an update on the EPA’s expected carbon emission rules for existing power plants, rules related to Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, as well as ongoing compliance with a host of air emission rules, POWER says.

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A webinar presented by zlien will discuss how to secure lien rights and guarantee payment in the context of a bankruptcy involving a construction contract. The complimentary webinar will be Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 1 p.m. Central time.

On its website, zlien says the failure rates in the construction industry are some of the highest anywhere. Because of this, bankruptcies are an all-too-often occurrence. What happens when construction companies’ mechanics lien rights collide with the protections provided by the bankruptcy code?

This webinar will explore these issues and provide some answers to common questions regarding how mechanics liens fare in the face of a bankruptcy filing.

This webinar will cover:

• The “automatic stay” and how it relates to mechanics lien rights
• When a mechanics lien “attaches” for bankruptcy purposes
• Does the time period to enforce a lien get extended during bankruptcy?
• Can a mechanics lien be “stripped” by a bankruptcy filing?

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Bloomberg Government in partnership with the Coalition for Government Procurement offers a free on-demand webinar previewing the structure, scope and competitive landscape on OASIS multiple-award contracts.

On its website, Bloomberg says that in late May, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the final awardees on their long-awaited OASIS multiple-award contracts (MACs), expected to become the largest professional services program in the federal government. OASIS offers opportunities worth $60 billion in task orders during the next decade, but with significant uncertainty in the market where do we go from here?

Topics include:

• The structure of OASIS and its relation to other contract vehicles
• The type of work that is likely to shift towards OASIS
• Analysis of awardees and a preview of the competitive landscape
• Prospects for small businesses
• A preview of the top agencies that are likely to use OASIS

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Urjanet will present a complimentary webinar on how big data is becoming a must-have for multiple departments within an organization to achieve their distinct goals. The webinar will be Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

On its website, Urjanet says accounting teams are no longer the only ones hunting down utility bills in order to pay them.

Now, more than ever before, a growing list of departments within a single organization are asking for energy data for sustainability and CSR reporting, energy consumption benchmarking and forecasting, customer and investor transparency, among many other reasons, Urjanet says.

This webinar featuring NetApp, Powerhouse Dynamics, Cox Enterprises, Verdantix, and Urjanet will discuss how the industry has seen the need for energy data span across multiple departments within the enterprise, and how these end users are applying the data to achieve their departmental and organizational goals.

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Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. has posted a complimentary on-demand webinar discussing compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Amendments to the ADA have expanded the law’s coverage and employers’ responsibilities under the law, the firm says on its website.

“This session will help you understand your responsibilities under the ADA,” according to the website. “During the session, we will focus on case studies and real world scenarios to help prepare you for ADA compliance.”

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Hatmaker Law Group presents free monthly employment law webinars, providing educational opportunities for employers, owners, managers, accountants, attorneys and human resource professionals to stay current with up-to-date information on important California employment law issues.

September’s topic is “How To Conduct Workplace Investigations That Hold Up In Court.”

The webinar will be Wednesday, Sept. 17, from noon until 1 p.m. Pacific time.

Register online at www.hatmakerlaw.com/events/.

Or Contact: Laura Dakin at (559) 374-0077 or email laura@hatmakerlaw.com

HR.com will present a complimentary webcast on verifying past employment and education and obtaining references. The webinar will be Thursday, Sept. 4, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Les Rosen, Attorney and CEO of Employment Screening Resources, will be the presenter.

On its website, HR.com says this workshop reviews legal and effective technique for the reference checking process and how to verify education and spot phony credentials. There are now even web sites where applicants can purchase very convincing fake eduction and employment histories, complete with authentic looking documentation and live operators who will verify the false information. New technologies and approaches will also be reviewed, as well as special issue involving international credentials and the role of Web 2.0 in the process, HR.com says.

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The Compliance Map will host a free webinar covering a demo of its enterprise software solution for the management of environmental compliance regulations, directives and product stewardship. The event will be Thursday, Sept. 4, from 10 am. to 11 a.m. PDT.

The presentation will cover how Compliance Map manages regulatory obligations arising from environmental compliance directives.

Other topics will include:

• Maintaining and building remittance reports for Extended Producer Responsibility Directives such as WEEE, Packaging, Battery, Beverage & Oil
• Conflict Minerals smelter & supplier management and reporting mechanisms using the EICC GeSI format
• Data collection management and report distribution using the Compliance Map supply chain management tools to facilitate data gathering as well as automatically responding to customer enquiries
• BOM tools to roll-up compliance verdicts such as RoHS, REACH SVHCs, Phthalates, EMC, MDD and aid in gap analysis and integration with ERP & PLM systems such as SAP, Agile, PTC, etc…
• Compliance & corporate governance including project and process management

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Faced with everything from unpredictable weather to changing renewable energy portfolios to volatile fuel prices, utilities can only be certain about one thing: uncertainty.

Energy Central will present a complimentary webinar Thursday, Sept. 4, beginning at noon Eastern time on the state of the utilities industry.

Energy Central’s Sierra Energy Group surveyed 70 utilities professionals in IT, finance, trading and risk management roles to better understand what keeps them awake at night.

Analyst Mike Smith of Sierra Energy Group and industry expert Corwin Moczygemba, Managing Director of Opportune’s Process and Technology practice, will discuss the top trends, challenges and best practices in the ttilities industry, including:

• Staying current with regulatory compliance
• How to improve trading and risk management processes to decrease costs and create efficiencies
• Insights on commodity price volatility, asset optimization and managing supply and demand
• Leveraging smart grid investments
• The convergence of utilities and natural gas

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HOMER Energy joins market partner Trojan Battery Company for an online educational presentation, followed by a live question and answer session on ways microgrid integrators and operators can develop top-performing systems using HOMER simulations and Trojan industrial batteries with Smart Carbon™ technology.

The event is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 2, beginning at 11 a.m. Central time.

The presentation will include a live demonstration on how HOMER users can optimize microgrid designs using HOMER and Trojan Industrial batteries, specifically designed to address the impact of PSOC on cycling batteries in solar microgrid applications.

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UBIC is making available a complimentary on-demand ARMA webinar on issues and solutions related to finding, transferring and reviewing digital evidence, through Sept. 30.

Business is increasingly global, and that inevitably brings disputes and regulatory investigations whose subject-matter and evidence crosses jurisdictional boundaries, says UBIC. The US approach to electronic discovery, whether in civil litigation or at the hands of regulators and criminal investigators, is much wider than is permitted elsewhere, even before questions of privacy and data protection arise.

The EU led the way with such restrictions, and now most other jurisdictions, including China, have followed. How can US courts, lawyers and regulators reconcile the proper demands of US proceedings with the equally proper restraints of other jurisdictions? Our panel will describe the problems and offer practical solutions for minimizing the conflicts.

Speakers are Chris Dale, eDisclosure Project, English Solicitor; Patrick Burke, Counsel, Reed Smith, LLP; Patrick Zeller; Corporate E-Discovery & Privacy Counsel, Gilead Sciences; Paul Starrett (Moderator); Counsel and Chief Global Risk Officer, UBIC, Inc.

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Optimus BT will present a complimentary webinar for legal and contract teams looking to manage full contract lifecycle from drafting contracts, to approvals, eSignatures and contract administration.

The webinar will be Thursday, August 28, beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern time.

This webinar will show case how eContracts, a SharePoint and Office 365 based software, can be used to implement various contract management processes within the enterprise with a special focus on legal document collaboration and workflow processes related to managing contract reviews and approvals between various parts of the organization, Optimus BT says on its website.

The webinar also will demonstrate eSignature capabilities as part of this overall demonstration of automating enterprise contract processes.

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The Association of Corporate Counsel offers a free on-demand webcast focusing on advanced drafting and negotiating strategies that may be used in connection with virtually every type of contract. The webcast was sponsored by Arent Fox LLP.

The strategies discussed in this 90-minute webcast are useful for technology agreements, contracts concerning the provision of products and services to state and local governments, and agreements relating to mergers and acquisitions.  The presenters also discuss how to respond effectively to various drafting and negotiation strategies that the other party may employ.

Speakers are Alan Fishel, Partner, Arent Fox; and Jessica Lorden, Associate General Counsel, IBM Corporation.

Kendrick Royer, Assistant General Counsel, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, is moderator.

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Are your contracting and revenue management processes jamming you up? Revitas offers a free on-demand webcast designed to help participants set up a well-planned route to relieve the jams.

Navigating a route filled with obstacles – poorly designed or outdated processes, miscommunications, oversights, and variable external conditions – can hinder any organizations ability to reach their goals efficiently and effectively, Reivtas says on its website.

This recorded webcast, “Traffic Update: Re-Routing to the Intersection of Contract and Revenue Management”, explores approaches to properly managing contracting and revenue management processes and map out a route for success. Watch now to learn:

• Best practices for integrating your contracts and financials
• The value and impact of accurate financial accruals
• Impacts of poor contracts on your bottom line
• Consequences of  viewing contracts as only a legal device

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Solar Power World will present a complimentary webinar on assessing risks and uncertainties throughout the development of photovoltaic plants. The webinar will be Thursday, Sept. 4, beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

Safety, performance, availability and achieving expected energy yields are critical factors from early planning and design, to commissioning, to the in-service lifetime of a PV plant, Solar Power World says on its website. UL, the sponsor, will examine issues that investors, developers and operators address when assessing risks and uncertainties throughout the PV plant development.

This webinar will discuss potential risks and mitigation strategies.

Attend this webinar to learn:

• What the potential risks are during PV Plant developments
• Ways to manage and mitigate risk in PV Plant developments

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The U.S. Energy Department offers a free on-demand webinar titled “Increasing Renewable Energy with Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell Technologies.”

The webinar features representatives from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and focuses on how to integrate hydrogen and fuel cell technologies into the transportation, industrial and other sectors.

Learn about the unique ways hydrogen storage systems can support the electrical grid and complement renewable generation. This talk also looks at the architecture of hydrogen storage systems and examine the economic competitiveness of those systems when compared with conventional systems.

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The IEEE Power & Energy Society Young Professionals will present a webinar on the potential of electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce fossil fuel consumption and increase energy independence.

The webinar will be Thursday, August 28, at 3 p.m. Eastern time.

If EVs’ charging is managed properly, they can also be a tool for fortifying the grid and increasing the integration of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, the association says on its website. However there are many differences in the ownership experience between a traditional internal combustion vehicle and an EV. These range from maintenance requirements and daily refueling, to road tripping and group charging with other EV owners.

This presentation will focus on the various issues associated with daily EV usage and EV ownership. This information is important to consider when planning for mass EV adoption. It is also important to convey to the public so they are more informed about life with an EV, the association says on its website.

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Bridgeway University will present a webcast that explores the balancing act of reducing legal costs while managing risk. The webinar will be Tuesday, August 26, at 12 p.m. Central time.

Unless carefully managed, simply cutting costs can undermine one of the legal department’s most important functions: managing risk. Join Joy Saphla, Managing Director of Duff & Phelps Legal Management Consulting Practice as she discusses how imprudent cost reductions can be counter-productive when not aligned with risk management philosophies and goals. She will share practical ways a legal department can deliver sustainable cost reductions, while delivering first-rate legal service that can enhance risk management and deliver tangible value.

Special guests will be Joy Saphla, Managing Director of Duff & Phelps, and David Lamb, General Counsel of the Scott Fetzer Company.

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The Network for Public Health Law, CDC’s Public Health Law Program and the American Health Lawyers Association co-sponsored a webinar on the legal implications of ebola, and the audio and slides from that event are available on-demand.

The webinar describes the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, discuss legal issues that arise when infected patients enter the U.S., and explore legal powers and duties health department personnel have if an Ebola outbreak occurs in the U.S. Speakers will accept questions from participants at the end of the presentation.

The moderator was Matthew Penn, M.L.I.S., J.D., Director, Public Health Law Program, Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Speakers:

• Brian Bird, M.S.P.H., D.V.D., Ph.D., Veterinary Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

• Jane Jordan, J.D., Deputy General Counsel/Chief Counsel for Health Affairs and Acting Vice President for Governmental Affairs, Emory University Hospital
• James Hodge, Jr., J.D., L.L.M., Director, the Network for Public Health Law — Western Region at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

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