The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) invites you to participate in a series of training seminars on September 8-12, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento in Sacramento, California. Join us for one or more of the following courses: Risk Assessment in Investing Public Funds (September 8); Fundamentals of Performance Management (September 9-10); Intermediate Governmental Accounting [...]
Modesto Police Department and Grant Writing USA present two grants classes this summer. Class #1: Learn where to find the grants and how to get them. Join us July 24-25, 2014 when the Modesto Police Department hosts Grant Writing USA's two-day grant writing workshop. Attend this proven class and you'll learn how to find grants [...]
A Region 1 Event We hire the best people we can, and we invest in them to dutifully and lawfully manage the public trust. But sometimes, something goes very, very wrong and the agency must regain control. In this compelling seminar, Joan Cassman will draw on her 35 years of experience as a municipal attorney [...]
CDIAC WEBINAR April 28, 2014 from 10 AM - 11 AM Pacific Cost: Complimentary Register On March 10, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a new cooperative enforcement initiative designed to encourage any issuers and underwriters of municipal securities to self-report certain violations of the federal securities laws. Issuers and underwriters have up [...]
April 25, 2014 | San Diego, CA This one-day workshop is specifically designed for local government officials and their interested staff on Mello-Roos bonds and assessment district financing. Community Facilities District Financing (CFDs) remain a statewide financing tool. Speakers will highlight discussions of the basic structures, formation considerations, process and implementation of land-based financing techniques. [...]
The MISAC State Board Education Committee is excited to bring the Project Management Institute’s PMP course to SoCal! The course will be taught by Joseph Phillips (see http://josephphillips.com/resum/ and http://instructing.com), the guy who literally wrote the book and has sold thousands of them. The course will be four days of intensive project management training focused [...]
Courses and dates for training at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento in Sacramento, California: •Risk Assessment in Public Funds – September 8, 2014 •Fundamentals of Performance Management - September 9-10, 2014 •Intermediate Governmental Accounting – September 9-10, 2014 •Advanced Governmental Accounting – September 11-12, 2014 •Essentials of Debt Financing and Management - September 11-12, 2014 Courses [...]
Municipal Market Disclosure: Current Topics and Practices (Seminar) March 18-19, 2014 | Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center, Pomona, CA Both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Government Accounting Office noted in their evaluation of the municipal market the need to improve market transparency through better disclosure. Efforts to do so, however, have stirred [...]
March 12-13, 2014 Hilton Concord, Concord, CA Cost: $225.00 for public officials / $325.00 for private professionals This seminar provides public agency investment officers and other public officials with an introduction to the concepts, tools, and strategies necessary to manage and oversee public investment portfolios. Panelists will address the components of portfolio management, including establishing [...]
GFOA courses are developed and taught by public finance specialists, and nearly 12,000 state and local finance professionals attend each year. Many of the courses are offered at intermediate and advanced levels to meet the varying needs of the participants. In addition, the programs are held in different locations around the country to make it [...]