National Association of Job Training & Assistance (NAJA)
NAJA's 28th Annual Conference in ORLANDO, FLORIDA  March 21-25, 2011
....please visit this page again very soon, BELOW IS our 2010 SF AGENDA

March 22 - 26, 2010                                               

MONDAY 10AM REGISTRATION



1pm Opening Ceremony

Welcome by NEWLY APPOINTED California Inspector General:  Laura Chick
see the April press release at http://www.gov.ca.gov/press-release/11927/     
She will be speaking about the Recovery Dollars Peril and Promise:  Watching how the billions in stimulus dollars are being spent in California.

& Welcome & Updates by Steve Malliaras - ETA's Regional Director for Financial Management & Administrative Services

3-4:30pm  FISCAL TRACK: Selected Item & Cost, by Steve Garfinkel
3-4:30pm  PROGRAM TRACK:  Getting Workforce boards to roll Up Their Sleeves, by Orrin                                              Bailey and Gwen Wood


5:30-7pm Reception & NETWORKING MIXER
   INTRODUCTION OF OUR CEO, SHIRLEY EICHENBERG and Boardmembers

TUESDAY
8:30 - 10   FISCAL track:  Networking with your peers - Best Practices
8:30 - 10  PROGRAM track:  Networking with your peers - Best Practices

10:30 - noon  FISCAL track:   ARRA & FRAUD - by Alfredo Nodal                                                     
10:30 - noon PROGRAM track:   CYBER SECURITY - Is Your IT Data Safe? - by Beau Boden

noon -  LUNCH (on your own)

1-2:30   FISCAL track:   Critical Risk Issues for Fee for Service & Procurement - by Strader Taylor
1-2:30   PROGRAM track:   Employer/Customer Satisfaction - by Junjoy Vielhaber
                                     
3-4:30  FISCAL track:  Cost Allocation Issues Appearing in Audits - by Strader Taylor
3-4:30  PROGRAM track:  Behavior-based Job Interviews - by Junjoy Vielhaber
            


WEDNESDAY

8:30 - 10    FISCAL track:  COST ALLOCATION & INDIRECT COSTS FOR INTERNAL USE - Steve Garfinkel
8:30 - 10  PROGRAM track:  EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS - JUNJOY VIELHABER - by Junjoy Vielhaber
                                                                                     
10:30 - noon FISCAL track:  Applying For, Negotiating & Using Indirect Cost Rates - by Steve Garfinkel
10:30 - noon PROGRAM track: Placing Disadvantaged Job Seekers - Junjoy Vielhaber

1-2:30 FISCAL track:  FISCAL MONITORING, by Mike Gaffney, CPA
1-2:30 PROGRAM track:   Best Practrices in Implementing a Rural Prisoner Re-Entry Program - Lisa Bolen


  Sessions to 8pm OPTIONAL FIELD TRIP Tentative OPTIONAL Excursions:
NAJA is able to secure the lowest fares for your enjoyment, limited space available:

3pm  BOUDIN Bakery, Guided tour & demo $3 per person
4pm  DUCK ride tour around SF  $20 per person
You'll take a whimsical ride through a few best sites of SF plus a bonus stop at a ONE-STOP office.
We will start out of Fisherman’s Wharf (after the Boudin Bakery tour), over to Ghirardelli Square, North Beach, China Town, South of Market where we can visit an ETA office on Turk Street(TBD).
Then towards AT & T ball park and splash into the Bay in McCovey Cove area, then toThe Embarcadero, Pier 39 and back to Fisherman's Wharf.

8pm  Recommended show:  BEACH BLANKET  BABYLON - Bay Area's best & funniest Musical Revue, order your own tickets via www.BeachBlanketBabylon.com or phone (415) 421-4717  ($30-$65).
                       
                   
THURSDAY
8:30 - 10   FISCAL track:  INTERNAL CONTROLS - by Macey Prince-Swinson
8:30 - 10  PROGRAM track:   FROM PINK SLIP TO PAYCHECKS - by Larry Robbin

10:30 - noon  FISCAL track:   AVOIDING FINDINGS & RESOLVING THEM WHEN THEY OCCUR
                                                                                     - by Linda Manion & Jackie Sakame
10:30 - noon PROGRAM track:   YOU CAN FIND A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK - by Larry Robbin

noon -  LUNCH (on your own)

1-2:30   FISCAL track:  CONFLICT OF INTEREST - by Jessi Heinz
1-2:30   PROGRAM track:  EEO including new ADAAA & GINA Act - by Ellen Fawls

3-4:30  FISCAL track:  EVERYDAY PROCUREMENT - by ED DONAHUE
3-4:30  PROGRAM track:   OMB 1512 ARRA REPORTING, Overview & Common Errors
                                            - by John Humphrey, ETA



FRIDAY
8:30 - 10   FISCAL track:  Financial & Grants Management by ED DONUHUE
8:30 - 10  PROGRAM track:   OMB 1512 ARRA Reporting - Overview & Common Errors
                                             by John Humphrey, ETA

                                                 
10:30-noon CLOSING PLENARY:  What's NEW in Washington? - by Robert Knight

noon     END OF CONFERENCE

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