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Join us July 16th for a fun and exciting summer Friday at the park – it’s Cubs vs Phillies!  The Mechanic Group will be in the stands supporting their favorite team so come say hello and enjoy the game from the Super Suite at Wrigley Field!

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Leveraging Technology to Capture Tax Incentives
By Shannon Scott, President, Tax Break LLC

Learn about the full range of tax incentives available to employers and how to leverage technology to capture unrealized tax relief.

About Shannon Scott

As president, Shannon was appointed CEO of the Tax Credit Processing Center in January 2010.  He has owned multiple IT and consulting companies over the past 12 years. He has a strong IT and Sales background and has consulted some of the largest AutoDealer groups in the US. He is a Microsoft Certified Engineer, along with Certified Internet Marketer and Google Partner. He served 2 years as the President of the Business Association for the City of Helena, Alabama and was appointed Chairman of their first Economic Development Board.

New Challenges Facing California Employers: A Litigator’s Perspective
By Barry Bradley, Managing Partner, Bradley & Gmelich

California’s Labor Code laws present a wealth of areas that subject employers doing business in the state to a host of potential lawsuits, including wage and hour class actions, wrongful termination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims.  Barry Bradley, Esq. will provide a perspective from the trenches, where you will learn how to minimize your company’s exposure to these claims, and obtain some proactive ideas to eliminate liability altogether.  Barry is a litigator who will provide real life examples in an often humorous way.  The goal is to assist all those attending to be aware of the pitfalls in the California laws.

About Barry Bradley

Bradley is the managing partner of Bradley & Gmelich, an AV-Preeminent Rated law firm with 17 attorneys, where he heads up the firm’s Private Security Litigation Team and their Employment Litigation Team.  A former Deputy District Attorney, Barry’s practice concentrates on defending cases involving negligent security, wrongful termination, as well as assisting clients in avoiding liability through proactive, preventative measures.  The firm acts as general counsel for many security companies in California.  Barry is the CALSAGA Legal Advisor, and is an active member of the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS), and the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS International).

Financial Resources for Government Contractors
By Michael Haas, Business Development Officer for the Government Services Group, Well Fargo Capital Finance

About Michael Haas

Michael Hass serves as a Business Development Officer for the Government Services Group at Wells Fargo Capital Finance for the western states.  He has been with Wells Fargo Bank for over seven years serving several roles including personal banker, business specialist and business development officer for business banking. Haas has developed a strong knowledge base in all areas and capabilities of Wells Fargo Bank.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo Bank, he served as an enlisted soldier in the US Army Delta Cavalry Scout and as an Active Guard/Reserve (AGR) Recruiter for the Montana Army National Guard.

Understanding the Business of Government Contracting
By Rich Wilkinson, Vice President, Government Contracting, Deltek

There has never been a more dynamic time for Government Contracting firms. Waves of change are cresting in every direction – and firms are attempting to position their business in the best way possible to serve local, state and federal governments.

To better understand the industry, Deltek surveyed an extensive network of customers, partners and industry contacts. The result: a unique snapshot of how firms operate and what government contracting looks like today. Get the facts — and the metrics to back them up — in the Clarity ‘09 Government Industry Highlights Report.

About Rich Wilkinson

Rich Wilkinson has more than 30 years experience working with the Federal Government, government contractors, private-sector companies and government contracting solutions providers. He was a Contracting Officer with the Naval Air Systems Command for more than eight years and then moved to industry as a controller and contracts manager. For more than ten years, Rich was a serial implementer of Deltek accounting solutions completing 13 different system implementations at 6 different companies. An addition, as Controller and compliance Officer at both Atlantic Research Corporation and CSC, Rich was responsible for accounting and finance operations and Cost Accounting Standards compliance.

Since joining Deltek in 1996, he has helped more than 100 additional companies select, install and deploy their Government contract accounting systems. Today, Rich is a regular lecturer on Government contract compliance and accounting at George Mason University and an active Blogger.

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Valiant, a premier provider of comprehensive workforce management solutions, announced that it
will be continuing its popular professional development series of events and web casts featuring
thought leaders in Federal markets, labor law and compliance, federal legislation, health care and
other issues that impact operations of businesses with large, dispersed, hourly workforces.
The Series launched in late February with a Wage & Hour Compliance web cast that attracted
more than 225 participants from security, facility management and hospitality. It’s continuing in
June with an event scheduled for June 15, 2010 at Angels Stadium in Los Angeles, CA.

What: Valiant’s Professional Development Series — A facilitated forum for the exchange
of best practices and industry issues for 25-35 C-level executives from large national
and regional companies with large, dispersed hourly workforces.

Who: Featured speakers include experts and leaders from political, law enforcement,
security, media and general business experts:

• Barry Bradley, Managing Partner, Bradley & Gmelich
• Rich Wilkinson, Vice President, Government Contracting, Deltek
• Shannon Scott, CEO/President, TaxBreak LLC

When: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
2–5 pm: Keynote Presentations
5:30–7 pm: Skybox Social Networking
7 pm: Start of game

Where: Angels Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Skybox – Los Angeles Angels vs. Milwaukee Brewers

7:05 pm

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Valiant, a premier provider of comprehensive workforce management solutions, announced that it will be continuing its popular professional development series of events and web casts featuring thought leaders in Federal markets, labor law and compliance, federal legislation, health care and other issues that impact operations of businesses with large, dispersed, hourly workforces.

The Series launched in late February with a Wage & Hour Compliance web cast that attracted more than 225 participants from security, facility management and hospitality. It’s continuing in April with an event scheduled for April 20, 2010 at Nationals Park in Washington, DC.

budgeting, interagency coordination, media relations, responding to congressional requests, legislation, regulations, opinion letters, compliance assistance, stakeholder communication, and personnel matters.

Speaker

Jim Rogers, Vice President Market Management for Government Contracting, Deltek
JimRogers@deltek.com

Mr. Rogers has a global passion and a proven record of helping organizations drive revenue growth in all economic environments. Currently, he serves as the vice president of market management at Deltek, responsible for formulating and executing Deltek’s go to market strategy in the Government Contractor marketplace. Previously, Mr. Rogers severed as the global director of industry and product marketing for Primavera Systems, and vice president of integration solutions at GE Global eXchange Services. At GE, Mr. Rogers was the business unit leader of a portfolio of software products; responsibilities included; the business unit profitability, product development and overall go to market strategy in all global markets.

Topic

Understanding the Business of Government Contracting

There has never been a more dynamic time for Government Contracting firms. Waves of change are cresting in every direction – and firms are attempting to position their business in the best way possible to serve local, state and federal governments.

To better understand the industry, Deltek surveyed an extensive network of customers, partners and industry contacts. The result: a unique snapshot of how firms operate and what government contracting looks like today. Get the facts — and the metrics to back them up — in the Clarity ’09 Government Industry Highlights Report.

Speaker

Steve Amitay
Amitay Consulting
Legislative Counsel for the National Association of Security Companies (NASCO) and ASIS International
steve@amitayconsulting.com

Topic

Private Contract Security and the Federal Government: Insourcing, New Standards and Unions

Agency Insourcing of Contractor Jobs

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plans to release new guidance in April that will help federal agencies define which tasks should be performed by the government and which are suitable for outsourcing.  The Obama administration instructed agencies to launch pilot insourcing programs to replace contractors with government employees. Subsequently, the DoD military branches have started to insource contract security at military bases and many federal officials are waiting for new guidance to provide a clearer definition of which jobs are inherently governmental, or so intimately related to the public interest they can be performed only by the government.  The government employee unions are strongly in favor of insourcing and one of their favorite targets are the 15,000 contract security officers working under FPS contracts to protect federal buildings.

New Federal Standards for Security Guards and Contractors

Recently, the Federal Protective Service (FPS) started to implement new requirements and standards for the 15,000 contract guards (now called “protective security officers”) and their employer companies who are part of the FPS “Contract Guard Program.”  These new requirements are intended to improve the training and job performance of guards,  as well as to provide for better performance and oversight of contractors.  Other agencies that utilize contract security officers could adopt the FPS standards.

Federal attempts to strengthen labor unions short of legislation

“High Road Contracting Policy” — the Administration is getting ready to unveil a proposal that would leverage federal contracting to raise wages and support unionized companies by giving preference to government contractors that pay their hourly workers a “living wage” and provide additional benefits such as health insurance, employer-funded retirement plans and paid sick leave.  As nearly one in four workers is employed by companies that have contracts with the federal government, it could have a broad impact.

Speaker

Alex Passantino
Of Counsel
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
www.seyfarth.com
APassantino@seyfarth.com

Mr. Passantino is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Seyfarth Shaw and previously served as the Deputy and Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (WHD). In this role, he led the WHD in its interpretation and enforcement of the FLSA, the FMLA, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Service Contract Act, several provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and numerous other federal statutes. Nominated by the President, Mr. Passantino was responsible for enforcement policy, field operations, strategic planning, budgeting, interagency coordination, media relations, responding to congressional requests, legislation, regulations, opinion letters, compliance assistance, stakeholder communication, and personnel matters.

Topic

Wage & Hour Compliance: Calculating Hours and Determining Overtime Pay Rates

Receive a thorough explanation of how to calculate hours worked and determining the proper overtime rate of pay to remain compliant with U.S Department of Labor Wage & Hour regulations. Gain insight into the Department of Labor’s criteria for calculating travel time, putting on uniforms, arming and serving on-call that may be payable at multiple rates.

Additional Dates:

June 15^th

Angels Stadium, Anaheim, CA

June 24^th

The Peninsula Hotel, New York, NY

July 16^th

Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

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Topic: Wage and Hour Compliance: What it Means to your Organization with former Administrator of the U.S. department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Alexander Passantino
Recording date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:09 pm
Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Panelist Information:
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes
Description: During our webinar, hear from the former head of the Wage and Hour Division, Alexander J. Passantino. Mr. Passantino, now practicing law in the Washington, DC office of the national law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP, served as the Acting Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division from 2007 to 2009

Mr. Passantino will discuss:

• The industries likely to be targeted for wage and hour investigations;
• The top 5 wage and hour mistakes made by employers;
• What the new political landscape means for enforcement; and
• Other statutory and regulatory developments.

At the end of the presentation, both PeopleSystems and Valiant will discuss how HR technology solutions can streamline your hourly hiring processes and help your organization remain in compliance.

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