Valiant's Professional Development Series

March 30th, 2010 by Valiant

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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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