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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Consolidation of email notifications now on Blog page


BEMA Network members (All):

In order to reduce the number of emails to each of you, we will begin consolidating subject headings of important items and posting on our BEMA Blog page for you to review.   As information is posted to our Blog page it is also forwarded to our Facebook, and sent to our Twitter account for notification to our followers.

No personal information is captured when accessing this information except in the case of messages forwarded by Twitter accounts.  

Over 90% of the training or workshops are in the Washington, D.C. area, all other member locations with these same opportunities can have notices posted from your area on our Blog pages.

Please contact me directly to have your local area information included.

Charles



Charles D. Sharp
Emergency Manager
Senior Advisor
Black Emergency Managers Association                           

Looking for an Accountant

Looking for an Accountant

Nobody is as adept in tracking monetary records and taking care of them as an accountant. Handling finances is just one of the job of an accountant because they are also hired for many things like tax preparation. There are certainly many accountants here and there, and deciding whom to choose would be a huge dilemma. If one knows the proper way to look for an accountant, a problem such as that wouldn’t be large trouble after all.

Where To Find

“Where to find an accountant?” that would be the most obvious question when searching for an accountant. One might start the search on phone directories. One should look on phone directories first because several local accountants would use it as a way to look for clients.

The Internet is also a good place to look for an accountant. However, if you compare looking for an accountant over the web and with the help of phone directories, the former is better. Anyone can easily access the internet while yellow pages directories is actually a historic item that’s difficult to find in any household or establishment.

What They Tell You

Perhaps the best way to find that ideal accountant would be from the personal recommendations of close individuals. These recommendations might come from your friend, relative or any person you know and is close to you.

If a person did not ever hire the services of the accountant, then you should better ignore his or her recommendation.

Look for The Qualities

The ideal accountant must always have the necessary qualifications set or required in an accountant. Being qualified to take on a job will assure clients that they have the best services without any worries or problems. What would make an accountant qualified for the job?

Education of the accountant. Certification. Accounting experience. Area or specialty in accounting.   Accounting services.  Price to pay

Guardian Accord Workshop


The purpose of the Guardian Accord (GA) Workshop is to increase awareness of Federal, State, territorial, tribal and local government jurisdictions, and the private sector, about the importance of incorporating the specific risks of terrorism into continuity planning.  

This workshop consists of facilitator lead discussion, group breakouts, and concludes with a tabletop.  

The participants should already understand continuity of operations principles and have already developed or be familiar with continuity of operations plans and programs.

Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012

Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm EST

Location:  Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), 1401 H Street NW, Conference Room 6084, A and B, Washington, DC 20005

Request for Registration Deadline: Friday, March 9, 2012

 Please read entire Training Announcement for more details.

 If you would like to attend, please send an email to fema-continuity-practitioner@fema.dhs.gov to reserve a seat. 

Please bring a FEMA Form 119-25-1 (formerly 75-5) (General Admission Application, August 2010 version) to the Lead Facilitator on the day of the course.     

Leave the course number section blankFEMA Form 75-5 can be downloaded at http://training.fema.gov/Apply/119-25-1%20Previously%20FF75-5.pdf







Seating is limited to 30.

 

 

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