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Local government, Non profits, State grants and fiscal managers...use allowable grants dollars to attend the preeminent grants conference of the year! This will be a whole day
of intensive training and networking with top federal officials and state grants experts.
You will be guided through the comprehensive Federal Grants Reform changes that you
are expected to know as they take effect on December 26, 2014. At lunch we'll hear from Hudson Hollister, the nation's 'rock-star' leader of the OPEN DATA movement.  Anyone who "touches a federal grant" needs to be at this important conference.  Bring your team, bring your partners!

CPEs will be awarded.
AGENDA:
(subject to changes)

~Registration and Breakfast, exhibits open
The Maryland Data Center will be on hand to show you how to use data to beef up your grant applications. Visit our sponsors' exhibits - SB and Company, who conduct the State's annual Single Audit; eCivis, an industry leader in grants management, and GovLoop, the premier online community connecting more than 100,000 innovators in local, state and federal government.

~Opening Plenary Session: Gov. Martin O'Malley or Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown  
and a high-level Federal Funders Panel from an array of agencies discuss their grants programs.

~Concurrent Morning Breakout Session:

Officials from Maryland agencies talk about their grant programs, under four categories (Creating Opportunities, Security, Sustainability, and Health), that support the
O'Malley/Brown Administration's 16 strategic goals to move Maryland forward.
Moderated by StateStat Analysts. Opportunity to talk one-on-one with state officials.
 1.  Creating Opportunities - Jobs, Education, Skills, Veterans
 2.  Security - Violent Crime, Violent Crime Against Children/Women, Homeland Security
 3.  Sustainability - Bay Restoration, Transit Ridership, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy,
Greenhouse Gases
 4.  Health - Childhood Hunger, Infant Mortality, Substance Abuse, Preventable Hospitalizations
 
~Luncheon Addresses:  Senator Bill Fergson, author of the new Maryland Data Act, will talk discuss the Act and the work of the Maryland Open Data Council;Keynote Speaker Hudson Hollister, Director, Data Transparency Coalition will discuss the Federal Data Act and Automated Grant Reporting and what it will mean for federal grant recipients and the public.

 Afternoon Mega-Session on Grant Reform, the “Supercircular” Explained:  Everything you
need to know from now on about the first major grant reform in fifty years.  Natalie Keegan, Congressional Research Service, moderator, will kick off with her analysis of the DATA ACT and Grant Reform intersection; Top officials from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will present on the new guidance every federal grant recipient must know and use beginning on December 26, 2014.   See what has changed, what has not, and the timeline for the rest of the implementation phases of federal grant reform.  You won't want to miss this rare opportunity to understand the new federal grants guidance to keep your grants dollars managed properly and thus your prospects for winning future federal dollars intact.