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OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICAN INDIANS TO ATTEND INTRODUCTORY METADATA, GIS AND
GPS TRAINING COURSES AT THE FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER (NCTC),
SHEPHERDSTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA

Campus at Shepherdstown, WV

In partnership with the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), funding opportunities are provided for American Indians to attend the following classes at the FWS National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), in support of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure:

TEC7112 - GIS Introduction for Conservation Professionals -June 14-16, 2004, Aug. 11-13, 2004, October 5-7, 2004, February 15-17, 2005, May 23-25, 2005

TEC7132 - GPS Introduction for Natural Resource Field Personnel - June 17-18, 2004, March 30-April1, 2005, September 7-9, 2005

Funding covers tuition and per diem (food and lodging) at the FWS NCTC in Shepherdstown, WVA Air Fare and rental car must be provided by the participant. Failure to cancel within 2 weeks of the class, will prohibit you from enrolling in classes with FWS for one year.

For application and funding information contact:

Bonnie Gallahan
USGS/FGDC/Geospatial One Stop, Tribal Liaison
bgallahan@usgs.gov, or 703-648-6084

Go to the web site: http://training.fws.gov and fill out the application.
On your application you must check the box for the following:

  1. "On Site Accommodations" at NCTC;
  2. Under Applicant Information check "Tribal" box;
  3. Under Billing Information, check the first box "Federal SF-182" To the right of the SF-182 box, write in for TEC7112(GIS) the following code: 4-6011-0281; for TEC7132(GPS), write in the following code: 4-6011-0287;
  4. Fax application to number on top of fax: 304-876-7202;
  5. Fax application to Bonnie Gallahan's attention at 703-648-5755;
  6. You will be contacted by FWS on availability.

For information on technical content contact:
Mark Richardson
NCTC/Technical Training Branch
Mark_Richardson@fws.gov , or 304-876-7470

OPPORTUNITES FOR AMERICAN INDIANS TO ATTEND THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY,
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS AND BASIC HAZUS (GIS) AT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (EMI), EMMITSBURG, MD

Campus at Emmitsburg, MD

In partnership with the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), funding opportunities are provided for American Indians to attend the following classes in support of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure:

E580-Emergency Management Framework for Tribal Governments- August 2-6, 2004, March 7-10, 2005 Funding covers air fare, tuition and per diem (food and lodging) at EMI. The course provides a basic understanding of emergency management principles and their role in leading and directing their Tribes in implementing comprehensive emergency management systems. Topics include getting a program started, concept of emergency management and the four phases, analysis of hazards, resources, developing an emergency operations plan, roles of the emergency manager, and upgrading and sustaining emergency management capabilities. A shuttle bus service is provided from Baltimore-Washington, Reagan National and Dulles Airports. Rental cars are not included. Failure to cancel within 2 weeks of the class, will prohibit you from enrolling at EMI for one year.

E313 - Basic Hazus Multi-Hazards, September 13-16, 2004, October 4-7, 2004, February 14-17, 2005 Provides GIS specialists in emergency management with skills and knowledge to use HAZUS-MH methodology and development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). Funding covers air fare, tuition and per diem at EMI. A copy of the July 2000 application(75-5) can be found at www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/EMICourses and fax a copy to 301-447-1658.

For further information contact: Bonnie Gallahan, USGS/FGDC/GOS Tribal Liaison, bgallahan@usgs.gov, or at 703-648-6084. For further information on E-580, contact Linda Straka at Linda.Straka@dhs.gov or at 301-447-1162; for further information on E313, contact Lillian.Virgil@dhs.gov or at 301-447-1490.

FGDC, USGS, 590 National Center, Reston, VA 20192
URL: http://www.fgdc.gov /tribal/index.html
Updated: Wednesday, 22-Sep-2004 13:53:58 GMT
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