Line-of-Sight Newsletter 2 April 2024

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Standards. Standard Operating Procedures. Raising the Standard. We are talking about a human behavior base line and how we can improve it. Raising the Standard starts with leaders who understand how closely human behavior is associated with organizational mission success. People, Sources, and Ideas take a focused look at harnessing behavior to dramatically improve organizational outcomes. ABS Quality Evaluations can help you minimize risk, improve operational efficiency ...
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 26 March 2024

ABS Quality Evaluations can help you minimize risk, improve operational efficiency and maximize the value of your operations and assets, with management system certification, auditing and training. People Richard Culbertson, ALN Board Member, has again submitted testimony to a Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Public Hearing. Mr. Culbertson points out that federal laws and regulations require full reporting of assets and their conditions to obtain funding, such as...
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 19 March 2024

NPMA's Asset Management Month continues with programs on Fleets, Contracts and Personal Development. See more below in Upcoming Events. Consider viewing a special U.N. presentation Wednesday at 5 pm Eastern – check out People to learn more. In Sources, we guide you to a U.S. Department of State Project Development web program. And in Ideas, learn about our ALN Th@3 pm ET guest, Stephen Course, CPPM, who will be speaking about neurodivergence in the workplace and how leaders can benefit from pro...
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 12 March 2024

During NPMA's Asset Management Month, we are happy that we expanded our issues on Capitol Hill to include how Public Utility Commissions are not keeping up with federal requirements for reporting their assets which calls into question their funding requests and indicates why many fires are being caused by public utilities. Rich Culbertson, ALN Board of Directors member visited with interested staffers at Senator Casey's office in DC. Public Utilities will be one of the first industry secto...
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 5 March 2024

The National Property Management Association established March as National Asset Management Awareness Month – and we are in full support of the concept. Below in Upcoming Events is a list of NPMA activities. The ALN is rising to the occasion with a visit to Capitol Hill later this week and meeting with the staff of U.S. Senators in web meetings later this month. We are also renewing the ALN National Asset Leadership Strategy and starting it off this week on the ALN Th@3 p...
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 20 February 2024

ABS Quality Evaluations can help you minimize risk, improve operational efficiency and maximize the value of your operations and assets, with management system certification, auditing and training. People Sean Lyons, an ALN colleague through the ESG Exchange, has a new LinkedIn essay on the “Pre-Mortem” of AI. Instead of waiting to learn what scandals and hazardous will be created by Artificial Intelligence, Mr. Lyons has outlined 8 areas of concern including R...
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Line-of-Sight Newsletter 13 February 2024

Kahua’s construction program and project management software enables innovation with collaborative purpose-built solutions for owners, program managers, general contractors and subcontractors. People Jon Shelness, President, My Property ID Registry, is a tireless advocate of organizations better understanding the value and uses of 21st century tracing technology to assist law enforcement in returning the billions in U.S. dollars of lost and stolen pr...
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Federal Law Enforcement Executive Web Chat and Panel

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Many years of Federal Law Enforcement programs have shown agencies readily exchange their experience to bring value to the nation. This year, the ALN Federal Law Enforcement Board has also established a draft Federal Law Enforcement Strategic Asset Leadership Structure (SALS) to guide national thinking toward dramatic benefits from shared best practices on asset leadership. Conversation with Federal Law Enforcement Executives will surround presentation of the SALS. https://youtu.be/VgG8t...
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Federal Law Enforcement Asset Leadership – 10/20

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Key federal agencies will show how to apply asset leadership to law enforcement activities.Cross pollination of common problems will be addressed with repeatable processes. https://youtu.be/WoFCAeM6QV4 Speakers include: Ken Burgess, Executive Director, Assets and Logistics, Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer, DHSMoshe Nelson, Principal and Asset Management Lead, Grant ThorntonKaren Lopez, Chief, Asset Management, Federal Bureau of InvestigationsEric Brown, ALN Senior Fello...
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