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For any city or county, successfully implementing a major technology initiative demands solid strategy and effective tools to make it happen. Fortunately, your partners at Insight Public Sector and NetApp and have brought together resources and best practices to help make launching your technology project a whole lot easier.

Join a group of leaders from NetApp, Insight Public Sector, and Grants Office for an end-to-end discussion of best practices for developing, funding, procuring, and deploying your next technology project.

We’ll be discussing:

• Developing a 360-degree project plan for your technology project: how Insight Public Sector works with municipal customers like yours to develop winning project plans
• Funding your project from internal and external sources: how the NetApp Grants Support program can help you identify new sources of funding
• Procuring the technology and services when you need them and at the right price: how OMNIA Partners, Public Sector (subsidiaries US Communities and National IPA) enables you to easily and confidently acquire everything you need at the best overall supplier government pricing
• Deploying your technology initiative with fewer snags: how Insight Public Sector and NetApp cut costs, reduce risks, and bring industry-leading experience to all levels of government

If you're looking to streamline your next technology rollout, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

Several state grant programs funding a wide range of school safety initiatives complement the federal funding that is available for school safety, to present a more robust, if more complex, funding landscape for school safety. And there are a wide range of opportunities across the country that will be available in the coming year for projects in law enforcement, K-12, and higher education.

Join King City Chief of Police Robert Masterson, Grants Office Grants Development Consultant Ashley Schultz, and special guests from NetApp and Arrow for a look at how states have taken on school safety funding, where the federal STOP School Violence Act (which secures school safety funding across the US over the next 10 years) and other federal grants fit in, along with specific strategies for winning these grants.

Whether you’re from California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or anywhere else in the country looking for ways to fund your school safety initiatives, you won’t want to miss this event!

The new federal fiscal year has started, and with it, a new catalog of federal grant opportunities dedicated to law enforcement, including a number of technology-friendly grant programs.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Samsung as we preview 2019 funding for law enforcement technology, take a look at how public safety technology is simplifying and empowering law enforcement, and discuss strategies for maximizing your agency’s funding this year.

If you are planning to make the most of available funding in 2019, you won’t want to miss this event!

Because so many different federal agencies have STEM-related grant programs for K-12 schools, they can be easy to miss. In fact, STEM-focused grant opportunities are available from the Departments of Education, Defense, Labor, and Agriculture, as well as other federal grantmakers like the EPA and NSF. You can’t expect to get them all, but knowing where to look and how to approach different funders can help you access the funding you need to make your STEM curriculum and classroom technology vision a reality.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for a fast-paced review of the sources of STEM funding for district classroom technology, curriculum development, and teacher training, as well as strategies for developing competitive proposals to these funders, and technologies that are moving STEM education forward today.

If your district uses E-Rate funding for connectivity and technology infrastructure, you already have all the foundation you need to attract grant dollars that can help transform your educational programs - from 1:1 computing to personalized education and beyond - and make your district's E-Rate connectivity come to life across grade spans and disciplines.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Aruba and Connection Public Sector Solutions as we discuss the grant programs that dovetail with E-Rate, highlight best practices for developing technology-rich projects across your district, and review some of the technology solutions that are working in schools today.

For resources and tools to do more with your district’s E-Rate funding, you won’t want to miss this event!

A good deal of grant funding for K-12 STEM initiatives, especially from the National Science Foundation, involves fostering connections with institutions and resources outside the school itself. The goal being not just to expand students’ horizons and sense of what’s possible through STEM in the future, but also to give the entire educational community access to a broader range of instructional tools and curricula than the district would be able to provide alone.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Intel, Lenovo and Connection Public Sector Solutions as we discuss the NSF grant opportunities and technology solutions that can help you expand your district’s STEM offerings, while also building practical connections with higher education, industry, and STEM leaders around the world.

Don’t miss this chance to learn how NSF funding can bring the world of STEM home to your district’s students and teachers!

An entire subset of federal grant programs provides millions of dollars in support of Tribal projects, and because they are more narrowly focused than most other grants, they may also be less competitive. But in order to tap into these funds for your Tribal initiatives, it’s important to know where to find them and how to structure your application to win.

This is especially true for technology-rich projects, which fit with a number of these grant programs, but only as a means of achieving the educational, healthcare, and public safety objectives of the programs.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from PCMG and Dell for a look at the landscape of Tribal-focused grants and the technology solutions they support. We’ll also discuss steps to developing an impactful technology-rich project that addresses your community’s need and objectives, as well as tips for making your proposal truly competitive.

If you're looking to get a Tribal project funded this year, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

The recent flurry of federal grant opportunities for K-12 STEM-advancing projects (Innovative Approaches to Literacy and Education Innovation Research, to name two that were open in May alone) have reinvigorated many districts’ plans to leverage educational technology to transform their STEM initiatives. And with the newly minted 2018 federal budget in hand, we can also plan ahead to capture other STEM-friendly grants that will be announced throughout the rest of the year.

Join Elizabeth Evans and Michael Paddock from Grants Office and special guests from DELL EMC for this fast-paced forecast of STEM-friendly grant opportunities that will be available throughout 2018. We will also be discussing strategies and tips for maximizing the available funding and developing winning STEM programs.

If you’re looking for funding to take your district’s STEM offerings to the next level, you won’t want to miss this event!

The US Department of Justice is now accepting applications for the much-anticipated Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (BWC PIP). Up to $23 million is available for state, municipal, and tribal law enforcement agencies to establish and enhance law enforcement body-worn camera programs across the United States.

Join Michael Paddock (Grants Office CEO) and Ashley Schultz (State & Local Government Grant Development Consultant) to discuss steps you can take to bring your agency’s BWC PIP proposal across the finish line. This presentation will walk through the application process and submission requirements. Along the way, we’ll highlight tips and best practices gathered by our funding team since BWC PIP began in 2014. As a special thanks to all attendees, every law enforcement official who registers for this webinar will receive a Grant Readiness Assessment for your body-worn camera program and a free proposal review by a Grants Development Consultant.

Proposals to the Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program are due May 31st. Be sure to join us this Friday to position your agency for a successful grant submission for this all-important public safety initiative.

Now that the 2018 federal budget is finalized, the workforce development funding landscape has come into clearer focus. Colleges and universities continue to play a key role in integrating emerging technologies to support progressive, deeper learning approaches to prepare students for the workforce.

We’ve assembled Grants Office’s thought leaders Elizabeth Evans, Chris LaPage, and Michael Paddock for a packed hour of program highlights, funding opportunities, and technologies you can leverage in the coming year to take your campus workforce readiness initiative to the next level.

If you're looking for funding to upgrade or expand your college or university's workforce development program in the next 2-3 years, you won't want to miss this event!