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2005 UI DIRECTORS' NATIONAL MEETING AND LEGAL ISSUES FORUM HIGHLIGHTS
Salt Lake City, Utah
October 24-27, 2005

EVENING ACTIVITIES
Speed Skaters Information Handout

Luncheons
Utah's EPPICard MasterCard UI Benefit Payment Debit Card Presentation Handout
CUBS: Utah's Unemployment Insurance Benefits System Presentation

Plenary Sessions
Economic Recovery and the Two Tiers within Utah's Workforce
Presentation

Federal UI Issues and Initiatives
Presentation, Cheryl Atkinson

UI Response to National Emergencies
Presentation, Deborah Bronow, Moderator

Workshops
Effective Appellate Advocacy (Legal Forum Track)

Legal Issues Open Forum (Legal Forum Track)

Legal Issues Concerning Identity Theft (Legal Forum track)
Identity Theft and Unemployment Benefits: Are Federal penalties severe enough to deter the theft of personally identifying information?, Joseph L. Bervid, Legal Counsel, Iowa Workforce Development

Federal Rulemaking: Confidentiality and Able & Available (Legal Forum Track)
Confidentiality & Disclosure of State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Information

SUTA Dumping: The Nuts and Bolts of Litigation & Legislation (Legal Forum Track)
Legal Issues & Update of SUTA Dumping Laws, Carol Brassey ? Moderator, Jerry Hildebrand & Steve Massey ? USDOL
SUTA Dumping Handout

U.I. Overpayment Collection and Bankruptcy (Legal Forum Track)
Handout
Best Practices for Unemployment Insurance, Bankruptcy, Criminal Prosecutions, Other Collections, John Moore, Director, Regulatory Enforcement, Texas Workforce Commission
UI Overpayment Collection and Bankruptcy

Writing Successful Grant and Fund Proposals
Handout, Virginia Byrd, Assistant UI Director
Handout

The True Meaning of Partnership - Hurricane Katrina & Rita
Huricane Katrina Activity Handout

Train or Brain Drain: Transferring UI Knowledge
Online Training for Adjudicators: A Step Towards Quality Determinations
Idaho Department of Commerce & Labor e-Learning Project
Idaho Presentation 1
Idaho Presentation 2
Idaho Presentation 3

IT Systems Redesigns - The Cutting Edge
Georgia's IVR Initiative

Bridging the Gap - Connecting UI Claimants to Reemployment Opportunities North Dakota, Maine, and Massachusetts
Massachusetts Reemployment Eligibility Assessment Project Presentation
The Reemployment & Eligibility Assessment Project (REAP) in Maine Presentation

Fraud Busters - Connecticut, Oregon, and North Carolina
"Understanding and Combating" Presentation
Fraud Overpayments A Changing Environment Presentation, Tom Smoragiewicz, Connecticut Department of Labor
Oregon Fraud Audit System Presentation, John Young

ITSC: Research and Solutions for the UI System
Presentation, John Sharkey & Tim Meier

UI Administrative Financing in Plain English - The Bucks Start Here
Presentation, Ron Wilus

Getting It Right the First Time: Improving the Relationship Between State UI Agencies and Third Party Administrators
Wisconsin and TALX: A Case Study In Improving Performance (We Hope)
Workshop Handout
New Information at Appeals

Program Reengineering - Lessons Learned
Colorado and Ohio
Your IT Project - More Than the Code, Don Peitersen, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
Pursuit of the "Near" Perfect IT System, China L. Widener, Chief of Staff and Assistant Director, Operations Division, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

Bridging the Gap - Connecting UI Claimants to Reemployment Opportunities The Urban Institute, Idaho, and Washington
Idaho's Reemployment Eligibility Assessments
Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments: A One-Stop - UI Collaboration
Washington State's Answer To UI Eligibility Reviews: Job Search Review
Washington State ESD Job Search Monitoring Report