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Innovations in Justice: Information Sharing Strategies and Best Practices

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about planning, managing, and implementing technology solutions for information sharing systems.  Join more than 100 Justice agency practitioners – state and county executives, managers, and implementers – to hear about key developments in the critical areas of information sharing policy; privacy and security; coordinating broad-based information-sharing initiatives; and the latest technologies and standards.  Register now for a conference in your area by visiting www.search.org/conferences/2006ris.  Conference dates and locations include November 28-30, 2006, in San Diego, CA; February 6-8, 2007, in Houston, TX; March 27-29, 2007, in Minneapolis, MN, and June 4-6, 2007 in Jacksonville, FL.  These conferences are sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, in cooperation with SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics.

CADCA’s 17th Annual National Leadership Forum

Whether you are looking for a new strategy to tackle methamphetamine use in your community or for a way to integrate youth into your community, Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America’s (CADCA) National Leadership Forum XVII is an essential, not-to-miss conference for any community anti-drug coalition.  The nation’s largest training conference for community drug prevention leaders, treatment professionals and researchers will be held February 12-15, 2007, in Washington, DC. For more information, visit http://cadca.org/events/forum/forum17/default.asp.

Public Relations Grants Available for Non-profit Organizations

CyberAlert, Inc., an online media monitoring company has announced that the company will award a minimum of ten public relations grants to not for profit organizations.  Each grant consists of one full year of news monitoring/press clipping services, ranging in value from $2,700 to $3,900.  All not for profit, educational, and charitable organizations in the United States and Canada are eligible to apply for the grants.  Application deadline is December 31, 2006. For ore information, visit https://secure.cyberalert.com/grants.html.