1/22/2010 - Busy!
Busy!
So, I've been quite busy the last couple of weeks (nothing new there, actually). I suddenly realized that it was Friday and I hadn't submitted a blog for this week or last. Thought I'd write a quick review of what I've been doing for the last several days. Today, thus far, I have been following up on several National Emergency Grants (NEGs). A lot of our major lay-offs are also Trade Act certified, as I've written about before. When a lay-off gets Trade Act certified all training should switch over to the Trade Act funding stream. If that lay-off already has an NEG in place, any training that has been funded under the NEG should be switched over to Trade Act funding. This, then, requires a modification to the NEG contract to reflect the movement of training out of the NEG. So, I've been working on modifying a couple NEGs because of Trade Act certification.
We just found out this week that Oregon received the State Energy Sector Partnership (SESP) Grant I had worked on back in November and October. That's very exciting and will give us the opportunity to help craft a Green Jobs Certificate which will be offered by community colleges across rural Oregon. I am one of the leads on this Grant, so it will soon consume more of my time. This week I've just had to send a few people information regarding the grant.
Yesterday, I was in Roseburg all day for a Trade Act Information Session for Roseburg Forest Products workers. For various reasons, this Trade Act petition was submitted under the old, pre-2009, Trade Act law. The timelines and caps on expenditures are much more strict under the old law. The presenters from OED were very good.
Wednesday, there was an in-office meeting to discuss the vision and mission for our office and staff. Among other things, we talked about the New Oregon Trails. Unfortunately, at the moment, I can't find anything online to explain what that is and I don't have time to go in depth about it right now. Shortly: New Oregon Trails is repackaging of what we do - build up the skills of rural Oregonians - to show what rural Oregon has to offer. More than that, though. Planning, strategy, training, new connections and partnerships, industry sector clusters... it's a fairly comprehensive project under development.
Tuesday, Another Trade Act Information Session. This time in Saint Helens for the Boise Paper workers. Very good turn-out. Presenters from OED weren't great, which is unfortunate since it's such a complicated program already - requires a clear and simple presentation to keep confusion to a minimum.
Monday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Last week: A couple of modifications to work on. a fair amount of TOC policy revisions. Electronic file reviews. Quality Assurance visit scheduling. Some work on reporting. Well, a few brief sentence fragments doesn't do justice to my actual schedule, but it gives a rough idea of what fills some of the time.
OK, back to work - file reviews now.
- Monty
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| Readers comments: Michael McCoy, 3/16/2010 11:56:22 AM EST Thanks for the update Monty |