"Recycling 2000 - Efficiencies, Economics, Education, Policy" will be held April 9-11 in Washington. The conference offers a direct information exchange with city/county solid waste managers, a National Office Paper Recycling Project seminar, workshops and training sessions, and a legislative forum. NACo, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and a host of other organizations, is sponsoring the conference.
For registration information, contact Carol Edwards, U.S. Conference of Mayors, 1620 Eye St., N.W., Washington, DC 20006; phone: 202/293-7330; fax: 202/467-4267.
The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) will sponsor the following seminars in Sacramento, Calif. in April: Pension Accounting - April 14; Internal Auditing for Governments - April 14; Budgeting for Budget Analysts - April 14-15; Fraud Detection, Investigation and Prosecution: Techniques and Strategies - April 16; and Advanced Governmental Accounting - April 15-17.
For more information, contact Robert Gee at the GFOA Education and Marketing Center, 180 North Michigan Ave., Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60601; or phone: 312/977-9700.
"Volunteers in the Courts," a one-day conference sponsored by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, will be held April 24 in Madison, Wis. Topics to be discussed include community service programs, jail and detention center programs, small claims mediation, volunteers in probation and adult mentor programs, and victim/witness programs.
For more information, contact Nancy Wheeler at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, P.O. Box 1688, Madison, WI 53701, or by phone: 608/261-8297.
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will hold a one-day program, May 9 in Orlando, Fla., titled "Municipal Open Space Conservation: Preparing and Funding Successful Projects." Attendees will learn innovative and conventional techniques for planning, funding and acquiring land for open space conservation, as well as how local governments make strategically sound open space acquisition decisions. The $135 registration fee covers all sessions, course materials and luncheon.
For more information, contact Alison Robbins, registrar, at Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 113 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA 02138-3400; phone: 800/LAND-USE; fax: 800/LAND-944.
The American Water Works Association's Annual Conference and Exposition will be held June 15-19 in Atlanta, Ga. During this five-day conference, attendees will hear the latest information on drinking water quality, regulatory activity, management concerns, groundwater and surface water treatment, safety, conservation, and public water supply education via technical sessions.
For registration information, contact the American Water Works Association, 6666 West Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235; phone: 303/794-7711; fax: 303/794-1440.
The American Bar Association (ABA) has combined 20 volumes of the "Juvenile Justice Standards" into one single volume. The standards are intended to help juvenile justice professionals define their role at trial and draft pleadings, motions, trial memoranda, appellate briefs and other documents for ongoing litigation.
The "IJA-ABA Juvenile Justice Standard Annotated" is available from ABA Publications Orders, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611; phone: 312/988-5522. The cost is $49.95 for Criminal Justice Section members and $59.95 for nonmembers, plus $4.95 for shipping and handling.
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is seeking participation from the public health and research communities to update the standard certificates of birth and death and the standard report of fetal death records to ensure that they meet the needs of the future. NCHS will provide questionnaires to all organizations and individuals interested in suggesting changes to the standard certificates.
To order a copy of the questionnaire, write to George A. Gay, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, 6525 Belcrest Rd., Room 820, Hyattsville, MD 20782; e-mail: certquest@cdc.gov.
(Notices is compiled by Victoria Vickers, special correspondent.)