CONFERENCES

• Scenic America and Eckdo, Dean, Alston and William (EDAW) will hold Scenic Summit: Action for America’s Communities, Countryside and Public Lands April 21–24, 2002 at Adam’s Mark Hotel, Denver, Colo. This national conference will focus on efforts to protect America’s natural beauty and community character in the early 21st century. Participants will include landscape artists, political leaders, educators and community activists.
  Specific strategies and recommendations to be discussed at the summit include bringing the visual environment to the forefront of public awareness, strengthening citizen action and expanding the scenic conservation movement and developing educational standards, curricula, accreditation, training and public awareness programs.
  For more information on this summit, visit the Scenic Summit Web site at www.scenicsummit.com.
  
  

PUBLICATIONS

• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published Mental Health, United States 2000. The publication is a compendium of the latest information available on mental health services. Included in the report are predictions for the future of mental health services, information on refugee mental health services, co-occurring addictive and mental disorders, and mental health services in juvenile facilities. Copies of Mental Health, United States 2000 can be ordered by calling the CMHS Clearinghouse at (800) 789-2647.
  
  

OTHER RESOURCES

• The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released Financially Correct, a video that answers questions on why high-quality financial reporting is so important to investors and the efficiency of the financial markets.
  During the program, five authorities on financial reporting discuss the importance of and need for reliable, credible and comparable financial information and how it serves investors and the economy.
  For more information on this video, contact Sheryl Thompson, manager, public relations, FASB at (203) 847-0700, ext. 268.
  
  
• The National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) is holding an open call for entries for their 2001 Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Awards. The early deadline for entries is Nov. 15. The final deadline is Dec. 12. The awards recognize outstanding government communication projects and their producers. The competition is open to communicators for national, state, regional, county, municipal or other governmental entities and to private-sector communicators who have produced work for a government entity. Awards will be given to the government organization for which the work was produced. For more information or entry materials, contact Gaye Farris at (337) 266-8550 or Gaye_Farris@usgs.gov or Michael Sheward at (703) 691-0377 or at ShewardNAGC@aol.com.

(Notices was compiled by Stacey Kennedy, editorial assistant)