Is there a cost-effective formula for multiple parties and agencies to make decisions consensually and produce results efficiently? The Department of the Navy successfully uses “Facilitated Partnering” to avoid counterproductive disputes and misunderstandings while working with the EPA, state regulators and contractors to clean-up contaminated sites at Navy and Marine Corps installations. Learn what led the Navy to develop this collaborative problem-solving process, how to partner, and what the resulting cooperative teamwork has accomplished. Leave with tips on facilitated partnering that you can apply to collaborative decision-making.
Bob Manley, ADR Attorney, Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel, Alternative Dispute Resolution Program Office
Presented by:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Please allow extra time for security procedures
Location:Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
888
First Street, NE, Room
3M-3
Washington,
D.C.
Directions:
Red Line - Union Station Metro; First Street Exit. Upon exiting Union Station, turn right on First Street, N.E. and walk approximately 2 ½ blocks.
Open to all government employees. Please RSVP by February 5 with name, citizenship, and agency/employer to Deborah Osborne, Dispute Resolution Service, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at Deborah.osborne@ferc.gov.
Questions? Call Deborah at 202-502-8831.