Below is a schedule of upcoming conferences and meetings of interest to local government officials.  Confirm registration requirements prior to traveling to any meeting or conference.

Tuesday, November 13

• Workers’ Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee
  11:00 am
  House Office Building, Room 231
  6 Bladen Street, Annapolis MD
  Subject: Annual Report by the Workers’ Compensation Commission Discussion of Workers’ Compensation Issues, including Cancer Presumption
• Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space/Agricultural Land Preservation
  2:00 pm
  3 East Miller Senate Office Building
  11 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD
  Subject: Update on land conservation policies, funding, and program
• Indemnity Deed of Trust Work Group
  2:00 pm
  DHMH Building, L-2 Conference Room
  201 West Preston Street, Baltimore, MD
• Spending Affordability Committee Meeting
  4:00 pm
  House Office Building, Room 120
  6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD
  Subject: Briefing by the Department of Legislative Services-Transportation, Capital, and State Debt
  

Wednesday, November 14

• Board of Public Works Meeting
  10:00 am
  Governor’s Reception Room, 2nd Floor, State House
  Agenda | Summary

Tuesday, November 27

• House Environmental Matters- Land Use Subcommittee
  10:00 am
  House Office Building, Room 251
  6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD
  Subject: Joint Meeting with the Local Government Subcommittee: Review of the “flags” identified in the new Land Use Article
• Indemnity Deed of Trust Work Group
  2:00 pm
  DHMH Building, L-2 Conference Room
  201 West Preston Street, Baltimore, MD

Tuesday, December 4

• Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government
  10:00 am
  House Office Building, Room 130
  6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD
  Subject: Briefing on the Public Information Act and a discussion on SB 740 of 2011, SB 253 of 2012, and HB 1202 of 2012
• Task Force to Study the Laws and Policies Relating to Representation of Indigent Criminal Defendants by the Office of the Public Defender
  1:00 pm
  House Office Building, Room 100
  6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD
  Subject: Discussion of subcommittee work and overall work of the task force.

Wednesday, December 5

• Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
  10:00 am
  House Office Building, Room 130
  6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD
  Subject: Presentation on Alternative Education Programs
• Maryland Communications Tax Reform Commission
  1:00 pm -4:00 pm
  Louis L. Goldstein Building
  80 Calvert Street, Annapolis, MD

Thursday, December 13

• Spending Affordability Committee Meeting
  4:00 pm
  House Office Building, Room 120
  6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD
  Subjects: Decision Meeting

Wednesday, January 2- Friday, January 4

• MACo 2013 Winter Conference
  Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort, Cambridge, MD
  Conference Information (Registration Required)

Tuesday, January 8

• Sustainable Leadership & Decision Making Weekly Webinar Series
  12:00 pm (CST)
  Early Bird Registration ends November 15. Registration restricted to 30 participants
  Registration Information