Webinars

2023
• Making the Most of the Planner Database (5 October)
  
  This webinar provided a refresher for the PCoP community on the USACE Planner Database. Presenter Debby Scerno (Environmental Agency Technical Review coordinator and Senior Environmental Reviewer, HQUSACE Office of Water Project Review) provided an overview of the Planner Database – where is it, what it includes, who should know about it, how it works, and why planners should be aware of it and update it regularly. The webinar also reviewed recent updates to the database, and provided a live demonstration.
  
  2020
• Making the most of the Planner Database (19 March)
  
  This webinar focused on the PCoP's Planner Database Tool, which stores and reports the knowledge, skills, and abilities of USACE planners. This tool has an easy-to-use web interface with information organized by sub-Community of Practice (sub-CoP), and many other ways of filtering and retrieving data. The Planner Database is a part of the PlanUSACE suite of tools that also includes the Planning Assistance Library (PAL) and Assistance to Planning Teams (APT). Sara O'Connell (hydraulic engineer and Planner Database lead, HEC) provided an overview of how to easily navigate the website and input and retrieve the data planners need - including registering a planner in different sub-CoPs, looking up information on other planners, and applying for Agency Technical Review (ATR) Certification.
  
  2017
• Planning Training and Planner Database (6 July)
  
  Ms. Jodi Creswell, Environmental Planning Branch Chief, St. Paul District, provided an update on Planning Training, the Planning Associates Program and the Planner Database. The webinar gave an overview of the three core planning PROSPECT courses that all planners are required to take. Ms. Creswell encouraged planners to update their profile in the Planner Database and provided information on the FY18 Planning Associates Program.