Greetings,

                 On behalf of Governor Lynch and the Governor's Jobs Cabinet, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to the Commissioners' Regional Business Outreach session scheduled for Friday, February 11th at 7:30 a.m. in the Concord Orthopaedic Auditorium in Grappone Hall at the New Hampshire Technical Institute, located at 31 College Drive, Concord.

                This two-hour session is the result of feedback from recent Governor's Jobs Cabinet Roundtables that were held throughout the state. Many business owners had expressed an interest in learning more about the free services offered by state government as well as to have a forum to ask questions that would help their companies grow and thrive in the Granite State.

                 These sessions were developed to give you the opportunity to listen to brief presentations by the commissioners, and also have a chance to meet with the commissioners and their staff members one-on-one following the event.

                 Here's a list of Commissioners and some of the presentation topics they're planning to address at the event:

            NH Employment Security (Tara Reardon) - The State's Job Match System, the new Unemployment Insurance computer system and the NH Working Initiative.

            NH Department of Administrative Services (Linda Hodgdon) - How companies can do business with the state, contract opportunities and the new Vendor Self Service registration system coming online this spring.

            NH Department of Environmental Services (Tom Burack) - A discussion of the six business assistance services DES offers free of charge on a confidential basis.

            NH Department of Resources & Economic Development (George Bald) - Job Training Fund, Research & Development Tax Credit, Energy Audit program.

            Community College System of NH (Dick Gustafson) - Discussion of how the System can tailor training and educational programs to meet the specific skilled workforce needs of business.

            NH Department of Insurance (Roger Sevigny) - A discussion of the NH HealthFirst, an initiative to help local small businesses provide health insurance to their employees.

            NH Department of Labor (George Copadis) - Labor law seminars and the top ten labor law violations and how to avoid them.

                 To pre-register, please RSVP to Pat Salvucci at psalvucci@labor.state.nh.us <mailto:psalvucci@labor.state.nh.us> by February 9th. For additional details and parking instructions, please call Pat at 271-3171.

                 Thanks and we look forward to seeing you on February 11th!