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Course dates and locations
October 1, Ocala

Course overview
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 took effect January 1, 2008, but entities covered by the rule have until November 1, 2008, to implement programs to comply with the rule. The rule requires creditors (including utilities) to establish identity theft prevention programs for covered accounts including utility accounts. The final rule requires each financial institution and creditor that holds any consumer account, or other account for which there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of identity theft, to develop and implement an Identity Theft Prevention Program to combat identity theft.

All FMEA member utilities must establish a program that includes reasonable policies and procedures for detecting, preventing and mitigating identity theft. This program should enable the utility to:

Key Topics

Who Should Attend?
Employees who oversee areas that handles personal customer data including accounting, customer billing and service, information technology, human resources and security.

Registration Fee: (includes lunch)

 FMEA members and Florida Electric Cooperatives
$125 for 1 registration
$200 for 2 registrations
$260 for 3 registrations
$300 for 4 registrations
$325 for 5 registrations

FMEA non-members
$200 for 1 registration
$300 for 2 registrations
$400 for 3 registrations
$500 for 4 registrations
$600 for 5 registrations

Instructors
Cheryl L. Anderson, Director of Training and Member Services, FMEA Jody L. Finklea, General Counsel, FMPA-FMEA and Daniel O’ Hagan, General Counsel, FMPA-FMEA.

Questions
Contact Cheryl Anderson, Director of Training and Member Services at (850) 251-5465 or canderson@publicpower.com.

August 26, Gainesville
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
4700 SE 58th Drive
Gainesville, Florida 32608
352-372-4981
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September 3, Lake Worth
Lake Worth Municipal Golf Course
One 7th Avenue North
Lake Worth, Florida 33460
561-582-9713
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September 4, Kissimmee
KUA Administration Building
1701 W. Carroll Street
Kissimmee, Florida 34741
407-933-7777

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September 9, Jacksonville
JEA Customer Care Center  
21 West Church Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
904-665-7276
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September 10, Tallahassee
Brokaw-McDougall House
329 Meridian Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
850-891-3900
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October 1, Ocala
Ocala Hilton
3600 SW 36th Avenue
Ocala, Florida 34474
352-854-1400
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FMEA, P.O. Box 10014, Tallahassee, FL 32302-2114
Tel: (850) 224-3314 Fax: (850) 224-2831 E-mail: fmea@publicpower.com
www.publicpower.com

For more than 60 years, the Florida Municipal Electric Association has supported and strengthened Florida's community-owned municipal utilities, their 6,000 employees, and the 3 million Floridians they serve. FMEA's Utility Training Institute offers statewide training and certification programs for Florida's municipal electric utilities, electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities.