Serving tribes in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Texas. 

February 9, 2015
Southern Plains TTAP Tribal Transportation News
Basic Accounting coming to Stillwater
MCN attends Disaster Preparedness training
CHRs freshen Defensive Driving skills
Winter/Spring TTAP Training
ODOT to conduct civil rights conference
SWTA sets Tribal Transit Mini Conference
OTTC Meeting set for March 10
New and Improved SAFE-T system
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Contact:

Jim Self, Manager
jim.self@okstate.edu

or

Karla Sisco, TTAP Specialist
karla.sisco@okstate.edu
Valentine Cookies
Sweet! Basic Accounting is set for Thursday!

Here's your chance to sweeten your accounting skills and better track your agency's financial records.


 

Basic Accounting (Tribal RoadStar Program - Course 2) - 


The skills gained from the TTAP Basic Accounting class will help students to provide information about the financial position of their agency or tribe. Class participants will learn to create financial records of business transactions and prepare statements containing the assets, liabilities, and operating results of a business. They will also gain knowledge on maintaining and auditing these quantitative records, while preparing financial reports such as the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. 


Offering an overview of accounting, the TTAP Basic Accounting

class is designed to provide non-accounting professionals a guide for better financial management.


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Disaster Preparedness class
Muscogee Creek Nation transportation employees attend ICS 100 Training at Best Western in Okmulgee.
Disaster Preparedness Training held at Muscogee Creek Nation in Okmulgee

Southern Plains TTAP held a Disaster Preparedness Training called Incident Command System (ICS) 100 for Tribal Transportation, to include Transit and Federal Roads Employees, at the Muscogee Creek Nation in Okmulgee on Friday, January 30.

Mark Masters of CHLOETA Fire conducted the training which outlined how ICS became the standard for emergency management across the country. Masters provided examples of how ICS is interdisciplinary and organizationally flexible. The system allows personnel from a variety of agencies to meld rapidly into a common management structure. Types of incidents discussed included planned events, fire, hazardous materials, search and rescue missions, oil spills, natural disasters, and terrorist/weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

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Defensive Driving Class
Community Health Representatives at Chickasaw Nation participate in Defensive Driving class.
Chickasaw Nation Community Health Representatives attend Southern Plains TTAP's Defensive Driving class

Southern Plains TTAP traveled to Sulphur, OK, to present a 6 hour Defensive Driving course for the Community Health Representatives from the Chickasaw Nation on Monday, January 26. 

"I loved the films," said one participant. "It made me more aware of how quick accidents can happen."

The training helps drivers acquires the skills and knowledge they need to be a defense driver, while recognizing that defensive driving is a matter of choice. Other topics in the class include recognizing common hazards in the driving environment and reacting quickly to prevent collisions.

For more information on scheduling a Defensive Driving class for your Tribe or Department, contact Karla Sisco at karla.sisco@okstate.edu. 

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Students

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Oklahoma DOT
Oklahoma DOT to conduct civil rights conference on 
February 27, in Norman, OK

 

ODOT's Civil Rights Division will be conducting a Civil Rights Conference on February 27, 2015, at the National Center for Employment Development in Norman, OK. This conference will provide opportunity and growth for disadvantaged businesses, municipalities throughout the State of Oklahoma, as well as federal recipients.  The conference is a day-long program that will feature speakers addressing topics such as:

  • ADA obligations under Title II and Section 504 for FTA and FHWA
  • Title VI
  • Title VII
  • Goal Methodology
  • DOL - Davis Bacon

 If you have any questions, please contact Mary Wilson.

 

MORE INFORMATION HERE

 

Mary Wilson, CPM

Special Projects Coordinator

Transit Programs Division

Oklahoma Dept of Transportation

405-521-2584

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SWTA Tribal Transit Mini Conference coming to 
Santa Fe, NM on March 3


 

During the recent Federal Transit Administration Tribal Transit Program Discretionary Funding Webinar, the FTA highlighted some important information about the program's future.

  • FTA will be conducting Technical Assistance Assessments at the SWTA Conference (March 1-4) and in Denver and Sacramento in April. These are not related to grant applications or specific projects, but holistic assessments of tribal transit programs. Contact your regional tribal liaison for more information. 
     
  • For more information on the entire South West Transit Association & New Mexico Transit Association Joint Annual Conference and Expo, March 1-4, click SWTA.

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OTTC

OTTC Meeting set for March 10 at ODOT

 

The next OTTC meeting is set for Tuesday, March 10, at 10:30 am in the Commission Room at Oklahoma DOT.


 

Oklahoma Department of Transportation

200 NE 21st Street

Oklahoma City, OK


 

Agenda coming soon.
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Crash scene

Crash Data Collection training boasts new and improved SAFE-T System

Sign up for March 12 class!


 The new and improved Crash Data Collection class (SAFE-T Collision Studies) is here! 


 Oklahoma DOT's Crash Data Reporting System, SAFE-T, has been recently updated! This new training will guide you through SAFE-T and give you access to crash data for your area. Reports generated by the system are used by state, tribal, and local employees to identify problem areas and plan roadway changes. The reports include maps showing locations of collisions and an analysis of when and why collisions occur. The system has the ability to search for locations by number of collisions, and the lists included in the reports give general information on each collision. This 3 1/2 hour class is conducted by Kevin Drury, Oklahoma DOT, Traffic Enginering Division, Collision Analysis & Safety Branch.    


 

Oklahoma Department of Transportation 

Training Center

1025 SE 59th Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73129


 

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This material is based upon work supported by the U. S. Department of Transportation under Agreement No. DTFH61-12-H-00004.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Federal Highway Administration.