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Below you will find an archive of LS Credentialing Services LLC monthly Newsletter(s) and the LS Credentialing Services LLC weekly update(s). Browse through the issues below, or follow the link located at the bottom of this page to subscribe.




January 27, 2012 Email (Jan 2012)
"THE CREDENTIAL"January 2012  What is Credentialing? The origin of credentialing dates back to the early 16th century.  Its history has evolved from the noun credentia meaning trust or credence.  More recently, credentialing is the generic term referring to "the formal recognition of or technical competence" (USHEW).   The most well known and established method of credentialing is the act of licensure.  Licensure is the process by which an agency of government

December 15, 2011 Email (Dec 2011)
"THE CREDENTIAL"December 2011 PROFESSIONAL APPRECIATION Guest Author P. Lindsay Robertson, P.E., Vice President, W.L. Cassell & Associates, Kansas City, MissouriFor 75 years our company focused on design projects in Missouri and Kansas, but during the recent down turn in the economy we had to expand our horizons looking for projects where ever we could across the country.  Of course this meant we also had to expand the horizon in the world of state licensure and I was the "luc

November 29, 2011 Email (Dec 2011)
"THE CREDENTIAL"November 2011Managing Your Credentials & Licenses -The Complexity of Practice in the A/E Industry Guest Author Thom Lowther, Ed.S is the former Senior Director of AIA/CES, former Vice President of Education at USGBC and current Owner/CLO, Lowther7, LLC - a Veteran owned, Learning Solutions consulting firm in Alexandria, Virginia.  Hopefully you are one of the many A/E professionals that continuing education matters to you.  You are constantly browsing the web a

October 26, 2011 Email (Oct 2011)
"THE CREDENTIAL"October 2011       Prepared for an Audit?  We have almost completed one third of the fourth quarter of 2011.  Are your credentialing requirements up-to-date?  After reviewing our client base and their license renewal requirements, there is a significant number of states, ten for architects and twelve for engineers, coming due in December 2011.  The learning unit and professional development hours range from eight an

Sept 26 2011 Email (Sep 2011)
"THE CREDENTIAL"September 2011Do You Have All The Facts About Out of State Licensing Requirements? Each month our newsletter strives to keep our built environment professional clients better informed. The following excerpt taken from an article written by J Kent Holland, Jr, Atty of Construction Risk Counsel, PLLC and the ConstructionRisk.com Report, Vol. 13, No. 7 (July 2011), demonstrates the severe consequences when credentials are not properly managed."Architect Not Entitled t

Aug 26 2011 Email Copy (Aug 2011)
"THE CREDENTIAL"    Does Credentialing Research Impact Your Bottom Line?  Consider an A/E firm with two professionals licensed in four states each.  An administrative staff member may spend one hour per state to review continuing education requirements, license renewal procedures and modifications.  This task would consume approximately eight hours administrative time at an average $42.50  billing rate to be saved or $340.00.  You or your firm ma

Jul 25 2011 Email (Jul 2011)
THE CREDENTIALWelcome to the inaugural edition of "The Credential", a monthly e-mail newsletter dedicated to raising awareness about credentialing management services for licensed built environment professionals.  Our goal is to inform, answer questions and provide a forum for dialog among architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects and the professional contracting community.  We encourage your questions, comments and feedback, please contact us at: 




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