Connor Briggs Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Directs and/or develops Bureau-wide plans, policies, and objectives on administrative management activities for the Branch. Plans include forecasts of short- and long-range program needs.• Directs and provides technical and administrative guidance to subordinate staff and contractors in the management of the administrative activities in the Branch.• Exercises managerial and supervisory authority for subordinate staff, including, but not limited to: assigning and reviewing work, establishing positions, selecting candidates for employment and promotion, establishing performance standards and appraises performance, recommending awards, resolving grievances and complaints, identifying training needs, approving leave requests, and supporting EEO affirmative action plans and objectives.• Provides national and regional office managers advice and assistance in all facets of administrative services management for which the Branch is responsible.• Serves as the principal liaison for, and represents the Bureau in dealings with, the Department of Labor, the General Services Administration, and other agencies and committees on all areas of the Bureau's administrative services programs.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Analyze current processes, determine the nature and scope of improvement opportunities, and devise solutions for the BLS Telecommunications Program; Collaborate with staff and stakeholders to establish working groups to develop new concepts, policies, and programs to improve processes; Determine appropriate actions to complete pertinent budgetary transactions for the Program.• Provide guidance and oversight for unique wireless devices, as well as functional and office automation application operating systems; Establish projects and programs to upgrade and update telecommunication assets for the BLS National Office and regional offices and outposts; Continue the centralization and modernization of wireless device processes.• Administer and provide technical evaluation of all phases of the agency’s commuter benefits program, including transit subsidy benefits, employee parking, and bicycle benefits; Conduct audits of approved transit subsidy application actions, while documenting the methodology for doing so in an existing or new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and implementing controls and accounting procedures to ensure the accurate disbursement of benefits to qualified employees. • Fulfils Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) obligations for multiple BLS contracts – including a five year multi-million-dollar agreement for wireless devices and services, and a two year multi-million-dollar agreement that allows contractors to provide project management and other advisory services to support the DOL/BLS Headquarters Relocation Project.• Promote and support operational requirements relating to safety, health & wellness, emergency planning, physical security, and information technology security, including providing guidance and recommendations for projects, activities, and work processes.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Provide support to the telecom team for invoice processing for approximately 200 accounts all with different billing cycles and funding streams, which added complexity to the task at hand. Invoices and call data reports are reviewed for billing errors and accuracy. Discrepancies are resolved through contact with applicable telephone companies, GSA, the Department, and the Bureau’s budget and accounting staff to insure that the Bureau is billed accurately for all telephone lines and services.• Manage and maintain the physical logistics of the wireless program; ordering, receiving, inventory, and deploying all devices within the BLS national office and its eight regional offices, servicing over 600 people and their devices ensuring timeliness of receipt of equipment and functional use of the equipment.• Conduct research and create the framework for a new data management system for the telecom team that consolidates multiple sources of information currently housed in excel spreadsheets and an aging database.• Key member of the PIV processing team which initiates the background investigations for contractors and issues the identification card used for physical and logical access of Federal employees and contractors to Federal facilities and information systems. Serve as a Registrar and Activator for both federal employees and contractors in USAccess.• Coordinate environmental studies with building management, or independent contractor conducted quarterly. All documentation, databases and records are adequately maintained and disseminated to managers, employees, safety committees and facility staff two (2) weeks after receipt.• Contributes to the achievement of team and organizational goals and maintains positive working relationships within the branch and Division, as well as with external stakeholders. This is achieved by supporting coworkers and customers, sharing relevant information with colleagues, and keeping supervisors informed of key issues.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Checks reports and other documents for correctness and verifying discrepancies with the appropriate office or individual.• Assists higher level employees in evaluating the success of programs in attaining their productive goals.• Conducts follow-up actions to assure timely receipt of responses.• Assembles and consolidates data, and prepares reports.• Assists in miscellaneous office duties (i.e. filing, typing, answering phones, etc.) as necessary.

London, United Kingdom

• Update website with key and relevant information including newsletters, press releases, and event pages. Current events are prioritized onto the main pages of the site while archiving past events for both bookkeeping purposes and as a reference for potential partners looking at GovRisk’s previous projects. • Conduct research for bids that are sent to the Foreign Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom. These bids ranged from the Annual Gaming Regulation Forum in Miami, Florida to forensic accounting and financial crime prevention in Malaysia.• Distribute weekly e-newsletters to clients related to casino regulation and law on an international scale.

London, United Kingdom

• Conduct research into potential countries that require assistance in financial crime prevention. This list of potential countries included nations from four different continents and the data collected was based around a country’s ability or lack thereof to self-monitor its financial institutions.• Organize contacts into an easily accessible and user-friendly database. This system is organized by nation and by whether the client is in the public or private sector. • Organize and created a weekly e-newsletter for clients related to casino regulation and law.

Master Of Science - Ms, Project Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science And Government

Bachelor’S Degree, International/Global Studies