Welcome to Virtual Access...
Virtual Access is designed specifically for regulatory (government) field-level personnel such as Inspectors, Investigators, and Compliance Officers to give them a “community of peers” through the resources and utilities provided by the AFDO Web Site.
What is it?
Virtual Access is an online web portal that makes a wide variety of secure, interactive tools and resources available, for the first time, to regulatory (government) field inspectors – at any time – from any computer with internet access for only $15 per calendar year...starting January 1, 2008.
Who can participate?
Regulatory Field Inspectors – defined as non-management regulatory (government) agency employees who spend greater than 75% of their time out of the office conducting inspections, investigations and sample collections.
Virtual Access offers the following features:
- Online Training - Training videos, secure webcasting and interactive PowerPoint presentations
- Video Conferencing – With corresponding presentations - learning from the comfort of your office or home
- Forums – (Now Online!) Virtual bulletin boards allowing interactive online message postings and member discussions
- Contact Management – Contact information on other Virtual Access participants as well as AFDO members with E-mail links (cannot be copied/exported)
- Document Manager – Allows key documents to be stored in a protected “virtual file cabinet” and their versions to be archived
- Resources, News and Information – Links to online news and information from various media sources, Federal & state agencies, and other sites
- Committee Membership & Participation – Private committee areas are controlled by enrollment and are geared toward committee activities and their members
- Surveys/Polling – (Now Online!) Online instant surveys/polling allowing AFDO to gather responses and report on results
- Presentation Center – (Coming Soon) Allows presentations to be stored in a searchable and viewable web document library
- Journals and Publications – Online AFDO Journal and 25% discount on AFDO printed publications
- Group Calendars – (Coming Soon) Private and public calendars are available for event publicizing
- Future Resources – Future resources will be dictated by Virtual Access needs and requirements to achieve AFDO’s mission and objectives
How does one enroll?
1. Complete the Agency Personnel Listing for AFDO Virtual Access [Open Excel Template] with the names of those qualifying personnel that you’d like to enroll in Virtual Access.
2. E-mail the spreadsheet to afdo@afdo.org with “Virtual Access Enrollment” as the subject for entry into our online portal.
3. Complete the Agency Submission for Virtual Access [Open Word Template] and print, on your agency’s letterhead.
4. Mail the following to AFDO:
a. Original Agency Submission letter (on your letterhead)
b. Copy of Agency Personnel Listing (to ensure accuracy)
c. Payment of $15 per person payable to AFDO per calendar year
View Promotional Piece [Open PDF File]
