Press Release
Dr. Calvin Johnson Presents to Staff as Part of the Optimal's Brown Bag Series

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

College Park, MD - August 11, 2010 - Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) welcomed Dr. Calvin Johnson to present as part of its “Brown Bag Series.” Dr. Johnson’s presentation, entitled "Partnering to Enhance Offender Accountability," covered:

• Taking statistical data analysis to the “next level” to protect public safety;
• Managing and mitigating risk in community corrections;
• The change in Washington, DC’s criminal landscape as a result of the Revitalization Act (1997); and
• Key challenges to offender re-entry and stabilization in communities.

Dr. Johnson is currently the Director of the Office of Research & Evaluation at the District of Columbia’s Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA).

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Founded in 2000, Optimal Solutions Group, LLC is a non-partisan public policy research firm dedicated to rigorous and evidence-based research. Optimal's clients are local, state, and federal governments; non-governmental organizations; and corporations and foundations. Located in the M Square Research Park, Optimal has grown quickly by building on a reputation of exceptional services and products. Our clients benefit from our innovations, value, and efficiency, which we have been able to establish through a robust technology-based infrastructure, uncompromising and documented quality-control procedures, and effective employee recruitment techniques. Optimal has four research centers: health, education, workforce development, and housing.

For more information, please contact Optimal's Communications Department at 301.306.1170 or info@optimalsolutionsgroup.com.