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Budget News and Brews:
A Walk Through the President’s Proposal with Stan Collender, Qorvis Communication and Capitalgainsandgames.com

AABPA and Govloop invite you to a night of good food, great company, and a probing discussion of the country’s fiscal (un)fitness with fellow budget and program analysts. Stan Collender will share his thoughts on the President’s Budget and the State of the Union.

6PM, Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Hudson Restaurant
2030 M Street, NW (corner of M and 21st Streets)
Washington, DC 20036
4 blocks from Farragut West Metro/6 blocks from south exit of Dupont Circle Metro
www.hudson-dc.com

Click here to RSVP. RSVP required - we need to know how many will attend.

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Spring Symposium

The Spring 2010 Symposium will be held May 18. We look forward to seeing you there! Watch this space for further details about the Spring Symposium, and other AABPA activities.

• In 2010, the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis (AABPA) celebrates its 35th anniversary. AABPA was founded in 1975 by senior Federal budget officers in what was then called the Federal Budget Officers Conference. AABPA was established to elevate the profile of public budgeting and policy professionals at all levels and to meet important needs for professional networking and mid-career training. Consult the 35th Anniversary Page for details and updates regarding this milestone.

• FY 2011 budget information
• Slides from the December program meeting, A Visual Tour of the Budget: Using New Data Visualization Methods
• Slides and other materials from the November 24 symposium
• Slides from October program meeting on interest rate risks and rewards for the Federal budget
• Latest links

More than 200 people crowded into the ballroom at the Capital Hilton Hotel November 24th to hear CBO Director Elmendorf explain the implications of current budget trends and the challenges that face budget policymakers. His address was supplemented by breakout sessions on subjects as diverse as new networking tools and the Stimulus Bill. In the lobby, U.S. Marines collected many toys and contributions for the highly acclaimed Toys for Tots program.

Use this link to access notes and slides from the symposium. We shall be updating that page as more materials are made available. To access the final symposium agenda, click here.

What's New will keep you updated on improvements to the web site.

• President's 2011 budget - links to OMB documents and departmental materials on our Budget Page. This page will be updated as more information become available.
• One of our members, Carl Moravitz, has co-authored an article that includes recommendations on process improvement in planning and budget operations for both the public and commercial sectors. Click here for a copy.
• We have posted a new page that gathers in one place all the links relating to passage and implementation of the stimulus bill (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), and we invite your comments. Run your cursor over "Links" in the left column of this page and select "Recovery Act links," or go to http://www.aabpa.org/main/recovery.htm.
• We continue to post job announcements as they are made available to us.
• You can now join AABPA, or renew your membership, online! Visit our online membership questionnaire and fill out the form.
• We have posted the names and contact information for the new board of directors. Click here for the information.
• We have expanded the News Page to include some of the foremost budget/economics blogs and other news sources.

Visit a new feature of this site: Publications by AABPA members. This page lists books, journal articles, white papers and other publications authored by our membership, or where AABPA members have made major contributions. If you know of such a publication that we have not listed, please let us know!