AABPA
SPRING 2006
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
(Final May 17)
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Capital Hilton Hotel
16th and K Street, NW,
Washington, D.C.
"BUDGETING FOR DISASTERS"
8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Registration, Coffee Foyer
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Shelly McAllister, President, AABPA Ballroom
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Morning Speaker: Dan Crippen, Economist and Former Director, Congressional Budget Office, Member of the Return to Flight Task Group, an independent NASA review panel
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Break/Networking Foyer & Ballroom
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions (Panels)
A. Obligational Accounting: Ensuring Compliance with Fiscal Law (Federal A)
Convener : Hannah Laufe, Senior Attorney, Government Accountability Office
Speakers: Tom
Armstrong, Assistant General Counsel for Appropriations Law, Government
Accountability Office
Ed
Martin, Director, Senior Financial Analyst, Department of Health and
Human Services (large zipped file)
Judy Thomas, Budget Methods Specialist, Office of Management and Budget
The Antideficiency Act prohibits an agency from obligating or expending funds in advance or in excess of an available appropriation and apportionment. Obligational accounting underlies fiscal control and permits an agency to determine on any given day if it is in compliance with the Antideficiency Act. This panel will discuss what obligational accounting is as defined by GAO and federal case law, what agencies are required to include in their system of funds control in order to track and control expenditures and obligations, and how an agency implements these requirements.
B. Budget and Appropriations Outlook: An Update from the Hill (Federal B)
Convener:
Sandy Davis, Special
Assistant to the Director, Congressional
Budget Office
Speakers: Bill Hoagland, Director of Budget
and Appropriations, Office of
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist;
Gail
Millar, General Counsel, Senate Budget Committee, Majority
staff
David Pomerantz,
Professional Democratic Staff, House Appropriations Committee
Experienced staff from Capitol Hill will discuss current issues in the Congressional budget and appropriations process. Topics will include the current status of the budget resolution, supplemental and regular appropriations bills, and other budget legislation; the outlook for budget legislation for the remainder of the Congressional session; the impact of the 2006 Congressional mid-term elections on the budget process; the prospects for Congressional action on budget process reform; and a gaze into the crystal ball for what budgetary issues may await legislators in FY08 and beyond.
C. Developing the Next Generation of Budget Analysts (Statler A/B)
Convener: Jolene Lauria-Sullens, Budget Director, Department of Justice
Speakers:
Karin O'Leary, Deputy Director, DOJ Budget Staff (zipped .SHW file)
Mary Rubenstein, Budget
Director, NSF
Joe Kull, PWC
Barry White, Council for
Excellence in Government
A panel to explore the challenges in recruitment and retention of budget professionals and share best practices.
11:45 - 12:15 p.m. Break/Networking Foyer
12:15 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch Ballroom
Luncheon Speaker: Phyllis F. Scheinberg, Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs/ Chief Financial Officer U.S. Department of Transportation: "Perspectives of a Cabinet Department Chief Financial Officer"
Luncheon Speaker: John Schuhart, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Directorate of National Intelligence: "The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Progress and Plans, and the Role of Program and Budget Analysis with the National Intelligence Program"
Presentation of the Blum and Kubat Awards
1:45 - 2:00 p.m. Break/Networking Foyer
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (Panels)
D. Use of Performance Information in Budgeting and Managing (Federal A)
Convener: Robert Shea, Counselor to the Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget
Speakers: Rick French, Department of Labor
Morris McTique, George Mason University's Mercatus Center
This panel will discuss the Government's efforts at performance management and what it needs to do to improve.
E. Intergovernmental
Grants: Balancing Flexibility and Control amidst
Current Budget Challenges. (Federal B)
Convener : Michelle Sager, GAO
Speakers: Timothy Conlan, Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University
John Cuaderes, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform
Todd Richardson, Deputy Director, Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development
This panel will consider the current intergovernmental grants environment in terms of 21st century challenges such as strained budgets at all levels of government and nonroutine events (e.g., natural disasters, pandemic flu planning, and homeland security preparedness). These challenges are balanced against perennial questions such as how to best target funds to those most in need as well as those best placed to respond to opportunities while also assuring flexibility, accountability, and results.
F. Lessons from Katrina (Statler A/B)
Convener: Joe Kull, Washington Federal Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Speakers: Margaret Young, Chief Financial Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Jenni Main, Chief Financial Officer, Small Business Administration
Dennis Dauphin, Assistant Director for Enforcement and Corrections, Department of Justice
This panel will examine the agency perspectives on their response to Hurricane Katrina.
3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Break/Networking Foyer
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Afternoon Speaker: Maya MacGuineas, New America Foundation: President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Director, Fiscal Policy Program