6:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Registration Open
Location: Atrium Hall Foyer
 

7 – 8 a.m.
Breakfast with Exhibitors
Location: Atrium

Sponsored by Savantage Solutions
 

8 – 9 a.m.
F100: A GAO Perspective on ARRA and Other Critical National Issues
Location: Atrium Ballroom

J. Christopher Mihm, MBA, Managing Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office 

Moderator: Robert J. Shea, Former Associate Director of Administration & Government Performance, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; Director, Grant Thornton LLP Global Public Sector

FOS: MAS
Audience: All

 

9 – 10 a.m.
F101: Transforming CFO Operations
Location: Atrium Ballroom 

Owen F. Barwell, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Energy

Nancy C. Fleetwood, CGFM, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Accounting Policy, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Doug W. Webster, DBA, CGFM, Deputy Director, Business Transformation Agency, U.S. Department of Defense

Moderator: Melinda DeCorte, CGFM, CPA, Partner, Cotton and Company LLP

This session focuses on the initiatives under way to transform CFO activities to achieve operational efficiencies and create greater analytical capacity. Panelist discuss the steps CFO offices are taking to streamline, standardize and centralize accounting processes and operations.

FOS: ACCG
Audience: All

 

10 – 10:40 a.m.
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
Location: Atrium

Sponsored by Graduate School

Give yourself that mid-morning boost to get you through the day. Coffee, tea and soda will be served in the Exhibit Hall. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with colleagues and friends. Enjoy!

 

10:40 – 11:50 a.m.
F102: Recovery Act Update: What's Working and What's Not!
Location: Atrium Ballroom 

Peter Franchot, Controller, State of Maryland

Dennis J. Hoffman, Director, Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Energy

Yvonne Jones, CPA, Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Moderator: Cynthia Schwimer, Executive Director, Public Sector, Oracle USA, Inc.

Come to this session to hear about what is working and what isn't as many agencies continue to comply with the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. First hear from Peter Franchot, the Maryland State Controller. Second, hear from Jay Hoffman, who covers DOE's approach to designing processes and systems to meet the real-time data and reporting needs to manage the Recovery Act, and how those lessons are translating into new approaches to non-recovery work. Finally, hear from Yvonne Jones who shares the results of GAO’s recent report.

FOS: FIN
Audience: All

 

11:50 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Luncheon & Awards Ceremony
Location: Atrium Hall

Sponsored by Oracle USA, Inc.

 

1 – 1:50 p.m.
F103: Practical Performance Measurement and Management
Location: Atrium Hall

Shelley H. Metzenbaum, Ph.D., Associate Director of Performance and Personnel Management, U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Robert Tuccillo, Associate Administrator of Budget and Policy, Chief Financial Officer, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

Moderator: Denise S. Wu, CGFM, CPA, Partner, Clifton Gunderson LLP

The key to meaningful performance measurement is to make performance measures useful for managing program results. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has initiated performance-based management by generating process-based performance reports to guide accountability and transparency by integrating financial, internal control and performance data to gain insightful multiple views of its operations. The result of these efforts is a better demonstration of the relationship between its program outputs and the growing demand for transit services needed by the citizens. Join Bob Tuccillo as he shares the tools, techniques and processes used to establish and employ the leading performance indicators that FTA uses to generate the performance-based information that management needs. Shelley Metzenbaum has authored numerous reports related to performance management and leads the Obama Administration’s performance measurement and management efforts. Join Shelley as she shares her insights about lessons learned from past federal performance management efforts, directions for the future, links between performance measurement and money (goal-setting, budget, cost controls), and intergovernmental challenges and opportunities.

FOS: SKA
Audience: All

 

2 – 3 p.m.
F104: Financial Management—A New Way Forward
Location: Atrium Ballroom 

Daniel I. Werfel, Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Moderator: Relmond P. Van Daniker, DBA, CPA, Executive Director, AGA

With the cost of financial system management modernizations rising, human capital challenges become more acute, and a rising demand from the public for real time and reliable information on where and how taxpayer dollars are being spent, it has never before been more critical for the federal financial community to embrace a new and better direction for financial management. Over the past several months, OMB has been working closely with the CFO Council, the Treasury Department, the CIGIE and GAO to identify strategies for meeting new and emerging demands on the financial management and audit communities. This session, led by OMB Controller Danny Werfel, provides you the opportunity to be a part of this important dialogue and effort.

FOS: MAS
Audience: All