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Monday, June 25

7 - 8 a.m.

Breakfast with Exhibitors

8  - 8:45 a.m.

Opening Ceremony

8:45  - 9:45 a.m.

M100: TBD

9:45 - 10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:45 - Noon

AGA Corporate Partner Advisory Group (CPAG) Meeting

10:45 a.m. - Noon

M101: Using Financial Policy to Influence the Organization

Ronald S. Brooks, Director, Policy & Business Integration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Romano Mascetti III, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Marcia Paull, Chief Financial Officer, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

10:45 a.m. - Noon

M102: Effective Audit Committees in State and Local Governments

Charles G. Chaffin, CPA, CIA, Director of Audits and System-wide Compliance Officer, University of Texas System

Edward J. Mazur, MBA, CPA, Board Member, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

10:45 a.m. - Noon

M103: Implementing the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparence Act of 2006: A Status Report

Thomas N. Cooley, CGFM, Chief Financial Officer, National Science Foundation

Martha Dorris, Acting Associate Administrator for Citizens Services and Communications, U.S. General Services Administration

Gilbert Tran, CGFM, CPA, Senior Policy Analyst, U.S. Office of Management and Budget

10:45 a.m. - Noon

M104: Continuity of Operations

Robert L. Childree, State Comptroller, State of Alabama

Jim Hatter, Innovative Finance Specialist, FHWA/Resource Center, U.S. Department of Transportation

Marsha Johnson, CPA, Director, Office of Financial Development, Department of Transportation, State of Florida

John Kopec, Executive Director of Platform Services, Financial Management Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury

10:45 a.m. - Noon

M106: DoD, On the Road to Being Auditable

John H. Gibson II, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Management Reform, U.S. Department of Defense

Elizabeth A. McGrath, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Business Integration, U.S. Department of Defense

Michele Platt, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency

10:45 a.m. - Noon

M107: Internal Controls – Long Term Strategies to Add Value and Sustain the Effort

Terry Bowie, CGFM, CPA, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Jennifer E. Main, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Small Business Administration

10:45 a.m. - Noon

M108: Financial Management Transformation: The Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement

Capt. David L. Hill, Chief, Financial Systems & Policy, U.S. Coast Guard

Edward Johnson, Acting Interim Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Jan Sylvis, CGFM, Chief of Accounts, Office of Finance and Administration, State of Tennessee

10:45 a.m. - Noon

M109: Single Audits: Are They Any  Good

Walter Kucharski, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commonwealth of Virginia

Hugh M. Monaghan, CGFM, Director, Non-Federal Audit, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Education

Noon - 1:20 p.m.

Luncheon and Awards Ceremony

1:20 - 2:20 p.m.

M110: Lessons from Enron

Bethany McLean, Author & Senior Editor, Fortune Magazine

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

AGA Chapter Leadership Meeting - Focus on Education

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

M111: Financial Systems Capabilities

Richard P. Gustafson, CGFM, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations and Technology, U.S. Air Force (Invited)

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

M112: Meeting the Compliance Challenge - FMFIA and A-123, Appendix A

Andrew Julian, Associate Director, Internal Controls, U.S. Department of Transportation

Deborah Sweet, CGFM, CPA, Esq., Director of Policy and Treasurer, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Department of the Treasury

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

M113: Impact of New Revisions to the Yellow Book on Government Audits

Ernest A. Almonte, CGFM, Auditor General, State of Rhode Island

Jeanette M. Franzel, CGFM, CPA, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, CGFM, CPA, Management Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office; AGA Past National President

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

M114: Innovative Internal Control Solutions

Joseph Bauernfeind, Director, Office of Business Oversight, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Samuel T. Mok, CGFM, CIA, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Labor; AGA President-Elect Designate and Member, AGA National Executive Committee

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

M115: Innovations in Procurement, Service Delivery and Internal Controls: Two Studies in How the States are Using Charge Cards and Improving their Internal Controls

Dwight Denison, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Finance, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky

Anna D. Gowans Miller, MA, MBA, CPA, Director of Research, AGA

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

M116: Over- and Under-Auditing

Arthur A. Hayes Jr., JD, MBA, CGFM, CPA, CFE, Director, Division of State Audit, Comptroller of the Treasury, State of Tennessee

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

M117: When the Status Quo Won't Do – Reinventing the Organization

David R. Hancox, CGFM, CIA, Director of State Audits, Office of the State Comptroller, State of New York

Richard W. Moore, Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Authority

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

M118: Performance-Based Contracts Sound Great! How Do I Create One that Really Works? The EPA Shares Insight

Terry Alan Ouverson, PMP, Director, Systems Planning and Integration Staff, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Chief Financial Officer

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

M119: Go LEAN!

Michael George, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The George Group

Captain Larry R. White, CGFM, CMA, CFM, CPA, Commanding Officer, United States Coast Guard Finance Center

3:30 - 4:10 p.m.

Snack Break with Exhibitors

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

AGA Chapter Leadership Meeting - Focus on Communications

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

M120: Issues, Challenges and Experiences in Automating the Federal Budgeting Process

Andrew M. Schoenbach, Chief, Budget Systems Branch, U.S. Office of Management and Budget

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

M121: Reports We Guarantee You Will Want to Use: Process-Based Statement and Developing a Taxonomy for Performance Reports

James Brimson, Principal, Activity Based Management Institute

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

M122: Generation Next: Lessons We're Learned in Developing New Financial Managers

Lee Krushinski, Deputy Director, Strategic Business Management, Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Wendy Stoner, Director, Financial Management Specialist Program, U.S. General Services Administration, Office of the Chief Financial Officer

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

M123: Streamlined Financial Reporting – What Agencies Need to Bridge Budgetary and Proprietary Reporting

David E. Burgman, CGFM, Project Director, Financial Information Reporting and Standardization Project (FIRST), Government-wide Accounting, Financial Management Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Jeffrey A. Hoge, MBA, Director, Accounting Systems Division, Governmentwide Accounting, Financial Management Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

M124: Risk Assessment is Performance Auditing

Beth L. Ashcroft, CIA, Director, Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, State of Maine

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

M125: Building a Sustainable A-123 Practice from Project to Process

David Norquist, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Michael S. Wetklow, CGFM, CPA, Director, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

M126: Evaluating Shared Services Options

Dianne E. Copeland, CPA, Director, Financial Systems Integration Office, U.S. General Services Administration

Danny Harris, Ph.D., Deputy Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Education

Mark Reger, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

M127: GASB Update

4:10 - 5:20 p.m.

M128: Federal Financial Management and Accountability Laws: Time for a Second Look?

John Cox, Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Samuel T. Mok, CGFM, CIA, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Labor; AGA President-Elect Designate and Member, AGA National Executive Committee

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

5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Monday Mixer Reception