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wednesday, June 27

7 - 8 a.m.

National Awards Breakfast

8 - 8:10 a.m.

Welcome & Announcements

8:10 - 9:10 a.m.

W100: Getting Clean, Green & Lean: Transforming and Creating Exceptional Value in the U.S. Coast Guard

Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant, United States Coast Guard

9:20 - 10:20 a.m.

W101: Accounting for Disasters

Matthew A. Jadacki, BS, CGFM, CPA, Deputy Inspector General for Disaster Assistance Operations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Sharon B. Robinson, MBA, CPA, State Inspector General, State of Louisiana

Margaret Ann Young, Chief Financial Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

9:20 - 10:20 a.m.

W102: Implementing Managerial Cost Accounting

Daniel L. Fletcher, CPA, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Director, Office of Financial Management, U. S. Department of the Interior

Jerry Petty, Director, Cost Management Division, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

9:20 - 10:20 a.m.

W103: National Procurement Fraud Task Force Update

Steve A. Linick, Deputy Chief and Director, National procurement Fraud Task Force, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, U.S. Department of Justice

Brian D. Miller, JD, Inspector General, U.S. General Services Administration

9:20 - 10:20 a.m.

W104: Taking Care of People

Col. Dave Weinberg, CDFM, (Retired), Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

9:20 - 10:20 a.m.

W105: Do Auditors Make a Difference: Do We Really Know?

Mark Funkhouser, Ph.D., Mayor, Kansas City, MO

10:20 - 11 a.m.

Coffee Break

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

W106: SAS 70 Audits: How Helpful are They and How Can We Make Them More Useful?

Marcus D. Davis, CPA, Shareholder, SAS 70 Leader, Western Region, Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C., Conrad Government Services Division

Werner Lippuner, Ernst and Young, LLP

Dean Martin, Audit Liaison, National Business Center, U.S. Department of the Interior

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

W107: Trends in Technology From a Financial and Asset Management Perspective

Gregory Bitz, CGFM, CPA, CDFM, Director, Financial Management and Analysis, Federal Consulting Practice, CSC

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

W108: How States are Mandating and Implementing Internal Controls

Julia P. Burns, CGFM, Director, Quality Assurance Bureau, Office of the Comptroller, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Thomas J. Lukacs, Associate Budget Examiner, Division of the Budget, State of New York

Nancy Valley, CGFM, CPA, Partner, National Line of Business Leader - Government, KPMG LLP

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

W109: Earned Value Management: What does it mean to me?

Gerald Paul Smith, Director, Capital Planning and Investment Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

W110: Performance Management: Adding Value to Programs

Richard L. Haley, II, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Susan Perez, Director, Data and Information Services, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Dennis Taitano, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Commodity Credit Corporation, Farm Service Agency

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

W111: 21st Century Financial Managers: A New Mix of Skills and Educational Levels

Kenneth Smith, Ph.D., Professor, Arkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University

John D. Webster, CGFM, Former Chief Financial Officer, Library of Congress; AGA Past National Treasurer

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

W112: Assessing Risk: Everybody Has a Role

Stuart Kurlancheek, CGFM, CPA, Deputy Chief, Office of Audit, Administrative Office of the United States Court

Michael Joseph Najjum, Jr., BS, MS, CGFM, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Ginnie Mae

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

W113: Outsourcing Governmental Functions

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

W114: SOA: So-A What?

Sandra Schreiner, PMP, Enterprise & Departmental Systems Division, Enterprise Services Center, U.S. Department of Transportation

12:15 - 1:45 p.m.

Luncheon and Awards Ceremony

2 - 3:15 p.m.

W115: Managing a Successful Systems Upgrade

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

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

2 - 3:15 p.m.

W116: Managing Contractor Performance

Thomas Essig, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Janet Hale, Director, Business Transformation, Deloitte

Andrew B. Maner, President, ABM LLC; Former Chief Financial Officer,, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2 - 3:15 p.m.

W117: Why Implementing Performance-Based Budgeting is So Difficult

Jonathan D. Breul, Partner, IBM Global Business Services, Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government

Kristine Chadwick, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

2 - 3:15 p.m.

W118: Grants Gone Wrong

Christine C. Boesz, Ph.D., Inspector General, National Science Foundation

Russell W. Hinton, CGFM, CPA, State Auditor, Department of Audits and Accounts, State of Georgia

James Taylor, Principal Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2 - 3:15 p.m.

W119: Recognizing and Mitigating the Many Different Faces of Cyber Fraud

Charles Evans Coe Jr., Assistant Inspector General for IT Audits and Computer Crime Investigations, U.S. Department of Education

Douglas M. Herman, Managing Director, eDiscovery & Digital Forensics Group, UHY Advisors, FLVS, Inc.

Wanda Scott, CISM, Assistant Inspector General for Readiness and Operations Support, U.S. Department of Defense

2 - 3:15 p.m.

W120: IV&V of Financial Management Software: Why It Is More Important Than Ever!

Linda Glasco, Vice President, The MIL Corporation

Adam H. Goldberg, Chief, Financial Integrity and Analysis Branch, U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Philip McKinney, Chief of the Accounting and Financial Systems Division, Administrative Offices of U.S. Courts

2 - 3:15 p.m.

W121: Emerging Issues Facing CFOs - Annual AGA Survey

Clifton A. Williams, CGFM, CPA, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

W122: Election 2008: The Search for the Center

Ruben Navarrette, Author and Syndicated Columnist, The Washington Post

4:30 - 4:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

4:30 - 9:30 p.m.

President's Reception & Karaoke Party