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Sessions

Day One: August 5, 2003
8:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30	OMB KEYNOTE: The New Rules for Competitive Sourcing Under the Revised A-76 Circular Jack Kalavritinos, Associate Administrator for Competitive Sourcing, Office of Management and Budget
9:30	10 Major Changes to the A-76 Circular: A Step-by-Step Briefing and Analysis of Impacts *Carl DeMaio,* The Performance Institute/Reason Foundation
10:45	Break
11:00	Navigating in a World Without “Direct Conversion” – Mastering the New “Streamlined Competition” Approach Michael Del-Colle, Accenture, formerly Competitive Sourcing Director, Department of the Interior
12:00	Networking Lunch: Town Hall Dialogue on Concerns and Obstacles to Implementing the New A-76 Process Moderator: Felipe Monroig, The Performance Institute
1:15	Understanding the New Players and Their Responsibilities in the Competitive Sourcing Process Ramon Contreras, Grant Thornton, LLP
1:45	Walk-Through of the New Public-Private Competitive Process Joan Kraft, Beacon Partnerships, Inc.
3:00	Break
3:15	Walk-Through of the “Streamlined Competition” Process: The Department of the Interior Approach Helen Bradwell-Lynch, Competitive Sourcing Director, Department of the Interior
4:30	Adjourn
Day Two: August 6, 2003
8:00	Continental Breakfast
8:30	Leadership Panel: Experts Respond to Concerns and Obstacles to Implementing the New A-76 Process *Moderator: Roger Neece, ESOP Advisors, Inc. Stan Soloway, President, Professional Services Council David Drabkin, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration Robert Tobias*, American University, formerly President of National Treasury Employees Union
9:45	Getting Started: Writing the PWS and QASP using New Requirements and Approaches Dale Warden, Warden Associates, Inc.
10:45	Break
11:00	Cost Calculation and Evaluation Changes Art Smith, Management Analysis, Inc.
12:00	Networking Luncheon
1:00	Performance Management Changes: Improving the Use and Role of Performance Measures in the Competitive Sourcing Process Dennis O’Brien, Competitive Sourcing Director, Department of Energy*
2:00	Contract Transparency and Accountability Requirements Bill Woods, General Accounting Office
3:00	“Integrated” Competitions Under the New A-76: Managing Competition in Information Technology Steve Sorett, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay
4:15	Adjourn
Day Three - Application Workshops: August 7, 2003
8:30	Workshop A Preparing the Agency Tender and MEO Under the New A-76 Process Development of an A-76 Compliant Most Efficient Organization (MEO) Addressing Human Resources Issues Employee Protest Rights and Procedures Devising Quality Control Plans Developing a Phase-In Plan Preparing the Agency Cost Estimate
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Workshop B Competitively Sourcing Information Technology Using and "Integrated" Process Performance Work Statements of Information Technology Identify Industry Benchmarks Obtain a Clear Definition of IT Making Decisions on Low-Cost Criteria Using Government-Wide Schedules to Streamline Competition
4:30	Adjourn

In-House Training Sessions

In-House Training Sessions on the New A-76 Process

The Performance Institute offers customized one-, two-, and three-day education programs to federal and state agencies that wish to train staff members in their own facility. In-house training provides a cost-efficient method to educate staff on the new rules of competitive sourcing, as well as to provide a forum for team building and project planning. Additionally, the Institute offers free one-hour briefings designed to reorient managers on the new A-76 process. For more information about the in-house training options and one-hour briefings, available to you, please call Geoff Eisenberg at 703-894-0481 or e-mail him at [email protected].

The Performance Institute
1515 N. Courthouse Road, Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 894-0481 fax (703) 894-0482