| Day
One: May 10, 2004
Developing Quality Reporting
and Auditing Protocols
8:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00
Keynote Address: Innovations in Improving Financial Management
in an Era of Increased Transparency and Accountability
With the initiation of the President’s Management Agenda,
the government has re-asserted a commitment to improving the management
and performance of the federal government. This trend to transparency
and accountability has led financial managers to implement innovative
strategies to enhance management practices, reporting processes
and auditing procedures. This session will highlight some of those
key financial management innovations in government agencies.
Dr. Dov Zakheim,
Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Defense
9:45
Leadership Panel: Update on New Financial Management Standards
and Regulations
Financial management standards are constantly changing as government
agencies continue to try to increase accountability and performance
in their financial management practices. In particular, agencies
are being ordered to reform reporting protocol by providing new
information and preparing new reports. This session will highlight
current legislation and executive mandates facing governmental
financial managers.
Joseph Kull,
Director, Washington Federal Practice, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Robert Scott Bell, CGFM, Financial Management
Specialist Department of Health and Human Services
Wendy Comes, Executive Director, Federal Accounting
Standards Advisory Board
10:45
Break
11:00
ASSET MANAGEMENT: Requirements and Implementation Suggestions
for the Executive Order on Federal Real Property Asset Management
• Understand what the Executive Order means for your agency
• Apply life-cycle costing requirements
• Examine the role of the Senior Real Property Officer
Robert Batson,
Counselor to the Controller, Office of Management and Budget
Marjorie Lomax, Director, Evaluation and Outreach,
Office of Real Property, Office of Governmentwide Policy, General
Services Administration
Robert Kaehler, Vice President and General Manager,
Sunflower Systems
12:00
Luncheon Address: Recruiting and Retaining the 21st Century Financial
Manager: Confronting the Pending Human Capital Crisis in Financial
Management
• Establish and maintain a qualified workforce
• Assess the pending human capital crisis in your department
• Train staff for the next generation of financial management
Beverly Ortega Babers,
Chief Human Capital Officer, Internal Revenue Service
1:15
ACCELERATED REPORTING: Requirements and Implementation Suggestions
• Develop procedures to meet mandatory reporting deadlines
• Build real-time reporting capabilities
• Implement systems to gather financial information faster
and cheaper
Representatives from Department
of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services and Office
of Inspector General
2:15
PERFORMANCE REPORTING: Integrating Performance and Financial Information
into the Performance and Accountability Report (PAR)
• Integrate GPRA performance reporting with audited financial
statements
• Compare actual results against targets and goals
• Implement corrective action to address material weaknesses
Christopher Burnham,
Chief Financial Officer, Department of State
3:15
Break
3:30
MODERNIZATION: Getting Your Financial Management System Compliant
with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA)
• Utilize new technologies to enhance information accuracy
and timeliness
• Consolidate disparate and duplicative financial management
systems
• Adhere to accounting standards and financial guidelines
Sally Thompson,
Director, Financial Management and Assurance, General Accounting
Office
4:30
Adjourn |
