Overview of the federal budgeting process - key dates to remember, players to know, and rules governing the process
Agency budget formulation and submission to OMB - best practices
OMB review of agency submissions - lessons you need to learn
Congressional authorization - how the process works, and key relationships and jurisdictions
Congressional appropriations - the process, the committees, and tracking agency and program funding
Congressional oversight - what you need to know, and what you may not know that's important to your agency and your contract
A new Congress and a new term for the Bush administration - how this affects the
budget now and in the future
IT and management initiatives in the current budget cycle - the latest news
The war in Iraq - its effects on the budget and possibly your programs
Where: Ronald Reagan Building - Rotunda Room
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.
(202) 312-1300
please see specifics below about online registration for government employees
Speakers
Peter Sirh — former Staff Director for the U.S. House Committee on
Government Reform; former Chief of Staff to U.S. Congressman Tom Davis (current Partner at Patton Boggs) Brent Franzel — former Staff
Director, Subcommittee on International Finance; former Legislative Council to Senator Kit Bond (current Partner at Tighe, Patton, Armstrong & Teasdale) Paul Brubaker — former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Deputy CIO, Department of Defense; former Staff
Director, Subcommittee on Governmental Affairs (current Executive Vice President, SI-International) Don Wolfsensburger — former Staff Director, House Rules Committee (current Director, The Congress Project, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) Don Upson — former Staff Director, House
Government Operations Committee and former Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia (current President, ICG Government) Darren Ash — Deputy Associate CIO for IT Investment and Chief Architect, Department of Transportation (invited) Instructors may change if scheduling conflicts arise.
Why Should You Attend?
For government:
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Better understand the budget cycle and what is important — A detailed understanding of the process is a key to approval and funding
- Align business cases submitted to OMB with congressional and presidential
funding priorities - Track your program and budget in the congressional appropriations cycle
For Industry: - Gain a better understanding of how Congress and OMB fund IT
Agenda
(subject to change should scheduling conflicts arise)
7:30am
Registration and Coffee
8:30am
Welcome, Art Chanker, President, Potomac Forum
8:45am
Overview and Introduction
Don Upson - former Staff Director, House Government Operations Committee and former Secretary of Technology, State of Virginia (current President, ICG Government)
9:15am
The Agency Budget Process
Darren Ash - Deputy Associate CIO for IT Investment and Chief Architect, Department of Transportation
10:00am
Break
10:15am
OMB Budget Preparation Process
Sylvie Volel - former Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget, (currently with the Small Business Administration)
11:15am
The Processes and Politics of Funding the Federal Government
Don Wolfsensburger — former Staff Director, House Rules Committee (current Director, The Congress Project, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
12:15pm
Lunch
1:15pm
The Appropriation and Authorization Process
Brent Franzel — former Staff Director, Subcommittee on International Finance, and Legislative Council to Senator Kit Bond (current Partner at Tighe, Patton, Armstrong & Teasdale)
2:00pm
Congressional Oversight and Investigations
Peter Sirh — former Majority Staff Director for the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform, Chief of Staff to U.S. Congressman Tom Davis (current Partner at Patton Boggs)
2:45pm
Break
3:00pm
A Case Study: Enactment of the Clinger-Cohen Act
Paul Brubaker — former Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy CIO, Department of Defense; former Staff Director, Subcommittee on Governmental Affairs (current Executive Vice President,
SI-International)
3:45pm
A Congressional Staff Panel Discussion: Budget Realities and Outlook
Moderated by Donald W. Upson
4:45pm
Q&A
5:00pm
Wrap up and Closing
About Online Registration Using ICG Government's online registration system will result in a registration charge from ICG Government, not Potomac Forum. If you are a government employee and you want to register using training forms or invoices, please register directly via fax through The Potomac Forum.
Registration Fees (includes instruction, presentations, Training Workshop Notebook, continental breakfast, refreshment breaks, and lunch)
Government employees - $695 (please use "option code" GOVBUDGET during online registration process) Industry and contractors - $895
Cancellation Policy
Confirmed registrations who cancel within 5 days of the training workshop will be
subject to a $150 cancellation fee that can be applied to another Potomac Forum, Ltd. Training Workshop. Substitutions
can be made at any time. Registrations cancelled after the program starts are subject to the full registration fee.
In the event a particular training workshop is cancelled, the liability of Potomac Forum, Ltd is limited to refund
of any prepaid registration fee.
For questions about this cancellation policy, please email FBP@potomacforum.org.
