Peter Sirh — Partner at Patton Boggs — former Majority Staff Director for the U.S. House Committee on
Government Reform, Chief of Staff to U.S. Congressman Tom Davis Brent Franzel — Partner at Tighe, Patton, Armstrong & Teasdale — former Staff
Director, Legislative Council to Senator Kittbond, Missouri, Subcommittee on International Banking Paul Brubaker — Executive Vice President, SI-International — former Staff
Director of former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Deputy Chief Information Officer under
Defense Secretary William Cohen Don Wolfensberger — Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Institute and author — former Staff Director, House Rules Committee Sylvie Volel — Director, DigitalNet Government Solutions Strategic Consulting
Services — former Program Examiner at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Don Upson — President and CEO, ICG Government — former Staff Director, House
Government Operations Committee and former Secretary of Technology, State of Virginia
Why Should You Attend?
For government:
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
7:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am
Welcome and Introduction
8:45am
Congressman
9:15am
The Big Picture — Review of the Federal Budget Process
9:45am
The Agency Budget Process
10:15am
Refreshment Break
10:30am
OMB Budget Preparation Process
11:45am
The Congressional Authorization Process — Part 1
12:15pm
Hosted Luncheon
1:15pm
The Congressional Authorization Process — Part 2
1:45pm
The Congressional Appropriation Process
2:45pm
Refreshment Break
3:00pm
The Congressional Oversight Process
4:00pm
Panel — Congressional Staffers Discuss What You Need to Know About the Process
5:00pm
Wrap up and Conclusion
Registration Fees extra fee necessary for invoice and training form processing
Government Employees: (Must have a Government Issued ID) $695 credit card or check (includes instruction, presentations, Training Workshop Notebook, and continental breakfasts, morning and afternoon refreshments, and lunch each day)
Government Fee For Registration Using Invoices & Training Forms: $745 ($695 + $50 processing fee)
Industry and Contractors: (Including contractors on-site and indirect Industry support of government agencies) $895
Industry and Contractors Using Invoices: (Including contractors on-site and indirect support of government agencies) $945
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.
