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) Brent Franzel — former Staff
Director, Legislative Council to Senator Kittbond, Missouri, Subcommittee on International Banking (current Partner at Tighe, Patton, Armstrong & Teasdale) Paul Brubaker — former Staff
Director of former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Deputy Chief Information Officer under
Defense Secretary William Cohen (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) Sylvie Volel — former Program Examiner at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (current Director, DigitalNet Government Solutions, Strategic Consulting
Services) Don Upson — former Staff Director, House
Government Operations Committee and former Secretary of Technology, State of Virginia (current President, ICG Government) Darren Ash — Deputy Associate CIO for IT Investment and Chief Architect, Department of Transportation Senator Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis — Commonwealth of Virginia Instructors may change if scheduling conflicts arise.
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
(subject to change should scheduling conflicts arise)
7:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
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 (current Director, DigitalNet Government Solutions, Strategic Consulting Services)
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 Appropriations Process
Brent Franzel — former Staff Director, Legislative Council to Senator Kittbond, Missouri, Subcommittee on International Banking (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 Staff Director of former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Deputy Chief Information Officer under Defense Secretary William Cohen (current Executive Vice President, SI-International)
3:45pm
A Congressional Staff Panel Discussion: Budget Realities and Outlook
Moderated by Senator Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis — Commonwealth of Virginia
4:45pm
Q&A
5:00pm
Wrap up and Closing
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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.
