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(January, 2004 - December, 2007)
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| 2004 FORUMS: |
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| 1. January |
The Part Process and OMB’s Role--Robert Shea, OMB |
| 2. February |
GAO Observations on the Use of the PART-- Paul Posner, GAO |
| 3. March |
Evaluation of 10 Years of GPRA--Pat Dalton, GAO
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| 4. April |
Managing Grant Program within the GPRA/PART Process – McEntire (Labor); Ziegele (EPA); Walkup (Education) |
| 5. May |
Parted Programs at the Department of Energy —Valdez (Science programs); Sullivan (Energy Renewable program); Powers (Overview of Energy’s internal process) |
| 6. June |
Parted Programs and Integration at the Department of Labor – Labor Statistics (Lacey); Worker’s Compensation (Hallmark); Workforce Security (Bryant); Occupational Safety (Goddard). |
| 7. July |
Performance Panels at Excellence in Government Conference
- “Perspectives and Retrospectives on the President’s Management Agenda—A Conversation” Morgan Kinghorn; David Chu (Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness); William Campbell ( Assistant Secretary and CFO and CHICO, Department of Veterans Affairs); Kim Nelson (CIO at EPA)
- “GPRA and PART: Perfect Together.” Panel: Catherine Newcomer (Director of School of Public Policy GW University); Paul Posner (Managing Director of Federal Programs, GAO); William Hoagland (Advisor to the Senate Majority Leader for Budget); and Sid Kaplan (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Planning, State Department.)
- “Making the Rules and Tools of Results Useful to Program Managers, Congress and the Public.” Panel: Frank Hodsoll ( former Deputy OMB Director); Kyle Mc Sparrow, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Robert Du Bois ( Chief of Strategic Planning for Coast Guard); Dr. Fuk Li (Director of Solar Systems Exploration Program at NASA); Jim Dyer ( Staff Director Senate Appropriations Committee)
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Performance Consortium developed and delivered a ½ day Pre- Conference Session. Panels and participants were as follows:
- “Discussion on PMA and its Future Evolution.” Panel: Morgan King horn; Clay Johnson (OMB Deputy Director; and Bruce Carnes ( Associate Deputy Secretary at Energy)
- “Merit Principles as the Foundation For Performance” Panel: Nancy Kingsbury (GAO and NAPA Fellow); Colleen Kelley (National President of Treasury Union); Steve Cohen (OPM and NAPA Fellow); Steve Nelson (Merit Systems Protection Board)
- “Performance Budgeting / Program Evaluation and the Use of the PART.” Panel: Jonathan Breul (IBM and NAPA Fellow); Robert Shea (OMB Counselor to OMB Deputy Director); Mike Hettinger ( Staff Director, House Committee on Government Reform); Rich Keevey (NAPA)
- “Aligning Organizational and Individual Performance” Panel: Rich Keevey (NAPA); Ron Sanders (Special Assistant for Strategic Planning, OPM); Lisa Shames, Director Strategic Issues, GAO); Ginger Groeber, Deputy Assistant secretary for DOD Civilian Personnel Policy
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| 8. August |
Parted Programs and Integration at the Department of Education (Tom Skelly (Budget Director); Joe Conaty (Academic Programs); David Bergeron (Post Secondary Education) |
| 9. September |
Aligning Budget and Finance Systems = Better Performance Management (Mike Ryan, Deputy CFO of EPA) |
| 10. October |
Developing Business Case Analyses to Improve Performance (Bruce McConnell—McConnell International) |
| 11. November |
Performance and Accountability Report and the CEAR Program: How to Prepare an Outstanding PAR and what can be learned form other agencies (Hal Steinberg, Sallyanne Harper, Sid Kaplan) |
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| 2005 FORUMS: |
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| 12. January |
PMA and Achieving Organizational Mission at the Social Security Administration (James Lockhart, 111) Deputy Commissioner and COO) |
| 13. February |
Budget and Performance Integration at the Department of Justice ( Jolene Laura-Sullens, Budget Director; Rebecca Marvin-Boyer, Assistant Director Planning and Performance; Philip Spolar, FBI; Donna Wilson, DEA) |
| 14. March |
The GAO High Risk Program: Overview and Designated Topics (George Stalcup and 6 GAO Managers) ; and
Twenty-First Challenges: Reexamining the Base of the Federal Budget ( Paul Posner, Managing Director for Federal Programs) |
| 15. March |
Performance Accountability Report: How Can We Make the Report Better (Robert Shea; Sallyanne Harper; Sid Kaplan; Mike Ryan; Mike Hettinger; Sam Mok) |
| 16. April |
Finance, Budget and Program Integration at NASA ( Gwen Sykes, CFO; and Rex Geveden, Chief Engineer) |
| 17. May |
Program Budgeting and Performance Management at DOD (John Roth, Deputy Under Secretary for Budget; and Stan Azebe, Program Manager-- AT&L) |
| 18. June |
Grants Management: Streamlining and Simplifying( Paul Posner, Managing Director at GAO; Andrea Brandon, Director of Grants Policy, HHS; Mary Santonastasso, Director of Grants Support, NSF; Eric Brenner, Director, Maryland Grants Office.) |
| 19. June |
Budget and Program Integration at HHS ( William Beldon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, HHS; Sherrie Heller, VP or Children Services, ACS; Dr. Bob Eissinger, Coordinator, Office for AIDS, NIH/HHS) |
| 20. July |
“The Role of the Program Manager in the PART Process and How to Demonstrate Results” Panel: Richard F. Keevey; Shelby Hallmark (Labor,) Mike Shapiro) EPA,) and Joseph Conaty (Education). |
| 21. September |
How to Do it the Right Way: Performance Budgeting, Program Management and PART. (Robert Shea, Counselor to the OMB Deputy Director for Management; Chris Mihm, Managing Director for Strategic Issues, GAO; Bruce Carnes, Associate Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy; Jim McEntire, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Performance, Department of Energy; Sherrie Heller, Former Commissioner, Office of Child Enforcement, HHS. |
| 22. September |
Performance in Education: The Federal, State and Local Connection. ( Ross Santy, Senior Advisor for Information, office of Planning and Evaluation, department of Education; Fred Brown, Associate Executive Director, National; Association of Elementary School Principals; Dane Linn, Director, Education Division, Center for Best Practices, National Governor’s Association. |
| 23. October (E) |
Stovepipes No More; How Agencies Can Coordinate to Achieve Better Results. ( David Chu, Under Secretary for Personnel at DOD; Susan Grant, CFO at Energy; Kim Nelson, CIO at EPA; Deidre Lee, Assistant Commissioner at GSA) |
| 24. November |
GAO’s Observations on the Implementation of the PART and Comments from OMB and Congressional Staff Director (Denise Fantone, GAO; Jackie Nowicki, GAO; Robert Shea, OMB; Diana Espinosa, OMB.) |
| 25. November (E) |
Budget Matters ( Ed DeSeve, former US Deputy OMB Director for Management; Bill Hoagland, Budget Advisor to President of US Senate; Michelle Mrdeza, US House of Representatives. |
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| 26. January (E) |
Chief of Chiefs: The Role of the COO in Government. (David Walker, Comptroller General GAO; Paul Corts, Assistant Attorney General, Justice; Lynn Scarlet, Deputy Secretary, Interior; Nanci Langley, House Sub-committee on Oversight of Government) |
| 26. January |
A Conversation with Inspector Generals: The Role in Helping to Insure Accountability. (Gordon Heddell, IG, Labor; Ken Mead, IG DOT; David Williams, IG Postal Service; Daniel Levinson, IG HHS. |
| 27. February (E) |
Outsourcing Lines of Business: Help or Hindrance: ( Clay Johnson, Deputy Director, OMB; Clarence Crawford, CFO, OPM; Marty Wagner, Associate Administrator, GSA; David Chu, Under Secretary, DOD) |
| 28. February |
ExpectMore: A Website That Provides Candid Assessments of Government Performance. (Clay Johnson, Deputy OMB Director for Management; Robert Shea, Counselor to the Deputy OMB Director for Management) |
| 29. March (E) |
Human Capital Management in Transformation. (Linda Springer, Director of Office of Personnel Management.) |
| 30. April (E) |
President’s Management Agenda: What’s Next? (Linda Combs, Controller, Office of Management and Budget; Karen Evans, Director of E-Government and Information technology, Office of Management and Budget; Henrietta Fore, Under Secretary for Management, Department of State; Marcus Peacock, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.) |
| 31. April |
Managing Finance and Performance in a War Zone. (Bradford Higgins, Assistant Secretary for Resource Management t and Chief Financial Officer, Department of State) |
| 32. May (E) |
Next Steps in Performance-Based Pay: Where and When? Dan Blair, Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management; Mary Lacey, Program Executive Officer, National Security Personnel System, Department of Defense; Christopher Mihm, managing Director, Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; Robert Shea, Counselor to the OMB Director for Management.) |
| 33. May |
Public Service Recognition: Leadership and Commitment to Public Service. (Bob Tobias, Director, Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation, American University; Mort Downey, former Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation; Sallyanne Harper, Chief Financial Officer, Government Accountability Office; Hannah Sistare, Vice President, National Academy of Public Administration.) |
| 34. June (E) |
The US Public Health System: Are We Ready for the Arrival of the Avian Flu and Other Threats? (Dr. Nancy Cox, Chief Influenza Branch, Center for Disease Control; Dr. Gregg Pane, Director of the department of Health, District of Columbia; David Heyman, Director and Senior Fellow for Homeland Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies.) |
| 35. July |
Performance Panels at Excellence in Government Conference
- The Program Manager in Action: The Key to PART (Richard Keevey, Director, Performance Consortium, National Academy of Public Administration; Diana Espinosa, Deputy Assistant Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget; William Valdez, Director, Planning and Analyses, Department of Energy; Elizabeth Cotsworth, Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Environmental Protection Agency; Dr. Get Moy, Director, Installations Requirements and Management, Department of Defense.)
- Effective Management Restructuring: The NIH Story (Bruce McDowell, Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration; Colleen Barros, Deputy Director for Management, National Institutes of Health(NIH); Donald Christoferson, Associate Director for Administrative Management, National Heart, Ling and Blood Institute, NIH; Thomas Hoover, Associate Director for Administration, National Institute for Child Health and Human development, NIH)
- Enhancing Performance Through Partnerships: A Case Study on the Coast Guard’s Deepwater Project (Kathryn Newcomer, Director, School of Public Policy, George Washington University; Rear Admiral Gary Blore, US Coast Guard; Dr. Leo Mackay, President, Integrated Coast Guard System, Lockheed Martin; Kevin O’Neill, Director of Contracts, Integrated Coast Guard Systems)
- We Won the A-76 Outsourcing Process—Now What? (Allan Burman, Vice President of Jefferson Solutions; Matthew Blum, General Counsel, Office of Management and Budget; Dennis O’Brien, Director of Competitive Sourcing, Department of Energy; Jacqueline Myers, associate Deputy Chief for Business Systems, US Forest Service)
- International Results-Based Initiatives: Does the US Measure Up? (Jonathan Breul, Partner and Senior Fellow, IBM Center for Business of Government; Ray List, Senior Evaluation Officer, The World Bank; Michael Garrett, Chief Administrative Officer, Regional Municipality of York, Canada; Maurice McTigue, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, the Mercatus Center, George Mason University)
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| 36. September |
Meeting Evaluation and Planning Needs for Government Officials, Congressional Oversight and OMB PART (Stephanie Shipman, Assistant Director for Evaluation Methods and Issues, GAO; Cheryl Oros, Director, Office of Planning and Evaluation and Analysis, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services; William Valdez, Director, Planning and Analysis, Office of Science, US Department of Energy)
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| 37. September (E) |
Perspectives on Management (Rob Portman, OMB Director; and Clay Johnson, Deputy OMB Director for Management) |
| 38. October |
PMA Approach by a Major Defense Agency: Utilizing the Balanced Scorecard and Other Tools (Dr. Zack Gaddy, Director of Defense Finance and Accounting Service, US Department of Defense) |
| 39. November (E) |
A Conversation with the Owner’s of the President’s Management Agenda (Linda Combs, Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management; Paul Denett, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement; Karen Evans, Administrator, E-Government Information and Technology; Robert Shea, Counselor to the OMB Deputy Director) |
| 40. November |
Analyzing and Developing Performance Metrics for a Large Scale Human Resource Organization (Randolph Scott, University of California; Alethea Long Green and Patricia Johnson, National Academy of Public Administration) |
| 41. November |
Moving from Scorekeeper to Strategic Partner: Improving Financial Management in the Federal Government (Richard Keevey; Mike Hettinger; Ed DeSeve; Hal Steinberg; and John Callahan) |
| 42. December |
SES, Performance Management and Performance Pay: Is the SES Ranks being properly Recognized and Rewarded (Carol Bonosaro, Executive Director, SES Association; Doris Hausser, Senior Policy Advisor, OPM; and Bill Valdez, Director of Planning and Analyses, Office of Science, Department of Energy. |
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| 2007 FORUMS: |
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| 43. January |
Developing High Performance Government Agencies (Frank Ostroff, Managing Partner, Ostroff Associates; and Richard F. Keevey) |
| 44. February |
Acquisition Issues and Challenges. ( Bill Woods, Director, GAO; Dave Drabkin, Senior Procurement Advisor, Office of the Administrator, GSA; Robert Burton, Deputy Administrator, Office of federal procurement Policy, U.S. OMB) |
| 45. March |
the GAO High Risk List – Who is on It – Who Got off It – How and Why? (George Stalcup, Director of Strategic Issues, GAO, and Sharon Pickup and Lisa Shames of GAO) |
| 46.APRIL 4 and 5 |
ANNUAL EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE. Panels developed by the Performance Consortium on Performance Management Issues:
- Maximizing Federal Performance with State and Local Partners ( Shelley Metzenbaum, Visiting Professor at University of Maryland; Catherine Freeman, deputy Assistant Secretary, department of Education; Marlene Markinson, Associate Administrator, Department of Transportation; Michael Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA)
- New Tools for Implementing Most Efficient Organizations (Bruce McDowell, NAPA Fellow ; Matt Bloom, Attorney, OMB; Joe Lynem, Senior Program Manager, IRS; Glen Perry, Senior Procurement Executive, Department of Education)
- Developing High Performance Government Agencies (Frank Ostroff, Consultant; Sallyanne Harper, Chief Administrative Officer, GAO; Major General Williams, Chief Operating officer, Oversees Buildings, Department of State; Leo Carey, Vice President, International Affairs, National Safety Council)
- Managing for Results: Ensuring Performance Information is Useful and Being Used ( Elizabeth Curda, Assistant Director for Strategic Issues, GAO; Kathleen Tynan, Director of Planning Evaluation Office, Us department of Interior; Katherine Gugulis, Deputy Chief for Strategic Planning, Department of Agriculture; Lisa Benson, Director of Governor’s Office on Management Accountability, State of Washington)
- Does Performance Information Have a Future in the Budgeting Process ( Kathy Newcomer, Director of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University; Bill Hoagland, former Budget Advisor to the President of the US senate; Phil Joyce, Professor at George Washington University; Robert Shea, Associate Director, OMB; Tom Skelly, Budget Director, Department of Education)
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| 47. April 26 (E) |
Concerns of the Chief Acquisition Officers: Everybody is Proposing Reforms – Are the CAO’s Up to the Challenge? (Shay Assad, Director, Defense Procurement; Robert Burton, Deputy Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement, OMB; Deidre Lee, Chief Acquisition Officer, FEMA; Frank Spampinato, CAO, Department of Energy |
| 48. May 7 (E) |
Concerns of the Chief Financial Officers: These Chiefs Have Been Around the Longest – Are There Still Challenges Ahead? (Charles Christopherson, CFO, Department of Agriculture; Phyllis Sheinberg, CFO, Department of Transportation; Jeff Steinhoff, Managing Director, GAO; Lawrence Warder, CFO, Department of Education; Lisa Feily, CFO, USAID) |
| 49. May 17 (E) |
Linking Budget to Performance: What’s Next? (Robert Shea, Associate Director, OMB; Sid Kaplan, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of State; Kathy Newcomer, Professor, George Washington University; Richard Turman, Budget Director, HHS) |
| 50. June 5 (E) |
Concerns of the Chief Information Officers: Information is Knowledge and the Key to Success: Are They Succeeding in Their Mission? ( Scott Charbo, CIO, Department of Homeland Security; Karen Evans, Administrator, Office of E-Government, OMB; Vance Hitch, CIO, Department of Justice; David Wennergren, Deputy CIO, Department of Defense) |
| 51. June 12 |
Budgeting and Decision Making in the Corps of Engineers (Bruce McDowell and Mort Downey, Fellows, NAPA; Gary Lowe, Chief, Program Integration, Corps of Engineers; Michael Strachn, Consultant and former House staff member)
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| 52. September (P) |
The Role of the IG in the Federal Government (Panel pending) |
| 53. October (P) |
A Discussion of Selected Major Federal Parted Programs. (Panel Pending) |
| 54. November (P) |
Maximizing Federal Performance with State and Local Partners (Panel Pending) |
| 55. December (P) |
Preparing a Performance Agenda for a new Administration (Panel Pending) |
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| P= Pending sessions |
| E= Done in conjunction with Executive Consortium |
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Academy Fellow Publishes Memories
"Apartheid South Africa was on fire around me." So begins the memoir of Academy Fellow and Career Foreign Service Officer Edward J. Perkins, the first black U.S. ambassador to South Africa.
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave him an unparalleled assignment: dismantle apartheid without violence. As he fulfilled this assignment, Perkins faced enormous challenges posed by the American media, Afrikaner government, white South African citizens, and initially black South African revolutionaries. It was Perkins' advice to President-elect George H.W. Bush that helped modify American policy and hasten the release of Nelson Mandela and others from prison.
Perkins's up-by-your-bootstraps life took him from a cotton farm in segregated Louisiana to the U.S. Foreign Service, where he became the first black officer to ascend to the top position of director general.
This is the story of how one man turned the page of history.
Buy"Mr. Ambassador: Warrior for Peace"
The views expressed in this book are those of the Fellow. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Academy as an institution.
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