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Executive Program Series
Academy Consortia members attend the Executive Programs sponsored by the Academy and Government Executive magazine. Consortia members receive priority seating at these normally oversubscribed events, which feature lively discussions on topics of broad interest. These programs are held in conjunction with complimentary luncheons and breakfasts at the National Press Club. The Academy President moderates these sessions.
FY - 07 Program Topics
November 8, 2006 - Strategic Workforce Planning
Do agency workforce strategies encompass the full workforce, including the contact workforce? Are agency plans considering the entire multisector workforce consisting of federal, state and local government workers, private contactors, non-profits and even volunteers? And if so, how?
Speakers: Claudia Cross, Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer and Human Resources Director, U.S. Department of Energy; Robert Goodwin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Air Force, Jeff T. H. Pon, Chief Human Capital Officer, U.S. Department of Energy; Ronald Sanders, Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
March 14, 2007 - A Look at the Lines of Business: Is it Succeeding?
The Office of Management and Budget’s goal with the Lines of Business Initiative is to “identify opportunities to reduce the cost of government and improve services through business performance improvement” in the areas of financial management, human resources, grants, health and case management systems. Have costs been reduced? Have citizen services been improved? Join a high level panel of senior officials as they discuss what’s next for this initiative. (Breakfast 7:30-9:30 am)
March 23, 2007 - Concerns of the Chief Human Capital Officer: Are They Succeeding in Enhancing Strategic Workforce Planning and Management?
CHCOs were first appointed in 2003 for the purpose of improving the strategic management of human capital in individual agencies and throughout the executive branch. The CHCO Council was established at the same time to provide governmentwide information sharing and coordination of human resource initiatives. How well do the CHCOs think this model is working and what are their recommendations to improve it? (Luncheon 12-2 pm)
April 26, 2007 - Concerns of the Chief Acquisition Officers: Everybody is Proposing Reforms – are the CAO’s Up to the Challenge?
Acquisition of products and services consumes about 25% of the discretionary spending government-wide and is a key function in every federal agency. In FY 2006 government contracting exceeded 400 billion dollars. CAO’s are involved in streamlining and improving regulations, and ensuring that available contracting vehicles can quickly address differing situations. How are they doing and what else needs to be done? (Luncheon 12-2 pm)
May 7, 2007 - Concerns of the Chief Financial Officers: These Chiefs have been Around the Longest – Are there Still Challenges Ahead?
The challenges facing CFO’s are as diverse as the agencies they serve. Whether maintaining internal controls, paying benefits to the troops, preparing financial statements or developing and monitoring budgets these folks have few private sector equivalents in the complexity of their mission. The CFO act of 1990 put these chiefs in the driver seat yet big challenges still exit. What are these challenges and how will they be addressed? (Luncheon 12-2 pm)
May 17, 2007 - Linking Budget to Performance – What’s Next?
Linking performance to all aspects of management has been the hallmark of the PMA. And, the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) has arguably been the overall linchpin to the entire program. Most people would say that PART has been a success in the Executive Branch, and that budgetary decisions are now more formerly linked to outcome information and program performance than ever before. Listen to government managers discuss the future of the performance information. What remains for the budget and performance initiative for the remainder of this Administration? Is the process sufficiently embedded to survive a new Administration? (Breakfast 7:30-9:30 am)
June 5, 2007 - Concerns of the Chief Information Officers: Information is Knowledge -- and Accurate and Timely Information is Key to the Success of the CIO. Are they Succeeding in their Mission?
Information technology offers profound ways to shape operations by speeding information to those who need it – it is arguably the best tool to transform the way agencies do business. Centralization and consolidation of internal infrastructure is necessary to disentangle the disparate systems that trap data in stovepipes and hinder the seamless flow of information. But, how this is done and how the CIO interacts with the program manager is critical to the success of an effective IT policy. What does the CIO need to do to bring the promise of IT to reality? (Luncheon 12-2 pm)
June 27, 2007 - The Multisector Workforce: What Management Strategies are Needed to make it a Success?
Public management systems are being turned on their heads as federal missions are increasingly carried out by a multisector workforce of civil servants, state and local personnel and contractor employees. How can federal leaders provide the leadership necessary to make this new paradigm work well for the government and the public? What new skills and resources does this require? Some of those who are doing it will share their own experiences and lessons learned. (Luncheon 12-2 pm)
Executive Consortium Members of the National Academy of Public Administration attend the Executive Luncheons sponsored by the Academy and Government Executive magazine. Members receive priority seating at these normally oversubscribed events, which feature lively discussions on topics of broad interest. Luncheons are held at the National Press Club. Academy President Morgan Kinghorn moderates these sessions.
October: Stovepipes No More:
How Agencies Can Coordinate to Achieve Better Performance. How do agencies effectively meld their key administrative
operations in the interest of high performance?
Speakers: David S. C. Chu, Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness and Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Defense; Susan Grant, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy; Kim Nelson, Assistant Administrator and Chief Information Officer,
Environmental Protection Agency; and Deidre Lee, Assistant Commissioner for Integrated Technology Services, General Services Administration.
November: Budget Matters: Federal administrators and program managers know that budget matters as they begin the new fiscal year and plan for the next. How will our fiscal situation affect budget priorities?
Speakers: William Hoagland, Budget Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist; Michelle Merdeza, Clerk of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, and Ed DeSeve, former Deputy Director for Management, OMB and Chair of the Academy’s Fiscal Futures Committee.
January: Chief of the Chiefs? Leading Members of Congress have proposed to create the position of Chief Operating Officer at the Defense and Homeland Security Departments and the Comptroller General of the United States would like to create such a position in these cabinet departments and selected others as well. Will it happen and what are the merits of the idea?
Speakers: Paul R. Corts, Assistant Attorney General for Administration, Department of Justice; Nanci Langley, Democratic Deputy Staff Director, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; P. Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior; and David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the US Government Accountability Office.
February: Outsourcing Lines of Business: Help or Hindrance to Performance. The Office of Management and Budget wants to outsource business functions to other agencies and to private contractors. Will this help or hinder performance?
Speakers: Clay Johnson, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget, David S. C. Chu, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Defense; Clarence C. Crawford, Chief Financial Officer, Office of Personnel Management; and G. Martin Wagner, Acting Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service and former Associate Administrator for Government-wide policy, General Services Administration.
March: Human Capital Management in Transition. Linda M. Springer, Director of the Office of Personnel Management, is at the center of the transformation of human capital management in the federal government. She will discuss this transformation and its impact on the federal workforce.
Speaker: Linda M. Springer, Director, Office of Personnel Management
April: President’s Management Agenda: What’s Next? With less than three years to work on federal management reforms, the Bush Administration is continuing and expending its drive to make agencies adopt better practices in budgeting, finance, human capital, procurement and other management initiatives to enhance performance.
Speakers: Linda Combs, Controller and Director of Office of Federal financial Management, Office of Management and budget; Karen Evans, Director Office 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; and Robert Shea, Counselor
to the Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget.
May: Next Steps in Performance-Based Pay: Where and when? Performance management has begun to take hold in the Federal government. We will explore progress to date and talk with officials working to spread performance based pay systems throughout the executive branch.
Speakers: Dan Blair, Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management; Mary E. Lacey, Program Executive Officer, National Security Personnel System, Department of Defense; J. Christopher Mihm, Managing Director Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; and Robert Shea, Counselor to the Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget.
June: The US Public Health System: Are we ready for the arrival of avian flu and other threats?
The aftermath of hurricane Katrina raised serious questions about the US public health system’s capacity to deliver mass care during a deadly flu pandemic or other disaster. Effective prevention, mitigation and response will require that all parts of the multisector workforce responsible for protecting Americans work as a team. Are they prepared and is the federal government capable of providing the necessary leadership and funding?
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