AGENDA
Financial Management Training
US Department of Agriculture
June 10-12, 2008
Theme: Financial Management is on the Move to Improve
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| Session I - Welcome/Keynote Moderator: John Brewer (Tuesday June 10 ) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
PowerPoint Presentation |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
John Brewer
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| 8:40 a.m. |
The Department's Chief Financial Officer |
Chuck Christopherson |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) |
ACFO-FS
Tonya Allen-Shaw &
Jon Sandy |
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| Session II - Moderator: John Brewer (Tuesday June 10) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
PowerPoint Presentation |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Earned Value Management |
John Rehberger, OCIO |
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| 11:45 a.m. |
Risk Management Agency and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Chief Financial Officer |
Margo Erny, CFO |
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| 5:00 p.m. |
Wrap up - adjourn day one
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| Session III - Moderator: John Brewer (Wednesday June 11) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
PowerPoint Presentation |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Travel Issues |
Matt Faulkner and Aaron Prose |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Keynote Address
The Deputy Secretary of Agriculture will share his perspectives
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Chuck Connor
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Unliquidated Obligations (ULO)
Upward / Downward Adjustments
OLOG Reviews
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Howard Campbell |
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| Session IV - Moderator: John Brewer (Wednesday June 11) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
PowerPoint Presentation |
| 10:15 a.m. |
SSFAS #30, Inter-Entity Cost Implementation
Managerial Cost Accounting
BPMS at FFAS |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
USDA Internal Control Efforts
Internal Control information from the Joint CFO/CIO council meeting and materials shared at the Boot Camp. |
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| 11:45 a.m. |
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| 5:00 p.m. |
Wrap up - adjourn day two
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| Session V - Moderator: John Brewer (Thursday June 12) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
PowerPoint Presentation |
| 8:30 a.m. |
The Budget Process 101 |
Don Bice, OBPA |
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| 9:15 a.m. |
Recruiting |
Lisa Casias
Department of Commerce
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| 9:30 a.m. |
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Bob Reid, Treasury
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John Cox,
CFO HUD |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Reimbursable LOB |
Dianne Copeland, FSIO |
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| 10:45 a.m. |
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Stanley Gray and Kathy Fallow, 0CIO |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
Doug McKalip, NRCS Director of Legislative and Public Affairs |
Presentation unavailable at this time |
| 11:45 a.m. |
Close out – adjourn day three |
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Breakout
Session |
Title |
Panelist |
PowerPoint Presentation |
| BS-1 |
SAS – 99 and Fraud Questions |
Jane Bannon,
Director AFD-OIG and
Bill Henderson, AFD-OIG |
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| BS-2 |
Cost Management Information System |
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| BS-3 |
Upward/Downward Adjustments |
Ella Robertson,
ACFO-FO - COD
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| BS-4 |
Lean Six Sigma Grants Process (LSGP) |
Matt Faulkner,
Wendall Oaks and
Chandan Mukhopadhyay
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| BS-5 |
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA)
Phase II |
Andrea Brandon |
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| BS-6 |
Lean Six Sigma Transaction Process (LSTP) update |
Tiffany Taylor, Procurement Analyst, US Forest Service |

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Peggy Javery, ACFO-FO-COD |
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BS-7
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ITRS Eliminations |
Shannon A. Hensler
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BS-8
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Corporate Property Automated Information System (CPAIS) |
Personal Property; Louis Butler and Tina Rosselot, ACFO-FS and Shelda Melancon, ACFO-FO-COD
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BS-9
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Project Management
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Eva Desiderio, OCIO
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BS-10
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Internal Controls
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Mike Fiene
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A-123
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Jennifer MCGuire, Forest Service |
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BS-11
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GovTrip Government Travel
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Reggie Darby, ACFO-FS |
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BS-12
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IPAC Best Practices and DDGEN Phase III
IBIL
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Eddie Reso |
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| Adjourn for the Day
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| CPE Credits will be available for attending this training.
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