Financial Management Training
U.S. Department of Agriculture
May 6 - 8, 2009
USDA Financial Management - Accountable, Efficient, and Transparent
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Session I - Welcome/Keynote
Moderator: John Brewer (Wednesday, May 6) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
Presentation |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
John Brewer |
Not Available |
| 8:40 a.m. |
The Department's Acting Chief Financial Officer
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John Holladay |
Not Available
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Session II - ACFO-FSPM
Moderator: Mike Clanton (Wednesday, May 6) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
Presentation
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) Update |
Stefan Eom
Tonya Allen-Shaw
Ann Adam
Darrell Kennedy
Steven Eagle |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Keynote Address
"Strategic Perspectives on the CFO Community" |
Owen Barwell
Deputy CFO, Dept. of Energy |
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| 11:45 a.m. |
Agency Spotlight - Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) |
Anthony Thompson, FSIS |
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Session III
Moderator: John Brewer (Thursday, May 7) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
Presentation
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| 8:30 a.m. |
OCIO Update |
Mary Heard, OCIO |
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| IT Security |
Christopher Smith
Chris Lowe, OCIO |
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| Enterprise Messaging |
Kelly Stelmach
Dave Williams, OCIO |
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| 9:15 a.m. |
508 Compliancy |
Kevin Curtin
Target Center |
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| 10:00 a.m. |
CFO Academy |
Gary Maupin
NDU/CFO Academy |
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Session IV
Moderator: John Brewer (Thursday, May 7) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
Presentation |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Governmentwide Treasury Account Symbol Accounting Trial Balance System (GTAS) |
Rita Cronley,
Lena Lewis, and Yianting Lee
Dept. of Treasury, FMS |

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| 11:45 a.m. |
Agency Spotlight - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) |
Gregory Parham
Department Administrator, APHIS |
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Session V
Moderator: John Brewer (Friday, May 8) |
| Time |
Subject |
Panelist |
Presentation
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| 8:30 a.m. |
OMB Update - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 and Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) |
Mark Bussow, OMB |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
USDA Budget |
Don Bice, OBPA |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Reviews of Unliquidated Obligations |
Kevin Close, Pauline Myrick, Malik Barnwell-Conway, Mike Fiene |


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| 11:45 a.m. |
Agency Spotlight - Commodity Operations |
KCCO |
Not Available
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Breakout
Session |
Title |
Panelist |
Presentation |
| BS-1 |
FMMI Deployment 1
"What's Left to be Done" |
Darrell Kennedy, Ray Carlyle, Marcus Reinhold, ACFO-FSPM |
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| BS-2 |
FMMI Deployment 2
"Getting Ready for FMMI Implementation" |
Ann Adam, Ann Rumley-Briggs, Angela Bennett, ACFO-FSPM |

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| BS-3 |
An Update on National Finance Center (NFC) Systems and Services Including: webTA, hosting EmpowHR, Pay Engine, ARRA |
Jerry Lohfink, NFC |

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BS-4
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FMMI Accounting Data Structure |
Howard Campbell, ACFO
Lucy Luo, Jim Temple ACFO-FSPM |
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| BS-5 |
Managerial Cost Accounting: Tools, Standard Data Definitions |
John Brewer, ACFO-FO |
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| Jim Temple, ACFO-FSPM |
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| Stayce Teachman, APHIS |
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| Bob McGrath, FSA |
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| BS-6 |
Hyperion |
Mike Smith, Kourtney Peters, ACFO-FSPM |

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BS-7
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Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Review of Open Obligations Tool (ROOT) |
E. Steven Butler, Barbara Pursley, Elliot Traher, NRCS |

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BS-8
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USDA Charge Card Program Initiative |
John McCain, OPPM
Susan Kidd, DRT Technologies, Inc. |
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BS-9 |
Internal Controls |
Mike Fiene, Annie Walker-Bradley |

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BS-10
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Corporate Property Automated Information System (CPAIS) - Personal Property |
Louis Butler, ACFO-FSPM
Shelda Melancon, ACFO-FO
Michael Johnson, OPPM |
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BS-11
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Travel: GovTrip Update, New GovTrip Functionality, Update on Split Disbursements; GovTrip and FMMI, GovTrip 2.0
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Jerry Chenault, Kay Levy, Jeff Boudreaux, ACFO-FSPM |
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| Travel: Conference Planning and Reporting |
Pauline Myrick, Aaron Prose, ACFO-FPP |
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BS-12
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USDA Travel Relocation Resource Center |
Peggy Javery, ACFO-FO |
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