CONFERENCE PROGRAM

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
AGA-DC and GWSCPA 8th Annual Conference
Financial Management in Challenging Times
May 12-13, 2009
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
7:30 a.m.
Registration
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
7:30 a.m.
Breakfast with Exhibitors
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
8:00 a.m.
Welcoming Comments
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Ann Davis, AGA-DC President
8:10 a.m.
Keynote Address: GAO Update
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Jeanette Franzel, Managing Director, Financial Management and Assurance, GAO
Moderator: Ann Davis, Treasury
The pace of change and increases in demands for government accountability are unprecedented. Learn about
the latest hot topics at GAO, including the financial regulatory system, high risk areas in the federal
government, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Recovery Act, Single Audit Issues, and more.
9:00 a.m.
Break
9:10 a.m.
Developments in Accounting Standards
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Wendy Payne, Executive Director, FASAB
■ Dan Fletcher, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, DOI
Moderator: Jeff Steinhoff, KPMG LLP
This session will provide an update regarding forthcoming accounting standards and implementation
guidance. The update will cover Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board's (FASAB’s) ongoing
projects to evaluate the existing accounting standards and the reporting model as well as fiscal
sustainability reporting and social insurance. The update will also address the Accounting and Auditing
Policy Committee's (AAPC’s) efforts to provide implementation guidance for property, plant, and
equipment accounting standards.
10:00 a.m.
Break with Exhibitors
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
Attend either Breakout 1 or Breakout 2.
10:15 a.m.
Breakout 1: Audit Guidance: Achieving Information Systems Control Objectives in Financial
and Performance Audits
Location: Hemisphere Suite A
■ David Hayes, Assistant Director, Applied Research and Methods, GAO
■ Mickie Gray, Senior Auditor, Financial Management and Assurance, GAO
Moderator: Dhavan Mehta, Ernst & Young
This session will present the new Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM) as a
practical guide to the information system (IS) controls work needed to support any audit engagement. The
new FISCAM will be introduced in the context of the new risk assessment Statements on Auditing Standards
and NIST regulations for computer controls. An approach to satisfying the IS coverage needed in any audit
engagement will be presented.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
10:15 a.m.
Breakout 2: Ethics for CPAs
Location: Hemisphere Suite B
■ David Cotton, Chairman, Cotton & Company
Moderator: Susan Johnson, LMI
This 2-hour course will help the attendees understand the current issues surrounding professional ethics of
a Certified Public Accountant. The course is designed to meet the annual ethics requirements for Virginia
CPA’s (and provides 2 hours of ethics CPE for Maryland and District of Columbia CPA’s).
12:05 p.m.
Break
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
1:05 p.m.
Keynote Address: Auditability in the Intelligence Community
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Karen Landry, Associate Deputy Director, Business Plans and Operations and Chief
Financial Officer, National Reconnaissance Office
Moderator: Laura Price, KPMG LLP
The security culture of the intelligence community has traditionally been a challenge for the financial reporting
and auditing of these organizations. This session will discuss how the National Reconnaissance Office is
addressing these challenges to meet internal control, financial reporting, and audit requirements.
1:55 p.m.
Break
2:05 p.m.
Reporting on the Recovery Act
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Danny Werfel, Deputy Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, OMB
Moderator: Kim Farington, OMB
This session will highlight the OMB guidance to Federal agencies on reporting and the implementation of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
2:55 p.m.
Break with Exhibitors
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
3:15 p.m.
Implementing the Recovery Act
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Marcia Paull, Chief Financial Officer, Office of Justice Programs, DOJ
■ Robert Tuccillo, Chief Financial Officer, Federal Transit Administration, DOT
Moderator: John Cox, Grant Thornton
This timely session will feature a round-table discussion with agency executives on their ongoing effort to
implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
4:30 p.m.
End of First Day
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
7:30 a.m.
Breakfast with Exhibitors
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
8:00 a.m.
Welcoming Comments
■ Susan Johnson, AGA-DC Education Director
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
8:10 a.m.
Keynote Address: Intragovernmental Transactions
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Carrie Hug, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Accounting Policy Division, Office of the
Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Treasury
Moderator: Susan Johnson, LMI
Ms. Hug will discuss Treasury’s priorities, with a special emphasis on intragovernmental transactions.
9:00 a.m.
Break
9:10 a.m.
An Update on the Financial Management Line of Business (FMLoB)
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Owen Barwell, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, DOE
■ David Fisher, Director, Business Transformation Agency, DoD
Moderator: Dianne Copeland, Financial Systems Integration Office
This session speakers will discuss why the FMLoB initiative is important to improve the Federal
Government’s financial management, the challenges that Federal agencies face, and the status of current
projects aimed at standardizing business processes and data.
10:25 a.m.
Break with Exhibitors
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
Attend either Breakout 1 or Breakout 2.
10:45 a.m.
Breakout 1: GWA Update: FIRST
Location: Hemisphere Suite A
■ Jeff Hoge, Director, Accounting Systems Division, Financial Management Service,
Treasury
Moderator: Giovonni Smith, EOP
The Financial Management Service of the Treasury Department will be rolling out a new initiative,
Financial Information Reporting Standardization (FIRST). The FIRST initiative will replace several
current reporting systems, including FACTS I and FACTS II. It will improve data quality while
streamlining the reporting function. This session will serve as an early warning to agency personnel
interested in the significant changes FIRST will bring to agency reporting.
10:45 a.m.
Breakout 2: Audit Recovery at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Financial Services Center
Location: Hemisphere Suite B
■ Rodney Wood, Director, Financial Services Center, VA
Moderator: Zack Gaddy, KPMG LLP
The Financial Services Center (FSC), part of VA's Franchise Fund, provides technical assistance with
recovery audit programs and can perform recovery audit activities for other agencies on a fee-forservice basis. Their presentation will show how their recovery audit service operates and has recovered
or prevented millions of dollars of improper/erroneous and duplicate payments.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
11:35 a.m.
Break
11:50 a.m.
Lunch
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
12:40 p.m.
Administration Transition – What’s a CFO to Do?
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Sallyanne Harper, Chief Administrative Officer, GAO
■ Kathleen Turco, Chief Financial Officer, GSA
Moderator: Mari-Ellen Testa, Booz Allen Hamilton
Two Federal government financial leaders will share their past and present experiences "surviving" an
Administration transition. What is important in effectively managing the transition period? How does the
transition affect OCFO operations? How do transition activities impact career financial management staff?
Gain insights from our distinguished panelists on these and other related questions.
1:30 p.m.
Break
1:40 p.m.
Enterprise Risk Management
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ Christine Shafik, Director, Office of Internal Review, Office of the CFO, DOE
■ Michael Tennyson, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Policy, Office of the Assistant
Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS
■ Doug Webster, Former CFO, DOL
Moderator: Suzanne Danis, Grant Thornton
This session will focus on both the theory and practice of implementing enterprise risk management
programs in federal agencies.
2:55 p.m.
Break with Exhibitors
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
3:15 p.m.
Does the Shared Service Model Work?
Location: Pavilion Ballroom
■ David Burkholder, Project Manager, Financial Systems Modernization Project, EPA
■ Robin Moffatt, Director, Financial Systems Division, AOC
■ John O’Connor, Director, Financial Management, GAO
Moderator: David Fitz, KPMG LLP
This session will explore the Shared Service Model from the viewpoint of agencies receiving the services.
The panelists will discuss the successes, challenges, and ongoing initiatives in their respective Shared
Service models.
4:30 p.m.
Conference Adjourns
4:30 p.m.
Social Gathering at Aria Trattoria
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AGA Washington, DC Chapter
Annual Awards Dinner
Saturday, June 6, 2009
6:00 p.m. – Midnight
Celebrate with your friends and colleagues
during an evening of dining & dancing.
(Black Tie Optional)
Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Tickets: $25 each
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to join in the celebration.
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