NDIA PROCUREMENT DIVISION
ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR
March 31, 2008
(business casual attire)
“New Directions”
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast and Registration
8:00 – 8:05 Call to Order
Karen Wilson, Director, Acquisition Policy & Industrial Affairs, The
Boeing Company and Chair, NDIA Procurement Division
8:05 – 8:15 The Program Overview
Karen L. Manos, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Vice Chair,
NDIA Procurement Division
8:15 – 9:45 Service Contracting
Moderator:
Mark Dostal, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and
Chair, NDIA Contract Finance Committee
Presentation One | Presentation Two
Panelists:
Glenn D. Baer, Staff Vice President, ARINC, Inc. and Chair,
NDIA Government Policy Advisory Division
Presentation
David A. Drabkin, Deputy Associate Administrator for
Acquisition Policy & Senior Procurement Executive, General
Services Administration
Nancy Harrison, Director, FTI Consulting, Inc.
New T&M Regulations
Presentation
- New Legislation
- DCAA Audit Initiatives
- Records Retention Issues
- Contracting for Commercial Services
9:45 – 10:00 BREAK
10:00-11:45 Ethics & Governance
Moderator:
Michael L. Bell, Vice President & General Counsel, ATK
Launch Systems, Inc.
Panelists:
Richard J. Bednar, Senior Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP and
Director, Defense Industry Initiative
David Bolton, Assistant General Counsel, United Space
Alliance, LLC Presentation
Claude P. Goddard, Shareholder, Akerman, Senterfitt, Wickwire,
Gavin LLP and Chair, NDIA Legal Committee
Steve A. Linick, Department of Justice, Procurement Fraud
Division
- Proposed Rule on Contractor Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
- Does the Voluntary Disclosure Program Work?
- Is the New Mandatory Disclosure Program Necessary?
11:45 – 1:15 LUNCH
Luncheon Speaker: Eric R. Feldman, Inspector General, National
Reconnaissance Office Presentation
1:15 – 2:15 The In-House Counsel’s Perspective
Moderator:
Michael Littlejohn, Shareholder, Akerman, Senterfitt, Wickwire,
Gavin LLP
Panelists:
Bryan Van Brunt, Associate General Counsel, General Dynamics
Presentation
Edward (Ted) Hoffman, Vice President & General Counsel,
Agility Defense & Government Services
Christopher Kernan, Acquisition Law Attorney, USSOCOM
2:15 – 2:45 Current Initiatives in Earned Value Management
Speaker: David Muzio, Principal, Executive Consulting, MCR LLC
Presentation
2:45 – 3:00 BREAK
3:00 – 4:30 Acquisition Reform Undone
Moderator:
Reginald A. Banks, Director of Contracts, Raytheon Company and
Vice Chair, NDIA Contract & Acquisition Management
Committee
Panelists:
James J. McCullough, Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Jacobson LLP
Michael D. McGill, Associate, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Presentation
James F. Steggall, Director, Contracts & Policy, Rockwell Collins
Presentation
Neil H. Horikoshi, Director, Global Business Development, IBM
Presentation
- 2008 National Defense Authorization Act Emerging Issues
- Commercial Items/New Cost and Pricing Data Impacts
- Information Technology “Green Procurement” Challenges
4:30 – 5:00 Industrial Security
Speaker: David Konicki, Chief of Security, General Dynamics Electric Boat
- Information Assurance – Sensitive But Unclassified Information
- Update on Security Clearance Processing Backlog and Its Impact
5:00 Conference Summary & Adjournment