GPDC 2009 Speaker Presentations


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-- Wednesday, October 14, 2009 --

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – General Session

W101: Accountability: The More Things Change, The More They Remain the Same
Marion M. Higa, State Auditor, Office of the Auditor, State of Hawaii

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – General Session

W102: What’s It Like Where You Work: Professional Development and Succession Planning
Teresa McKay, Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Concurrent Sessions

W103: Overview of Accounting and Auditing Standards Issued by the GASB, AICPA, OMB and GAO
Robert H. Attmore, Chairman, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
>> Marcia B. Buchanan, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office
James S. Remis, Partner, Federman, Lally & Remis LLC
>> W.A. Broadus, Jr. (Moderator), President, W A Broadus, Jr. CPA, PC

W104: Career Development
John T. Raines, Associate Director for Professional Development, American Society of Military Comptrollers

W105: Survey Says – What Federal and State CFO’s Say About Recovery and Transparency
John W. Cox, Director, Grant Thornton LLP
John Radford, State Comptroller, State of Oregon
>> Clifton A. Williams (Moderator), Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

W106: Tools and Challenges for Transforming Financial Management
>> Douglas W. Webster, Deputy Director, Business Transformation Agency **

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Luncheon Session

W107: Accounting Profession Issues and Exercising Leadership
Ernest A. Almonte, Chairman, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Auditor General, State of Rhode Island)

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Concurrent Sessions

W108: Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Update
>> Robert H. Attmore, Chairman, Governmental Accounting Standards Board

W109: Taking the Next Steps To High Performance in Federal Financial Management: Moving from the
“Back Room” to the “Board Room.”

Charles Cook, National President, American Society of Military Comptrollers (Deputy Commandant for Programs and
Resources, U.S. Marine Corps)
Audrey Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations, U.S. Air Force
>> Zack E. Gaddy (Moderator), Managing Director, KPMG

W110: The Mortgage Fraud Crisis
>> James Heist, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Joan Hobbs, Regional Inspector General for Audit, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

W111: Department of Defense’s Budget and Financial Management Priorities
Mike McCord, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Defense

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Concurrent Sessions

W112: Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (AICPA) Update
>> James S. Remis, Partner, Federman, Lally & Remis LLC

W113: Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System
>> Audrey Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations, U.S. Air Force

W114: Web 2.0: How Avatars, Wikis, and Blogs Are Transforming Government
>> Andrew P. Krzmarzick, Senior Project Coordinator, Office of Business Development, Graduate School

W115: The Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System (DIMHRS)
>> Allen Tidwell, Operations Officer, Business Transformation Agency

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – General Session

W116: Impact of the Recovery Act on Federal, State, and Local Governments
Mark Anderson, Deputy Director, Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, State of Hawaii
>> Zack E. Gaddy, Managing Director, KPMG
>> Mike McCord, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Defense
Relmond P. Van Daniker (Moderator), Executive Director, Association of Government Accountants

-- Thursday, October 15, 2009 --

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – General Session

T100: Recovery Act Update and Reporting Requirements
>> Marcia B. Buchanan, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office
>> John W. Cox, Director, Grant Thornton LLP
>> John Radford, State Controller, State of Oregon
>> Charles Cook (Moderator), National President, American Society of Military Comptrollers (Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, U.S. Marine Corps)

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Concurrent Sessions

T101: Financial Management Systems – Smooth Implementations
>> Bill Webb, Director of Public Sector Services, BroadPoint Technologies, Inc.; Richard Willett, Senior Principal, Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio & Associates

T102: Financial Improvement Strategies: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Norman S. Dong, Chief Financial Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency
>> David L. Norquist, Partner, Kearney & Company, P.C.;
David M. Zavada, Partner, Kearney & Company, P.C.

Christopher H. Flaggs, (Moderator), Deputy Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of State

T103: Planning, Programming, Budget Execution (PPBE) Process
>> Charles Cook, National President, American Society of Military Comptrollers (Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, U.S. Marine Corps)

T104: The New Healthcare Challenges and Military Medicine Synopsis
Michael H. Anderson, Rear Admiral, Surgeon, U.S. Pacific Command
Mark O. Boman, Captain, Director, Program Operations, TRICARE Regional Office-West
Colin G. Chinn, Captain, Force Surgeon, Specialty Leader for Fleet Marine Forces, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific
Richard Jeffries, (Moderator), Rear Admiral, Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Marines Corps

T105: Internal Control Risk - Management’s Self-Assessment
>> William A. Morehead, National President, Association of Government Accountants,(Chair of Accountancy, CIS & Finance, Delta State University)

T106: Army in the Pacific and The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
>> Eugene Smith, Colonel, Deputy Region Director, Installation Management Command, Pacific Region **

T107: In-Sourcing of Contracted Services to Government Performance
>> Thomas Hessel, Senior Manpower Analyst, Requirements and Program & Budget Coordination Directorate, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness (P&R) – via teleconference

T108: Ethics Codes Don’t Make People Ethical
Don L. Mullinax, Shareholder, Forensic/Strategic Solutions, PC

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Luncheon Session

T109: Leadership in Homeland Defense World
Manson K. Brown, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, District Commander, Fourteenth Coast Guard District

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Concurrent Sessions

T110: Hot Topics: Yellow Book, Independence and More
>> Marcia B. Buchanan, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office

T111: Assessing Your Financial Management Workforce
>> Julia Anderson, Executive Director, Financial Management Programs, Management Concepts

T112: Transforming Accountability: Recovery Act Reporting and Oversight
Christopher H. Flaggs, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of State
Robert A. Knox, Assistant Inspector General for Recovery Oversight Office, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Interior
Relmond P. Van Daniker, Executive Director, Association of Government Accountants
>> David M. Zavada (Moderator), Partner, Kearney & Company, P.C.

T113: Army (USARPAC) Initiatives to Overcome Mission Growth Without Commensurate Resources
William Brents, Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff, Resource Management, U.S. Army Pacific

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Concurrent Sessions

T114: Fund Balance Reporting and Governmental Fund Type Definitions (GASB 54)
>> Robert H. Attmore, Chairman, Governmental Accounting Standards Board

T115: Citizen Centric Reporting
>> Relmond P. Van Daniker, Executive Director, Association of Government Accountants

T116: Improving Financial Management and Accountability at the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Norman S. Dong, Chief Financial Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency
John Jenkins, Chief, Disaster & Field Programs, Federal Emergency Management Agency

T117: Walking in the Clouds with Our Feet on the Ground: Knowledge Management in the Government
>> Jo-Ann Hague, Principal Analyst, U.S. Air Force Knowledge Now (Triune Group) **
Robert T. Cook (Moderator), Director, Grant Thornton LLP

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – General Session

T118: Intergovernmental Cooperation
Gordon Bruce, Chief Information Officer, City and County of Honolulu
John Cox, Director, Grant Thornton LLP
Marion M. Higa, State Auditor, Office of the Auditor, State of Hawaii
William A. Morehead (Moderator), National President, Association of Government Accountants
(Chair of Accountancy, CIS & Finance, Delta State University)

-- Friday, October 16, 2009 --

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – General Session

F100: Pacific Rim Emerging Issues
William Brents, Colonel, Deputy Chief of Staff, Resource Management, U.S. Army Pacific
Randall Cieslak, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Pacific Command
Charles Cook, National President, American Society of Military Comptrollers
(Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, U.S. Marine Corps)
Alvin Tucker (Moderator), Executive Director, American Society of Military Comptrollers

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Concurrent Sessions

F101: An In-Depth Review of Statement of Auditing Standards Numbers 114 and 115
>> James S. Remis, Partner, Federman, Lally & Remis LLC

F102: Information Assurance
>> Gordon Bruce, Chief Information Officer, City and County of Honolulu
>> Randall Cieslak, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Pacific Command
>> Donny C. Shimamoto (Moderator), Managing Director, IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLP

F103: A Comptroller’s Primer When Changing Administrations
>> Debra S. Delmar, Managing Partner, Vanguard Advisors LLC;Roger W. Scearce, Senior Partner, Vanguard Advisors LLC

F104: In Theater Deployment of Business Transformation Agency Enterprise Systems
>> Fred Allen, Division Chief for Contingency Requirements, Transformation Priorities and Requirements, Supply Chain Management, Business Transformation Agency

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Concurrent Sessions

F105: Defense Financial Management and Comptroller School: Session 1 - Introduction to Decision Support
LaShunda V. Lewis, Instructor, Defense Financial Management and Comptroller School

F106: Single Audit Update
>> W.A. Broadus, Jr., President, W A Broadus, Jr. CPA, PC

F107: Wide Area Work Flow and Standard Transaction Processing
>> Gregory Little, Defense Sourcing Requirements Supplier Management Leader, Business Transformation Agency

F108: Beyond Enterprise Resource Planning
Collette Cowan, Solutions Senior Manager, Oracle Corporation
R. Scott Trivett, Senior Solutions Specialist, Oracle Corporation
J.D. Williams, Vice President, State & Local Government, Oracle Corporation

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Luncheon Session

F109: Developing Your Career in the Public Sector
Audrey Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations, U.S. Air Force

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Concurrent Sessions

F110: Steps Needed to Revise Single Audit Focus for the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act Funding
W.A. Broadus Jr., President, W A Broadus, Jr. CPA, PC
Marcia B. Buchanan, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office

F111: Identity Theft
>> Bruce E. Sullivan, Head of Commercial Partnerships, Federal Government, Visa Inc. **

F112: Procure to Pay Enterprise Resource Planning Pilots
>> Kimberly Pisall, Director of Transformation Priorities and Requirements, Supply Chain Management,
Business Transformation Agency

F113: Defense Financial Management and Comptroller School: Session 2 - True Colors (Part I)
LaShunda V. Lewis, Instructor, Defense Financial Management and Comptroller School

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Concurrent Sessions

F114: Defense Financial Management and Comptroller School: Session 3 - True Colors (Part II)
LaShunda V. Lewis, Instructor, Defense Financial Management and Comptroller School

F115: Single Audit Quality: Steps for Improvement
W.A. Broadus, Jr., President, W A Broadus, Jr. CPA, PC
>> Marcia B. Buchanan, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office

F116: Network Security
Arnold Laanui, Special Agent, Computer Crime Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigations

F117: Defense Travel Enterprise
Andrea Carlock, Deputy, Commercial Travel Division, Defense Travel Management Office
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4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – General Session and Closing

F118: How AGA and ASMC are Advancing Government Financial and Performance Reporting
>> Relmond P. Van Daniker, Executive Director, Association of Government Accountants
Alvin Tucker, Executive Director, American Society of Military Comptrollers