A course for the experienced professional!

A high-intensity interactive learning opportunity for Government and industry professionals — specifically assembled and presented by senior A-76 experts.

This is the course to answer specific A-76/FAIR Act/Commercial Services Management questions. Senior A-76 practitioners and related experts present a high-intensity, interactive learning process specifically tailored to the attendees from Government and industry.

The first day is dedicated to specific A-76 issues. Registrants are requested to identify topics during registration to be discussed in the sessions. Prior topics have.

* Formerly known as Competitive Sourcing.

• Inventory strategies and agency specific function codes
• The advantages and timing of preliminary planning
• The politics of the program
• The requirement for specific competition positions to be “inherently governmental”
• Timing announcements for best results
• Breaking the mold on PWSs to improve communication and competition
• True Performance-based Service Contracting
• FAR issues
• Taking an ISO approach to Quality Control and Quality Assurance
• Zero-based MEOs that reflect commercial approaches with the governmental advantages
• Human Resource Advisor responsibility
• The role of the Contracting Officer
• Rights and Responsibilities of affected workers
• The positive role to be played by Unions
• News from OMB
• GAO decisions, reports and comments
• Legal decisions
• Legislative Initiatives
• New Laws and Appropriation clauses
• Larger Government trends, including:
• The proposed budget cuts and increases
• Base realignment and closures
• CFO Act, GPRA, GMRA and Clinger-Cohen
• The FAIR Act
• Human Capital
• Alternatives and exceptions, including:
• Privatization
• ESOP
• Transitional Benefit Corporation
• New Requirements
• Segregable expansion
• High Performing Organizations and deviations

Date: October 16-17, 2008, Washington, DC

Registration Fee: Government Personnel $845
                            Non-Government Personnel $895

Instructors: Stephen Sorett, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge
                   Dorn C. McGrath, III, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP
                   Dale Warden, Warden Associates, Inc.

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For more information on any of these courses, please contact Professor Gilbert J. Ginsburg or David J. Kline at (202)776-7776, fax (202)776-7773, or e-mail to info@a76institute.com.