Federal Register: June 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 114)
DOCID: FR Doc 06-5407
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Management and Budget Office
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meetings.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Executive Office of the President; Acquisition Advisory Panel; Notification of Upcoming Meetings of the Acquisition Advisory Panel
DATES: There are two meetings announced in this Federal Register Notice. Public meetings of the Panel will be held on June 29th and July 14th 2006. These meetings are in addition to those already announced for June and July in the Federal Register at 71 FR 25613. All meetings will begin at 9 a.m. Eastern Time and end no later than 5 p.m. For a schedule of all confirmed meetings, please visit the Panel's Web site at http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html and select the link for ``Schedule.''
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Office of Management and Budget announces two meetings of the Acquisition Advisory Panel (AAP or ``Panel'') established in accordance with the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003.
SUMMARY:
Acquisition Advisory Panel,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
(a) Background: The purpose of the Panel is to provide independent
advice and recommendations to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and Congress pursuant to section 1423 of the
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Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003. The Panel's statutory charter
is to review Federal contracting laws, regulations, and governmentwide
policies, including the use of commercial practices, performancebased
contracting, performance of acquisition functions across agency lines
of responsibility, and governmentwide contracts. Interested parties are
invited to attend the meetings. Opportunity for public comments will be
provided at the meetings. Any change will be announced in the Federal Register.
All MeetingsWhile the Panel may hear from additional invited
speakers, the focus of these meetings will be discussions of and voting
on working group findings and recommendations from selected working
groups, established at the February 28, 2005 and May 17, 2005 public
meetings of the AAP (see http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html for
a list of working groups). The Panel welcomes oral public comments at
these meetings and has reserved onehalf hour for this purpose at each
meeting. Members of the public wishing to address the Panel during the
meeting must contact Mr. Monette, in writing, as soon as possible to reserve time (see contact information above).
(b) Posting of Draft Reports: Members of the public are encouraged
to regularly visit the Panel's Web site for draft reports. Currently,
the working groups are staggering the posting of various sections of
their draft reports at http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html under
the link for ``Working Group Reports.'' The most recent posting is from
the Commercial Practices Working Group. The public is encouraged to submit written comments on any and all draft reports.
(c) Adopted Recommendations: The Panel has adopted recommendations
presented by the Small Business, Interagency Contracting, and
PerformanceBased Acquisition Working Groups as of the date of this
notice. While additional recommendations from some of these working
groups are likely and adopted recommendations from other working groups
will be posted as recommendations are adopted, the public is encouraged
to review and comment on the recommendations adopted by the Panel to
date by going to http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html and selecting the link for ``Panel Recommendations To Date.''
(d) Availability of Meeting Materials: Please see the Panel's web
site for any available materials, including draft agendas and minutes.
Questions/issues of particular interest to the Panel are also available
to the public on this Web site on its front page, including ``Questions
for Government Buying Agencies,'' ``Questions for Contractors that Sell
Commercial Goods or Services to the Government,'' ``Questions for
Commercial Organizations,'' and an issue raised by one Panel member
regarding the rules of interpretation and performance of contracts and
liabilities of the parties entitled ``Revised Commercial Practices
Proposal for Public Comment.'' The Panel encourages the public to
address any of these questions/issues when presenting either oral public comments or written statements to the Panel.
(e) Procedures for Providing Public Comments: It is the policy of
the Panel to accept written public comments of any length, and to
accommodate oral public comments whenever possible. The Panel Staff
expects that public statements presented at Panel meetings will be
focused on the Panel's statutory charter and working group topics, and
not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or written statements,
and that comments will be relevant to the issues under discussion.
Oral Comments: Speaking times will be confirmed by Panel staff on a ``firstcome/firstserved'' basis. To accommodate as many speakers as possible, oral public comments must be no longer than 10 minutes. Because Panel members may ask questions, reserved times will be approximate. Interested parties must contact Mr. Emile Monette, in writing (via mail, email, or fax identified above for Mr. Monette) at least one week prior to the meeting in order to be placed on the public speaker list for the meeting. Oral requests for speaking time will not be taken. Speakers are requested to bring extra copies of their comments and/or presentation slides for distribution to the Panel at the meeting. Speakers wishing to use a Power Point presentation must e mail the presentation to Mr. Monette one week in advance of the meeting.
Written Comments: Although written comments are accepted until the date of the meeting (unless otherwise stated), written comments should be received by the Panel Staff at least one week prior to the meeting date so that the comments may be made available to the Panel for their consideration prior to the meeting. Written comments should be supplied to the DFO at the address/contact information given in this FR Notice in one of the following formats (Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files, in IBMPC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Please note: Because the Panel operates under the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, all public
presentations will be treated as public documents and will be made
available for public inspection, up to and including being posted on the Panel's Web site.
(f) Meeting Accommodations: Individuals requiring special
accommodation to access the public meetings listed above should contact
Ms. Auletta at least five business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Laura Auletta,
Designated Federal Officer (Executive Director), Acquisition Advisory Panel.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Members of the public wishing further information concerning these meetings or the Panel itself, or to pre register for the meetings, should contact Ms. Laura Auletta, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at: laura.auletta@gsa.gov, phone/voice mail (202) 2087279, or mail at: General Services Administration, 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4006, Washington, DC 20405. Members of the public wishing to reserve speaking time must contact Mr. Emile Monette, AAP Staff Analyst, in writing at: emile.monette@gsa.gov or by fax at 202 5013341, or mail at the address given above for the DFO, no later than one week prior to the meeting at which they wish to speak.