[Federal Register: June 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 123)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Executive Office of the President; Acquisition Advisory Panel;
Notification of Upcoming Meetings of the Acquisition Advisory Panel
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget announces one meeting of
the Acquisition Advisory Panel (AAP or ``Panel'') established in
accordance with the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003.
DATES: There is one meeting announced in this Federal Register Notice.
A public meeting of the Panel will be held on July 12, 2006 beginning
at 9 a.m. Eastern Time and ending no later than 5 p.m. There are
additional public meetings of the Acquisition Advisory Panel for June
and July 2006 previously published in the Federal Register. For a
schedule of all public meetings, visit http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html
and select the link called ``Schedule.''
ADDRESSES: The July 12th meeting will be held at the new FDIC Building,
3501 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA in the new auditorium Room C3050D.
This facility is \1/4\ block off of the orange line metro stop for
Virginia Square. The public is asked to pre-register one week in
advance of the meeting due to security and/or seating limitations (see
below for information on pre-registration).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public wishing further
information concerning these meetings or the Panel itself, or to pre-
register for the meeting, should contact Ms. Laura Auletta, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), at: laura.auletta@gsa.gov, phone/voice mail
(202) 208-7279, 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-
501-3341, or mail at the address given above for the DFO, no later than
one week prior to the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY 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 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, performance-based contracting,
performance of acquisition functions across agency lines of
responsibility, and governmentwide contracts. Interested parties are
invited to attend the meeting. Opportunity for public comments will be
provided at this meeting. Any change will be announced in the Federal
Register.
Meeting--While the Panel may hear from additional invited speakers,
the focus of this meeting 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 this
meeting and has reserved one-half hour for this purpose. 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
Performance-Based Acquisition Working Groups. While additional
recommendations from some of these working groups are likely, 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 ``Adopted Recommendations.''
(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
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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
``first-come/first-served'' 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, e-mail, 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 IBM-PC/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.
[FR Doc. 06-5762 Filed 6-26-06; 8:45 am]
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