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OUTSOURCING: Making the Decision, Managing Expectations, and Measuring the Results

Marriott at Metro Center
Washington, DC
September 27, 2000

Moderator of the Day – Chip Mather, Acquisition Solutions

  • All professionals evaluating whether their agency delivery of services should be provided in-house or by contractors
  • CFOs and their staffs
  • CIOs and their staffs
  • Program Executives
  • Contract Officers
  • Network Managers
  • Information Technology Professionals

Agencies are examining their core missions, mandates and competencies. OMB Circular A-76 directs that government should privatize non-mission critical functions. In the next five years agency staff attrition is projected to be 35% of today’s government workforce through retirements and competition with the private sector for valuable employees. Information technology is transforming the way agencies function and communicate with the public. Impact of the FAIR Act.

The decisions and strategies that agencies make and implement today will have far-reaching implications. This practical program addresses steps you need to consider to address these critical challenges.

AGENDA
8:20 Welcome
8:30 – 9:15 Success Factors in Public/Private Partnership
Steven C. Stryker, President, Stryker Associates
9:15 – 10:00 Making the Decision to Outsource and Managing the Process
Dave McClure
Senior Assistant Director for IRM Policies and Issues,
GAO
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00 Managing Expectations – Organizational Impact and Cultural Changes
Joyce Doria
Senior Vice President,
Booz-Allen & Hamilton
11:00 – 11:45 How Industry Views the Challenges and Solutions Before Agencies
Moderator – Tom Temin, Editorial Director,
Government Computer News
11:45 – 1:00 Buffet Luncheon and Visit Exhibits
1:00 – 2:00 Implementing a Performance Management System
Paul Wohlleben, Grant Thornton
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 3:00 Seat Management: Total Cost of Ownership Case Study
Lt. Col. Alvin Lee
Chief, Technology Branch, Randolph AFB
3:00 – 4:00 “Lessons from the Trenches” – Best Practices Case Studies
Moderator – Chris Wren, Chief Technology Officer,
GSA Federal Technology Service
    Ron Phelps, Project Manager, INSIGHT Program,
Kennedy Space Center, NASA
    Ken Buck, Executive Director for Business Innovation,
GSA Federal Technology Service
    Jeff de Pasquale, Vice President,
Gartner Group
    Stephen E. Tate, Chief of Corporate Sourcing,
National Security Agency (Invited)