[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11716-11717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4716]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Acquisition Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the 
President.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the 
Acquisition Advisory Panel established in accordance with the Services 
Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 will meet on March 30, 2005 and again on 
April 19, 2005 at 9 a.m., eastern time. Location for the March 30, 2005 
meeting will be the General Services Administration (GSA) Auditorium at 
1800 F. Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405. While the meeting is open to 
the public, building security requires you to provide your name to the 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) (contact information listed below) by 
March 28, 2005. You will need photo identification to enter the 
building. Location for the April 19, 2005 meeting is expected to be the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) basement auditorium, 801 
17th Street NW., Washington DC 20434. While this meeting is open to the 
public, building security requires that you provide your

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name to the DFO by April 14, 2005. Confirm the location of the April 
19th meeting by visiting the Panel's Web site at http://www.acqnet.gov/aap. Confirmation is expected to be posted by March 21, 2005. 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. The Panel established the following five 
working groups during its February 28, 2005 meeting: Commercial 
Practices/Commercial Items; Performance-based Contracting; 
Governmentwide Contracts and Interagency Contract Vehicles; Cross-
cutting Issues--Small Business, and; Cross-cutting Issues--Federal 
Workforce. The working groups will report on their initial progress 
during the March 30th, 2005 meeting, which may also include any follow-
up recommendations for additional working groups or other issues to be 
examined. The April 19th meeting will cover any significant updates as 
well as discussions related to the topics of each of the working 
groups. The public may obtain copies of Initial Working Group Issues 
for the Commercial Practices, Governmentwide Contracts and Interagency 
Contract Vehicles, Performance-based Contracting, and Cross-cutting 
Issues--Federal Workforce working groups at the Panel's Web site under 
Working Groups at http://www.acqnet.gov/aap.
    In addition to discussions related to these working groups, the 
Panel has also invited presentations from specific individuals in the 
private sector on commercial practices during the March 30th meeting 
and individuals from both the public and private sectors during the 
April 19th meeting. These presentations will focus on a number of 
issues including, but not limited to commercial practices/techniques 
for the use of time and materials or labor hour contracts, share-in-
savings contracts, best value procurements, use of firm-fixed price 
contracts or task orders for services, competition for services 
contracts and task orders, including information technology and 
business process services, and the development of requirements for 
services procurements. A draft agenda will be posted at the Panel's Web 
site at http://www.acqnet.gov/aap prior to each meeting. While these 
two meetings will include presentations by invitation only, the general 
public will be given the opportunity to provide oral statements to the 
Panel at a subsequent meeting to be announced in the Federal Register. 
The Panel also seeks written public statements of any length 
specifically related to the working group topics. Although the Panel 
accepts written comments until the date of the meeting (unless 
otherwise stated), written comments should be received by the DFO at 
least five business days prior to the meeting date so that the written 
comments may be made available to the Panel for their consideration. 
Written comments should be supplied, electronically if possible, to the 
DFO at the e-mail address (or for hardcopies, mailing address) noted 
below. Acceptable electronic formats include Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft 
Word, Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. Those 
providing written comments and who attend the meeting are also asked to 
bring 35 copies of their comments for public distribution.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. Interested parties are invited 
to attend the meetings.

Meeting Accommodations

    Individuals requiring special accommodation to access the public 
meeting listed above should contact the DFO at least five business days 
prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
    Requests for additional information or written statements should be 
directed to Laura Auletta, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at 
[email protected] or (202) 208-7279, General Services 
Administration, 1800 F. Street, NW., Room 4006, Washington, DC 20405.

Laura Auletta,
Designated Federal Officer (Executive Director).
[FR Doc. 05-4716 Filed 3-8-05; 8:45 am]
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