[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30821-30822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10707]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


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 a meeting of the 
Acquisition Advisory Panel (AAP or ``Panel'') established in accordance 
with the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003.

DATES: A public meeting of the Panel will be held on June 14, 2005 
beginning at 9 a.m. eastern time and ending no later than 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The June 14, 2005 meeting will be held at the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Basement Auditorium, 801 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20434. The public is asked to pre-register 
one week in advance for the meeting due to security and seating 
limitations (see below for information on pre-registration).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public wishing further 
information concerning this meeting, the Acquisition Advisory Panel, or 
to pre-register for the meeting, should contact Ms. Laura Auletta, 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at: [email protected], 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 Ms. Anne Terry, 
AAP Staff Analyst, in writing at: [email protected], 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. The Panel working groups, established at 
the February 28, 2005 public meeting of the AAP (see http://www.acqnet.gov/aap for a list of working groups), will report on the 
scope of their review during this meeting, which may include any 
follow-up recommendations for additional working groups or other issues 
to be examined. The Panel also expects to hear from additional invited 
speakers from the public and private sectors who will address issues 
related to the Panel's statutory charter. In addition to working group 
scope reports and invited speakers, the Panel also invites oral public 
comments at this meeting and has reserved an estimated one hour for 
this purpose. Members of the public wishing to address the Panel during 
the meeting must contact Ms. Anne Terry, in writing, as soon as 
possible to reserve time (see contact information above). Additional 
time for oral public comments is expected at future public meetings to 
be announced in the Federal Register.
    (b) Availability of Materials for the Meetings: Please see the 
Acquisition Advisory Panel Web site for any available materials, 
including draft agendas, for this meeting (http://www.acqnet.gov/aap). 
Questions/issues of particular interest to the Panel are also available 
to the public on this Web site. The Panel asks that the public focus on 
these questions/issues when presenting oral public comments or 
submitting written statements to the Panel. The public may also obtain 
copies of Initial Working Group Reports presented at the March 30, 2005 
public meeting and public presentations made to the Panel at its Web 
site under ``Meeting Materials'' at http://www.acqnet.gov/aap.
    (c) Procedures for Providing Public Comments: It is the policy of 
the Acquisition Advisory Panel to accept written public statements of 
any length, and to accommodate oral public comments whenever possible. 
To facilitate Panel discussions at its meetings, the Panel may not 
accept oral comments at all meetings. The Panel Staff expects that 
public statements presented at Panel meetings will be focused on the 
Panel's statutory charter, working group topics, and posted questions/
issues, 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-serve'' basis. To accommodate as many speakers as 
possible, oral public comments must be no longer than 10 minutes for 
the June 14th meeting. Because Panel members may ask questions, 
reserved times will

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be approximate. Interested parties must contact Ms. Anne Terry, in 
writing (via mail, e-mail, or fax identified above for Ms. Terry) 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 presentation slides for distribution to the Panel at the 
meeting. Speakers wishing to use a Power Point presentation must e-mail 
the presentation to Ms. Terry one week in advance of the meeting.
    Written Statements: Although written statements are accepted until 
the date of the meeting (unless otherwise stated), written statements 
should be received by the Panel Staff at least one week prior to the 
meeting date so that they may be made available to the Panel for their 
consideration prior to the meeting. Written statements should be 
supplied to the DFO at the address/contact information given in this 
Federal Register 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: Since the Panel operates under the provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, all public 
presentations or written statements 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.
    (d) 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. 05-10707 Filed 5-25-05; 9:56 am]
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