[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36664-36665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12578]


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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 meeting.

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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 July 12, 2005 
beginning at 9 a.m. eastern time and ending no later than 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The July 12, 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 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 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 the draft agenda for this meeting which will be posted prior 
to the 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, 
scope reports provided by each working group at the June 14, 2005 
meeting (if a presentation was used), and public presentations made to 
the Panel at its Web site under ``Meeting Materials'' and ``Working 
Groups'' 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 July 12th meeting. Because Panel members may ask 
questions, reserved times will 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

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prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

Laura Auletta,
Designated Federal Officer (Executive Director), Acquisition Advisory 
Panel.
[FR Doc. 05-12578 Filed 6-21-05; 2:06 pm]
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