[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2068-2069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-258]



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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

 January 9, 2006.
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the 
President.

ACTION: Cancellation and Announcement of a Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget is issuing this notice to 
advise the public that the January 19, 2006 public meeting of the 
Acquisition Advisory Panel (AAP or ``Panel'') established in accordance 
with the Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) of 2003 has been 
cancelled and replaced with a January 31, 2006 public meeting.

DATES: The meeting being cancelled by this notice is the January 19, 
2006 meeting and a new meeting is announced for January 31, 2006, 
beginning at 9 a.m. eastern time and ending no later than 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The January 31, 2006 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 all meetings due to security and/or seating 
limitations (see below for information on pre-registration).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Members of the public wishing further 
information concerning this notice or the Panel itself, or to pre-
register for the meeting, should contact 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 Anne Terry, AAP Senior 
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 at which they wish to speak.

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 meetings. Opportunity for public comments will be 
provided at the January 31, 2006 meeting. The Panel has been extended 
from one year to 18 months by the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006. Therefore, additional public meetings are 
anticipated and will be announced in the Federal Register.
    January 31, 2006 Meeting. The preliminary recommendations of one or 
more selected working groups, established at the February 28, 2005 and 
May 17, 2005 public meetings of the AAP (see http://www.acqnet.gov/aap 
for a list of working groups), will be discussed by the full Panel 
during this meeting. The Panel may also hear from some additional 
invited speakers. The Panel welcomes oral public comments at this 
meeting and has reserved one hour for this purpose. Members of the 
public wishing to address the Panel during the meeting must contact 
Anne Terry, in writing, as soon as possible to reserve time (see 
contact information above).
    (b) Posting of Draft Reports and Preliminary Findings and 
Recommendations: Members of the public are encouraged to regularly 
visit the Panel's Web site at http://www.acqnet.gov/aap for draft 
reports (under ``Working Group Reports'') and preliminary findings and 
recommendations (under ``Meeting Materials'' or ``Meeting Minutes''). 
Currently, the working groups are staggering the posting of various 
sections of their draft reports.
    (c) Availability of Materials for the Meetings: Please see the 
Panel's Web site for any available materials, including draft agendas 
and minutes (http://www.acqnet.gov/aap). 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 ``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.
    (d) Procedures for Providing Public Comments: It is the policy of 
the Panel to accept written public comments of any length, and to 
accommodate oral 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 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 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: 
Since 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.
    (e) 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. 06-258 Filed 1-11-06; 8:45 am]
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