[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6527-6528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1720]


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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

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

DATES: There are two meetings announced in this Federal Register 
Notice. Public meetings of the Panel will be held on February 23rd and 
March 17th, 2006. All meetings will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard 
Time and end no later than 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The two meetings will be held at the White House Conference 
Center, Truman Room, 726 Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC 20503. 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 these meetings or the Panel itself, or to pre-
register for the meetings, 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 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 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 both meetings. Any change will be announced in the Federal 
Register.
    All Meetings--While the Panel may hear from additional invited 
speakers, the focus of these two meetings will be discussions of 
working group findings and recommendations. 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 discuss with the full Panel the findings and 
recommendations briefed at the October and November 2005 public 
meetings. It

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is anticipated that some voting may occur at one or both of these 
meetings. The Panel welcomes oral public comments at these meetings and 
has reserved one hour for this purpose at each meeting. 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).
    (b) Posting of Draft Reports and Preliminary Findings and 
Recommendations: Members of the public are encouraged to regularly 
visit the Panel's Web site to view draft reports. Currently, the 
working groups are staggering the posting of various sections of their 
draft reports at http://www.acqnet.gov/aap under ``Working Group 
Reports.'' Additionally, many of the preliminary findings and 
recommendations may be found in Power Point slides under ``Meeting 
Materials'' for the October, November, and December meetings. The Panel 
voted on some small business recommendations on January 31, 2006 as 
well. The results of the vote are available on the slides under 
``Meeting Materials'' for that date.
    (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 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 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 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 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 prior to the meeting so that 
appropriate arrangements can be made.

Laura Auletta,
Designated Federal Officer (Executive Director), Acquisition Advisory 
Panel.
 [FR Doc. E6-1720 Filed 2-7-06; 8:45 am]
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