[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25613-25614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4070]


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

DATES: There are five meetings announced in this Federal Register 
Notice. Public meetings of the Panel will be held on May 18th, May 
31st, June 14th, July 7th and July 21st 2006. All meetings will begin 
at 9 a.m. Eastern Time and end no later than 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Except for the July 7th meeting, all public meetings will be 
held at the Small Business Administration (SBA), 409 Third Street, SW., 
Washington, DC, 2nd Floor Eisenhower Conference Room (Metro stop at 
building: Federal Center Southwest, Orange or Blue Lines). The July 7th 
meeting will be held at the new FDIC Building, 3501 N. Fairfax Drive, 
Arlington, VA 22226, Room 203. This facility is a quarter of a block 
off of the Orange Line metro stop for Virginia Square. The public must 
pre-register

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one week in advance for all meetings due to security and/or seating 
limitations (see below for information on pre-registration).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public wishing further 
information concerning these meetings or the Panel itself, or to pre-
register for the meetings, 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 Mr. Emile Monette, AAP 
Staff Analyst, in writing at: [email protected] or by Fax at 202-
501-3341, or mail at the address given above for the DFO. Requests must 
be received no later than one week prior to the meeting for which 
speaking time is desired.

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 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 meetings will be discussions of and voting 
on working group findings and recommendations from selected working 
groups, established at the February 28, 2005 and May 17, 2005 public 
meetings of the AAP (see http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html for 
a list of working groups). The Panel welcomes oral public comments at 
these meetings and has reserved one-half hour for this purpose at each 
meeting. Members of the public wishing to address the Panel during the 
meeting must contact Mr. Monette, in writing, as soon as possible to 
reserve time (see contact information above).
    (b) Posting of Draft Reports: Members of the public are encouraged 
to regularly visit the Panel's web site for draft reports. Currently, 
the working groups are staggering the posting of various sections of 
their draft reports at http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html under 
the link for ``Working Group Reports.'' The most recent posting is from 
the Commercial Practices Working Group. The public is encouraged to 
submit written comments on any and all draft reports.
    (c) Adopted Recommendations: The Panel has adopted recommendations 
presented by the Small Business, Interagency Contracting, and 
Performance-Based Acquisition Working Groups as of the date of this 
notice. While additional recommendations from some of these working 
groups are likely and adopted recommendations from other working groups 
will be posted as recommendations are adopted, the public is encouraged 
to review and comment on the recommendations adopted by the Panel to 
date by going to http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html and 
selecting the link for ``Panel Recommendations To Date.''
    (d) Availability of Meeting Materials: Please see the Panel's Web 
site for any available materials, including draft agendas and minutes. 
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 ``Revised Commercial Practices 
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.
    (e) 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 Mr. Emile Monette, in 
writing (via mail, e-mail, or fax identified above for Mr. Monette) 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/or presentation slides for distribution to the Panel at 
the meeting. Speakers wishing to use a Power Point presentation must e-
mail the presentation to Mr. Monette 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:  Because 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.

    (f) 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. 06-4070 Filed 4-28-06; 8:45 am]
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