[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 130 (Friday, July 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38676-38677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10710]


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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.

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DATES: There are two conditional meetings announced in this Federal 
Register Notice. A Public meeting of the Panel will be held on July 24, 
2006 if the Panel does not complete its work at the previously 
published public meeting on July 21, 2006. Another public meeting of 
the Panel will be held on July 25, 2006 if the Panel does not complete 
its work at the July 24th meeting. Both meetings, if held, will begin 
at 9 a.m. Eastern Time and end no later than 5 p.m. The public is urged 
to call (202) 208-7279 after 5 p.m. the work day before these meetings 
for a pre-recorded message to learn if the meeting is cancelled. The 
public may also visit the Panel's Web site the morning of the meeting 
for cancellation messages (http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html). 
There are additional public meetings of the Acquisition Advisory Panel 
for July 2006 previously published in the Federal Register. For a 
schedule of all public meetings, visit http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html and select the link called ``Schedule.''

ADDRESSES: Both the July 24th and 25th, 2006 meetings, if held, will be 
at the new FDIC Building, 3501 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA in the 
new auditorium Room C3050D. This facility is \1/4\ block off of the 
orange line metro stop for Virginia Square. The public is asked to pre-
register one week in advance of the meeting 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 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.

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.
    Meetings: 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).
    (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. While additional 
recommendations from some of these working groups are likely, 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 ``Adopted Recommendations.''
    (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 in 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. Please see 
previously published Federal Register Notices for July 2006 
opportunities for oral public comments at the Panel's Web site under 
the link for Federal Register Notices (http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html). The Panel Staff expects that public statements presented 
orally or in writing 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.
    Written Comments: 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: 
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. E6-10710 Filed 7-6-06; 8:45 am]
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