Procurement Going Forward Today s Questions for Tomorrow s Challenges: 15 th Annual Federal Procurement Institute Table of Contents Volume I Thursday, March 5, 2009 Tab Acknowledgements Program Speakers Biographies A B C Going Abroad? An Introduction to European Procurement Practice Key Emerging Issues in Transatlantic Procurement: The Importance of Communication and Cooperation Christopher Yukins Associate Professor of Government Contracts Law The George Washington University Law School Implications of Measures for Economic Stabilization and Growth in View of the Procurement Law Berthold F. Mitrenga and Stephan Rechten Beiten Burkhardt D E
Public Procurement Remedies under European and German Law An Overview Sabine Pellens lindenpartners F Going Green? Current Issues and Initiatives The Greening of Government Procurement J. Catherine Kunz Crowell & Moring LLP CRS Report to Congress Department of Defense Facilities Energy Conservation Policies and Spending (December 31, 2008) Anthony Andrews Specialist in Energy and Energy Infrastructure Policy The Future Is Bright for Energy Savings Performance Contracts Aaron P. Silberman Rogers Joseph O Donnell Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPEC) Changes Made by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) Mark F. Wagner Vice President Government Relations Johnson Controls, Inc. G H I J
Going Across Borders? The Offshoring of American Government The Offshoring of American Government Michael A. Zuckerman Writing Competition Winner Cornell University Law School K Going to Protest? The Evolving Process at GAO Commentary: GAO s Bid Protest Role (Federal Times, January 19, 2009) Gary Kepplinger General Counsel GAO Bid Protest Overview Michael R. Golden Managing Associate General Counsel Bid Protest Conferences Glenn G. Wolcott Deputy Assistant General Counsel L M N
A Review of New GAO Protest Jurisdiction Thomas P. Humphrey and James G. Peyster Crowell & Moring LLP Prosecuting and Defending GAO Protests In-House Yes, We Can Helaine G. (Lannie) Elderkin Deputy General Counsel CSC Practical Issues in GAO Protests Documents and Task Orders Gena E. Cadieux Assistant General Counsel for Procurement & Financial Assistance U.S. Department of Energy O P Q Going for Compliance? More Contractor Costs and Risks Costs of Mandatory Ethics and Compliance Programs John T. Jones, Jr. General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. and Greg Bingham The Kenrich Group LLC Excessive Pass Through Charges R S
Emerging Acquisition Policy Themes: More Reforms (Reprinted with permission from November 17, 2008 Federal Times) Robert A. Burton Final Rule Issued Mandating Disclosure of Criminal Violations and Civil Fraud When the Contractor Has Credible Evidence (November 12, 2008 Venable LLP government contracts update) Thomas J. Madden Robert A. Burton and James Y. Boland Venable LLP Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008, Sections 6101-3, Close the Contractor Loophole Act, and implementing Federal Acquisition Regulations (Federal Register Notice dated November 12, 2008) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 Section 841 Ethics safeguards related to contractor conflicts of interest Section 864 Regulations on the use of cost-reimbursement contracts Section 872 Database for Federal agency contract and grant officers and suspension and debarment officials T U V W