Federal Facilities Council

8:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Mr. Leo Phelan, Veterans Benefits Administration, Vice Chair, Federal Facilities Council Design and Construction Committee

8:45 a.m. Keynote Address: Report of the President’s Commission to Study Capital Budgeting.
Dr. Carol Ó’Cléireacáin, Brookings Institution

9:30 a.m. Leading Practices in Capital Decision-Making
Dr. Paul Posner, Director, Budget Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office

10:00 a.m. Break

10:30 .am. Capital Programming Guide: Implementation Experience.
Ms. Lauren Uher, Deputy Associate Administrator for Acquisition Implementation, Office of Federal Procurement Policy

11:00 a.m. Agency Practices for Effective Capital Asset Decision Making.
Mr. Ron Kendall, Policy Director, Office of Portfolio Management, General Services Administration
Rear Admiral Ronald F. Silva, Assistant Commandant for Systems, Chief Engineer, U.S. Coast Guard

Dr. Get Moy, Director, Planning and Engineering Support, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

12:30 p.m. Lunch (provided on-site)

1:30 p.m. Management in Use: Making the Case for Facilities.
Mr. Ron Woody, Director of Facilities Management Technology, Office of the Architect of the Capitol

Ms. Lucia Garsys, Capital Program Administrator, Hillsborough County, Florida

2:30 p.m. Leveraging Existing Assets.
Mr. Robert Neary, Associate Chief, Strategic Management Office, Department of Veterans Affairs

Mr. Stanley Langfeld, Director, Real Property Policy Division, Office of Governmen-w-ide Policy, General Services Administration
Mr. David Bibb, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Real Property, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration

3:45 p.m. Open forum with the audience.

4:15 p.m. Adjourn