Keynote Speakers:
Shelley Metzenbaum, Former Associate Director for Performance and Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget
Cass Sunstein, Author, Simpler: The Future of Government

The Office of Management and Budget has asked federal agencies to strengthen their measurement and analytic practices to find what works and ways to reduce costs in program execution and daily operations. From program performance and goal-setting to leveraging high performance analytics to forecast future decisions, leveraging the massive amount of data collected by federal agencies is quickly becoming the new standard.

Speakers Include:
Nani Coloretti, Assistant Secretary for Management, Department of the Treasury
Shvetank Shah, Executive Director, CEB

Facilitator:
Judy England-Joseph, Research Director, Partnership for Public Service

As budget cuts loom, achieving operational efficiency is more important than ever. Finding ways to create better functioning processes, teams and financial practices shouldn't feel like a Herculean effort, there's help out there. Join a community of managers looking for solutions to the most challenging operations challenges of the moment. Learn how leaders can most effectively make changes in their organizations to start cutting costs and creating more effective, streamlined organizations.

Speakers Include:
Rhea Suh, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior
Dr. Thom Terwilliger, Chief Learning Officer, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peggy Sherry, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security

Moderator:
Dana Grinshpan, Research Manager, Government Business Council

Reinvention in the early 1990s energized an embryonic performance movement through a range of initiatives such as the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 and linking SES bonuses to mission performance. In addition, they promoted performance-oriented efforts, such as Baltimore’s Citistat, which has since expanded across the country. This session will address how these reforms influenced performance in the years that followed; and more importantly, where is the performance movement today and what is its future, with the advent of the GPRA Modernization Act?

As agencies are challenged to find cost-savings across their portfolios, contract spending is coming under increased scrutiny. The Obama Administration has advocated less reliance on contractors, issued a new directive on strategic sourcing and taken other steps toward procurement reform. At the same time, budget pressures may dictate more reliance on contractors instead of full-time staff. Learn how your program could be affected by the changing contracting environment.

Speakers Include:
Anne Rung, Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Advisor to the Administrator, General Services Administration
Robert Burton, Partner, Venable LLP; Former Deputy Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Moderator:
Roger Waldron, President, Coalition for Government Procurement

In the government-wide drive to reduce costs while meeting missions, the Defense Department’s logistics and transportation commands offer examples of real progress. Vice Admiral Mark D. Harnitchek, who heads the Defense Logistics Agency, has told his staff that “we’re setting aggressive goals that will significantly improve support to our customers while dramatically driving down operations and material costs.” VADM Harnitchek came to DLA from the U.S. Transportation Command, where, as deputy commander, he also led a successful effort to rein in costs. He will offer lessons for succeeding in today’s austere environment.

Speakers Include:
VADM Mark Harnitchek, Director, Defense Logistics Agency

Moderator:
Tim Clark, Editor at Large, Government Executive Media Group

Focusing on government’s customers was seen as a radical notion in the early 1990s. But reinvention was all about improving services to citizens. To do this, reinventors led a series of initiatives such as the federal government’s first-ever measurement of customer satisfaction with agency services. This panel will look at what has happened since and what else is on the horizon, especially how agencies are using today’s technologies to improve their customer service efforts.

Join three past W. Edwards Deming Award winners to understand how these panelists have spearheaded and enhanced innovative training programs within their organizations. Learn about protecting training budgets and designing training that demonstrates strong performance outcomes and meets mission objectives. - Learn how to overcome your agency's training challenges.; - Learn how to build performance measures into your training programs.; - Learn how to make a case for preserving training and workforce development with tightening budgets.

Speakers Include:
Stephen Cricchi, Director. Integrated Systems Evaluation, Experimentation and Test Department, Naval Air Systems Command; 2012 Deming Winner
Patricia Jones, Executive Director of the Office of Appellate Operations, Social Security Administration; 2011 Deming Winner
Tim Harvey, Chief, Park Facility Management Devision, National Park Division, National Park Service; 2010 Deming Winner

Moderator:
Francis Rose, Anchor of In Depth, Federal News Radio

There is a growing consensus that greater collaboration – between agencies as well as between government and the private sector – will be essential to enabling mission success in today’s world of complex challenges and constrained budgets. But how do you actually make these relationships work? While there have been some notable triumphs, there have also been efforts that consumed significant resources with little impact and those that have faltered after starting off strong. It takes more than individuals acting more cooperatively to realize positive institution-to-institution collaborations. In this interactive session, we will discuss the innovative range of partnering modes that have emerged: from the sharing of people and information to the incubation of new ideas and assets to full strategic social partnerships composed of multiple agencies, private companies, and the social sector. Perhaps more importantly, we will share tested tools and tips your agency can apply to help enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of current and future collaborations.

Speakers Include:
Ed Van Buren, Principal, Monitor Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP
W. Bruce Chew, Director, Monitor Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP

The Department of the Interior handles one of the largest and most complex records management programs at a cabinet-level agency. By centralizing records and information management the department is adapting to keep pace with an increasingly mobile workforce. The solution centralizes all records, minimizes risk and provides extensive cost avoidance. With all federal programs under pressure to cut costs, the Department of the Interior serves as an excellent case study for leveraging cloud-first solutions and advanced technologies to manage big data. Hear from the innovators leading cutting-edge changes in one of the federal government's largest agencies.

Speaker:
John Montel, eRecords Service Manager, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Interior

Software developers have produced thousands of apps and programs designed to make you a more collaborative, more mobile and ultimately more productive manager. But which of these tools are actually worth your while? In this session, we explore the ways government innovators are making the most new technologies to further mission effectiveness. With ever-improving tools in areas like collaboration, data analysis, mobility and telework, learn from real government innovators about how you can be a more productive manager and in turn make your program more operationally efficient.

Speakers Include:
Casey Coleman, Chief Information Officer, General Services Administration
Cindy Auten, General Manager, Mobile Work Exchange
Tiffany Smith, Deputy Chief, Knowledge Leadership Division, Department of State

Moderator:
Mark Micheli, Editor, Excellence in Government Online

With social media and other communications tools improving every day, government agencies are learning how best to engage their constituencies--not for the sake of engagement but to learn how to improve presentation and implementation of their programs. Federal leaders are figuring out which technologies work best in different circumstances to promote engagement and to analyze the feedback they receive.

Speakers Include:
Brandon Friedman, Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard; former Director of Online Communications, Department of Veterans Affairs
Tom Cochran, CTO, Atlantic Media; Former Director of New Media Technologies, White House
Hilary Brandt, Director of the Office of Innovative Engagement, Bureau of International Information Programs, Department of State

Moderator:
David McClure, Associate Administrator, Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, General Services Administration

The 1993 reinvention report catalyzed numerous IT initiatives, such as electronic benefit payments, electronic tax filing, and one-stop web services. In addition to technological innovation, the Reinvention initiative worked to create a culture of innovation through a governmentwide network of hundreds of Reinvention Labs and recognition of thousands of innovators through its Hammer Awards. How have these pioneers influenced today’s innovators and what is now on the horizon that could not have been conceived of 20 years ago?

 

Keynote Speakers:
Connie Newman, Member Board of Trustees, Graduate School USA
Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States

Intrapreneurship – the act of behaving like an entrepreneur within a large organization – is a rising management concept that forward-thinking private sector organizations are adopting in order to foster innovation, employee engagement, and creativity. Intrapreneurship creates a framework where employees are granted autonomy and freedom to drive projects of their own in an entrepreneurial way, allowing dormant ideas that employees have to take shape. Learn to identify and nurture opportunities for intrapreneurship in your agency and to develop a program-wide culture of innovation.

Speakers Include:
Udaya Patnaik, Co-Founder, Jump Associates
Richard Culatta, Acting Director, Office of Educational Technology, Department of Education
Ben Balter, Presidential Innovation Fellow
Allen Hepner, Senior Planning & Performance Manager, Food Safety and Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture
Kevin Kuhn, Innovation Team, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency

Moderator:
Richard Boly, Director, Office of eDiplomacy, U.S. Department of State

Big data is here to stay, and using data analytics to track personnel performance is quickly becoming a required aspect of the federal managers’ job. But, like any management tool, data big data has its limits. Learn how other federal leaders are using data to inform their management decisions and understand what data – even with the richest analysis – can’t do.

Speakers Include:
Max Peterson, Director, Business Development and Partners, Amazon Web Services
Timothy Paydos, Director, Worldwide Government Big Data Team, IBM
Dr. Subha Madhavan, Director, Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics, Georgetown University

Moderator:
Chris Wilson, TechAmerica Foundation

The need to communicate to not only your staff but to your constituents is even more important today. The need to be mobile, but stay connected is not on your wish list, but is mandatory. With travel budgets down and telework on the rise you need to bring the right people together with the right information at the right time. In this session, we will explore how your agency can access information faster, bring people together more easily, make decisions more quickly, and communicate across different devices, all while reducing your operating costs.

Speaker:
Matthew Davidson, Senior Executive Briefer, Avaya Government Solutions

New Government Business Council research shows that hiring for the right skills is one of the top concerns of managers across government. Budget cutbacks and furloughs on top of retirements and normal attrition can lead to accelerated loss of institutional knowledge and widen or even create skills gaps. This session will discuss three important steps that you can take today to help you meet your HR goals and maintain delivery of key and critical government services: - Drive efficiency by defining, consolidating, and standardizing descriptions of what you need; - Meet HR demands and retain knowledge by clearly seeing the skills you already have in house; - View and manage your leadership pipeline while helping individuals see a clear and compelling career path within your agency. We'll discuss real examples of how these steps are being taken in government today and best practices in the area of position classification, skills identification, and career mapping.

Speakers Include:
Susan Fallon, Vice President of Global Strategy and Business Development, Monster Government Solutions

The world has changed for Federal leaders. Today’s reality is that most of the “wicked” challenges they face extend far beyond their agency stovepipes and are increasingly complex, cross-cutting, and interagency in nature. These challenges demand integrated, ‘whole of government’ (in other words, enterprise) solutions. They also demand new kind of leader, one that can cut across those agency stovepipes, leverage networks of critical organizational and individual actors, and mobilize the whole panoply of government’s capabilities to deal with them. These enterprise leaders are the subject of a new book co-edited by Jackson Nickerson and Ron Sanders and published by the Brookings Institution. In this highly interactive session, Sanders, one of government’s most respected human capital experts, and former Coast Guard Commandant ADM Thad Allen (who also contributed to the book) will discuss this emerging leadership model, describe its unique set of competencies, and provide a series of insightful exercises and case studies that highlight the need for this new breed of government leader.

Speaker:
Ron Sanders, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Thad Allen, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

As government lurches from one budget crisis to the next, concern among employees about the future of federal programs and organizations is on the rise. Under these circumstances, it’s critically important that managers communicate with employees to provide direction about key priorities. Likewise, it’s vital that they learn tried-and-true methods for keeping employees motivated and productive.

Speakers Include:
Dave Uejio, Lead for Talent Acquisition, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Jeffrey Neal, Senior Vice President, ICF International; Former Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Homeland Security

Moderator:
Tom Shoop, Vice President and Editor in Chief, Government Executive Media Group

As managers operate under an imperative to squeeze the most out of their budgets and teams, they also face the challenge of dealing with a workforce that is rapidly changing demographically. This session will focus on adjusting to an exodus of older employees, providing opportunities for strong performers to move up quickly through the ranks, and creating a culture where high performance is the norm.

Speakers Include:
Angela Bailey, Associate Director for Employee Services and Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of Personnel Management
Richard Parker, Deputy Associate Attorney for Diversity Management, Department of Justice
Michael Lawyer, Co-Founder, HUD Under 5, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Moderator:
Kellie Lunney, Senior Correspondent, Government Executive

 

Keynote Speakers:
Philip Howard, Founder, Common Good
Seth Kahan, Author, Getting Innovation Right