[Federal Register: August 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 156)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 one meeting of
the Acquisition Advisory Panel (AAP or ``Panel'') established in
accordance with the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003.
DATES: There is one conditional meeting announced in this Federal
Register Notice. A Public meeting of the Panel will be held on August
29, 2006 if the Panel does not complete its work at the previously
published public meeting on August 10, 2006. If held, the meeting 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 workday before this
meeting for a pre-recorded message to learn if the meeting is
cancelled. The public may also visit the Panel's Web site for
cancellation messages (http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html).
ADDRESSES: The August 29, 2006 meeting, if held, will be at the new
FDIC Building, 3501 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA in Room A2062. 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: Members of the public wishing further
information concerning this meeting or the Panel itself, or to pre-
register for the meeting, should contact Ms. Laura Auletta, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), at: laura.auletta@gsa.gov, 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.
Meeting--The focus of this meeting 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, Performance-
Based Acquisition, Acquisition Workforce and Commercial Practices
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
``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 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. 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 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. E6-13288 Filed 8-11-06; 8:45 am]
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