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Check out the event kickoff with opening remarks by Justin Theal, President of the AABPA, Terry Gerton, President of NAPA, and Jonathan Justice, 2021 Chair of ABFM.

Videos of all panels are now available!

Program

THE BUDGET ACT AT 100:

WHY IT MATTERS MORE THAN EVER

 

Conference Program

This event is a collaboration between the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis (AABPA), Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), and National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). Special thanks to the event organizers: Ed Brigham & Karen Kunz, co-chairs; Justin Theal and Courtney Timberlake, AABPA; Terri Gerton, NAPA; and Jonathan Justice, ABFM; Jon Stehle and Karin O’Leary, sponsorship committee; John Buhl and Kaitlyn Blume, communications; and the extraordinary members of the content committee—many of whom are moderators and participants in the week’s panels.

Registration is valid for the entire week and allows access to any and all daily virtual panels, as well as the prerecorded sessions listed on the website, https://1921budgetact.com. Attendees are free to join and leave panels at their convenience.

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MONDAY
June 21st

TUESDAY
June 22nd

WEDNESDAY
June 23rd

THURSDAY
June 24th

FRIDAY
June 25th

POST EVENT
Sessions

Monday, June 21st 2021

LIVE PANELS


10:00- 10:30am – Opening Remarks


10:30 – 11:30am – Summary & Major Components of the Budget & Accounting Act (recorded)

Barry Anderson, former CBO Acting & Deputy and OMB Senior Career Civil Servant Allen Schick, Professor, University of Maryland


12:00 – 1:30pm – Equity in Budgeting

Marilyn Rubin, Rutgers University, Newark
Megan Jordan, Old Dominion University
Chris Fabian, ResourceX
Moderator: John Bartle, University of Nebraska, Omaha

RECORDED PANELS


Point-Counterpoint on the Present and Future of Congressional vs. Executive Budgeting

Roy Meyers, Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Steve Redburn, Professor Lecturer, Trachtenberg School, George Washington University
Moderator: Phil Joyce, Senior Associate Dean, University of Maryland
 

Tuesday, June 22nd 2021

LIVE PANELS


10:30- 11:30am – The Creation & Evolution of the US Government Accountability Office

Kate Siggerud, Chief Operating Officer, GAO

Tom Armstrong, General Counsel, GAO

Moderator: Sue Irving, GAO


12:00 – 1:30pm – Generating Positive Outcomes from Citizen Engagement in Budgeting

Aimee Franklin, University of Oklahoma

Daniel Williams, Baruch, CUNY

Shayne Kavenagh, Government Finance Officers Assoc.

Shari Davis, Participatory Budgeting Program

Moderator: Doug Criscitello, Grant Thorton Public Sector


2:00 – 3:00pm – Integrating Budgeting Across the Enterprise

Geoff Kenyon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Performance, US Dept. of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management

Philip Juengst, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Grants Administration, US Dept. of Education, Office of Finance and Operations

Brent Stevenson, Deputy Associate Director, US Dept. of Interior, Office of the Secretary, Interior Business Center Financial Management Directorate

Moderator: Andy Rider, Director Federal Budget Practice, Unison

RECORDED PANELS


The Impact of Budgeting on other Nations

Barry Anderson, Former CBO Acting & Deputy and OMB Senior Career Civil Servant

Allen Schick, Professor, University of Maryland

Jon Blondal, OECD, Paris


Citizen Engagement: How Would You Fix the Budget?

Ben Tomchik, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Karen Kunz, West Virginia University

Wednesday, June 23rd 2021

LIVE PANELS


11:00- 12:00pm – Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Budgeting

Dr. David Valle-Cruz, Professor, UAEMéx, Member, Mexican National Council of Science and Technology, CONACyT

Robert Judd, Metron Scientific

Moderator: Andrew Pavord, CEO, Federal Consulting Alliance


12:30 – 1:30pm – Citizen Engagement: Budget Tools

Ben Tomchik, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Kurt Thurmaier, Northern Illinois University

Chris Adams, Balancing Act

Moderator: Doug Criscitello, Grant Thornton Public Sector

RECORDED PANELS


A Conversation About Budget History

James Saturno, Specialist on Congress and the Legislative Process, Congressional Research Service

Karen Kunz, Associate Professor, West Virginia University


The 1974 Budget Act

G. William Hoagland, Bipartisan Policy Center

Bruce Meredith, Former Senior Staff to the House Appropriations and Budget Committees

Moderator: Edward Brigham, Federal Consulting Alliance

Thursday, June 24th 2021

LIVE PANELS


10:30- 11:30am – How CBO has Strengthened Congress (prerecorded)

Robert Reischauer, Distinguished Institute Fellow and President Emeritus, Urban Institute: Former Director, CBO.

Doug Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum and former Director, CBO

Philip Joyce, Senior Associate Dean, University of Maryland


12:00 – 1:30pm – Reimagining the Federal Budget Process

Robert Shea, National Managing Principal, Public Policy, Grant Thornton LLP

Kathy Stack, CEO, KB Stack Consulting

Donald Moynihan, McCourt Chair, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Moderator: Steve Redburn, George Washington University

RECORDED PANELS


Disaster Budgeting: How Policy and a Changing Climate are Straining How we Pay for Natural Hazards

Will Painter, Specialist, Homeland Security & Appropriations, Congressional Research Service

Kathryn Godfrey, Assistant Director, US Government Accountability Office

David Victor, USCD/The Brookings Institution

Moderator: Colin Foard, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Friday, June 25th 2021

LIVE PANELS


10:30- 12:00am – Fiscal Federalism: Growth in State and Local Relationships To the Federal Budget

Natalie Keegan, Analyst, American Federalism, Congressional Research Service

Chris Mihm, former Managing Director of GAO’s Strategic Issues Team

Robert Zahradnik, Principal Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Moderator: Scott Pattison, former Executive Director of the National Association of State Budget Officers and National Governors Association


12:30 – 1:30pm – Silo Busting: Sharing Intergovernmental Data

Jane Wiseman, Harvard University, Ash Center for Democratic Governance & innovation

Jeff Sutton, CFO, Drug Enforcement Agency

Francis Frande, CFO, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Moderators: Andrew Pavord, CEO, Federal Consulting Alliance;
Doug Criscitello, Grant Thornton, Public Sector

RECORDED PANELS


 

Post Event Sessions

The Apportionment Process

Moderator: Courtney Timberlake, The Craddock Group


Growth of Federal Spending & Debt as a Portion of the Economy

Maya MacGuineas, CRFB & Bill Gale, The Brookings Institution

Moderator: Terry Gerton, NAPA


Budgeting for Credit- The Federal Credit Reform Act

Deborah Lucas, MIT

Barry Anderson

Kim Burke, The Craddock Group

Doug Criscitello, Grant Thornton

Bill Hoagland, Bipartisan Policy Center

Marvin Phaup, George Washington University

Ed Brigham, Federal Consulting Alliance

 

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