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.
Click the date to view each date’s events:
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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