2002 NASACT Annual Conference

Executive Session Summary Steve Kolodney, Vice President for Digital Government, Public Sector Group, AMS Concurrent Session #1 - E-Grants: Streamlining the Grant Process Sandy Swab, OMB/E-grants Denise Francis, Governor's Office, TX Moderator: Sharon Russell, Director of Research & Prof. Development, Office of Examiners of Public Accounts, AL

Concurrent Session #2 - How Much Debt is Too Much? Robert Butkin, State Treasurer, OK Alexander Fraser, Director, Standard & Poor's Moderator: Tom Spencer, Deputy State Treasurer, Chief of Staff, Office of State Treasurer, OK

Concurrent Session #3 - Streamlining the CAFR Therese Regner, Audit Manager, Office of the Auditor General, MI Laura Mester, Director, Financial Control, Office of Financial Management, MI Moderator: Steve Allison, Administrator, Statewide Accounting, Office of the State Controller, ID

Concurrent Session #4 - GASB Update and Asset Management Tom Allen, Chairman, Governmental Accounting Standards Board Kevin McHugh, Senior Vice President, American Appraisal Moderator: Gerry Boaz, Technical Analyst, Office of Comptroller of the Treasury, TN

General Session - Leadership Gordon Graham, Graham Research Consultants Moderator: Herb Maguire, Director, Bureau of Financial Management, Office of Budget, PA

General Session - Fostering the Federal/State Partnership David Walker, U.S. Comptroller General Moderator: Larry Alwin, State Auditor, Office of State Auditor, TX

Concurrent Session #5 - Security of Computer Systems Dave Natelson, Vice President, Oracle Corporation Robert Attmore, Deputy Comptroller, Office of State Comptroller, NY Jim Toczylowski, Partner, KPMG Moderator: Robert Attmore, Deputy Comptroller, Office of the State Comptroller, NY

Concurrent Session #6 - Impact of Alternative Investments on Asset Allocation Vince Lowry, Director of Investments, Solomon, Smith, Barney Jonathan S. Bean, Managing Director, Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies LLC James F. Webb, Senior Vice President and Marketing and Client Service Manager, Evergreen Timberland Investment Management Moderator: Dan Ebersole, Director, Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services, GA

Concurrent Session #7 - State Portals Jeff McCartney, General Manger, YourOklahoma.com George Floyd, Director, Information Services Division, Office of State Finance, OK Leila Malatesta, Director, Office of Fiscal Management, MS Curtis Clark, e-Business Solutions Manager, IBM Public Sector Moderator: Jan Sylvis, Chief of Accounts, Department of Finance and Administration, TN

Concurrent Session #8 - Enhancing Your Message with the Media Dennis Patterson, Audit Publications Coordinator, Office of State Auditor, NC Ron Jenkins, Senior Capitol Correspondent, Associated Press, Capitol Bureau Terri Watkins, News Reporter, Eyewitness News 5, KOCO-TV Moderator: Ralph Campbell, State Auditor, NC

Concurrent Session #9 - ERP Systems Update Terry Hack, Planning & Issues Control Manager, ImaginePA John Solms, Project Implementation Manager, SAP Rodger Cerritelli, Senior Vice President, BearingPoint Moderator: Harvey Eckert, Deputy Secretary for Comptroller Operations, Office of Budget, PA

Concurrent Session #10 - Expanding Electronic Payment/Receipt Initiatives Jeff Anderson, Supervisor, Asset Management Section, Office of State Controller, WI Richard P. Concaildi, Director of State Sales, Anexsys Shari Krikorian, Director, Electronic Commerce & Emerging Technologies, MasterCard International Moderator: Glen Gainer III, State Auditor, Office of the State Auditor, WV

Concurrent Session #11 - System Implementation: Guidelines and a Specific Application Caryl Holland, Vice President, and Eric Bruner, Vice President, Maximus Andrew Urban, Vertical Market Director – Public Sector, Lawson Software Richard Huneke, Project Director, Human Resource Management Network, MI Moderator: Robert Childree, State Comptroller, Office of the State Comptroller, AL

Concurrent Session #12 - Computer Fraud Scott Dueweke, Concord EFS Gurvais Grigg, Agent, FBI Moderator: Larry Alwin, State Auditor, Office of State Auditor, TX

Concurrent Session #13 - Future Trends in Technology William D. Eggers, Director, Deloitte Research-Public Sector, Deloitte Consulting David Wilson, Partner, Accenture Moderator: Ronald L. Jones, Chief Examiner, Office of Examiners of Public Accounts, AL

General Session - Transforming Government: Leadership in the Digital Age PK Agarwal, CIO and Executive Vice President, NIC