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2004 NASACT Annual Conference
General Session #1 - Ethics and Governance
		Cynthia Cooper, President, Cynthia Cooper Consulting, and 2002 Time Magazine Person of the Year
		Glyn Smith, Director of Internal Audit, MCI
Concurrent Session #1 - Lessons Learned: Benchmarking and Best Practices in Governmental Financial Management
P	H	Cody Chenault, Senior Business Advisor - Finance, The Hackett Group
P	H	Kim Garnero, Director, Division of Finance (AK)
P	H	William Kilmartin, Alliance Director, Accenture
P	H	Sadie Rodriguez-Hawkins, Assistant Director Office of Financial Management (WA)
P	H	David A. Wilson, Managing Partner, Government Finance and Performance Management Service Line, Accenture
Concurrent Session #2 - Regulatory Matters
	E-Payments and Check 21: The Future Color of Money
P	H	Patricia O'Donnell, Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Treasury Services & Securities
	Voluntary Closing Agreement Plans and Other Current Developments in Tax Exempt Bonds
		Clifford Gannett, Manager, Tax Exempt Bonds, U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Concurrent Session #3 - Obtaining and Managing Homeland Security Grants
P	H	Edwin L. Worthington, Director, Office of Homeland Security (MS)
P	H	Van Pace, Director - Grant Policy and Oversight, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
P	H	Ralph Campbell, State Auditor (NC)
Concurrent Session #4 - Sarbanes-Oxley Developments
	Implications for the Future of Auditing
P	H	Jeanette Meixner Franzel, Director, Auditing Standards and Corporate Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office
P	H	Charles E. Landes, Director, Audit and Attestation Standards, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
	If Sarbanes Oxley Was Required For State Governments, Would You Be Ready?
P	H	Nancy Valley, National Industry Leader, Risk and Advisory Services, KPMG LLP
Concurrent Session #5 - Evolving Investment Strategies/ Bond Ratings
	Debt/Project Management Savings for Mississippi
P	H	Norman McLeod, Director, Office of State Auditor (MS)
	Current Trends in Bond Ratings/Implications on States
P	H	Robin Prunty, Director, State & Local Government Group of Public Finance, Standard & Poor's
Concurrent Session #6 - Electronic Payments: A Look at New Card Services Utilized by States
	Travel and Entertainment Payments
P	H	Melanie Sisler, Director, Commercial Solutions, Public Sector, VISA
	Purchase Cards
P	H	Mark Ferguson, Manager, Business Development, American Express
Concurrent Session #7 - Electronic Receipts and Payments: Maximizing the Use of Technology in Mississippi
	Pay Day: How to Get Results from an Electronic Payment Manager
P	H	Christie Acker, Account Executive, EzGov, Inc.
P	H	Cille Litchfield, Chief Systems Information Officer, Department of Finance and Administration (MS)
	PayMode
P	H	Ann F. McCormick, Global Treasury Services Product Manager, Bank of America
P	H	Cille Litchfield, Chief Systems Information Officer, Department of Finance and Administration (MS)
Concurrent Session #8 - ERP: Quality Control and ROI
	Maintaining Quality in Large Enterprise-Wide Implementations: The Impossible Dream?
P	H	Don J. Moore, Project Manager, ACESS Project, State of Louisiana
P	H	Glenn A. Truglio, President, Technology Support Division, MAXIMUS
P	H	Vijay Reddy, Project Manager, ACESS QA/IV&V, MAXIMUS
	Calculating the Return on Investment of Implementing ERP Systems
P	H	Kirk E. Teal, Partner, Salvaggio, Teal & Associates
		Jan I. Sylvis, Chief of Accounts, Department of Finance and Administration (TN)
Concurrent Session #9 - State Budgets: Have We Seen the Worst Yet?
	State of the States' Budgets
P	H	Scott D. Pattison, Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers
	Results-Driven Government: A Look At Washington's "Priorities of Government" Budget Approach
P	H	Sadie Rodriguez-Hawkins, Assistant Director, Office of Financial Management (WA)
General Session #2 - California Performance Review - Into the Twenty-First Century
P	H	Billy C. Hamilton, Deputy Comptroller (TX)
P	H	Walter Barnes, Chief Administrative Officer, Office of State Controller (CA)
Concurrent Session #10- ERP: Lessons Learned from Implementation
	The Massachusetts Experience
P	H	Martin J. Benison, State Comptroller, (MA)
P	H	Daniel Keene, Vice President, CGI-AMS
	The Pennsylvania Experience
	H	Harvey Eckert, Deputy Secretary for Comptroller Operations (PA)
		David Arturo, SAP
		Rodger M. Cerritelli, Managing Director, BearingPoint
Concurrent Session #11 - Trends in Information Technology
	Information Technology: What Does the Future Hold?
P	H	Aldona Valicenti, Vice President - State & Local, Oracle Corp.
P	H	Scott N. Howell, Western Area Client Director, IBM
	Cost Saving Content Management
P	H	John N. Badovinac, Deputy State Treasurer (PA)
Concurrent Session #12 - Economic Development: Are We Giving Away the Farm?
P	H	J.C. Burns, President, Burns Development Group
P	H	Barbara J. Hinton, Legislative Post Auditor (KS)
Concurrent Session #13 - Human Resource Issues
	A Government Financial Literacy Program: Communicating to Government Officials, Media and the Public
P	H	Ernest A. Almonte, Auditor General (RI)
	Succession Planning
P	H	Rebecca D. Baum, Managing Partner, The Whitten Group
Concurrent Session #14 - Issues in Financial Reporting
	GASB: Current Agenda and Future Direction
P	H	Robert H. Attmore, Chair, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
P	H	Edward J. Mazur, Member, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
	Financial Reporting Issues from a Preparer's Point of View
P	H	Stephen J. Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association
Concurrent Session #15 - Auditing for Fraud: Pre- and Post-Audit Considerations
	Operational Risk Management: A New Approach in the Ohio Treasury
P	H	Ed Blount, Executive Director, the ASTEC Consulting Group
		Joseph T. Deters, State Treasurer (OH)
P	H	Kevin Talty, Director of Operations, Office of State Treasurer (OH)
	Fraud from a Post-Audit Perspective: Are We Making Any Headway?
	H	J. Michael Inzina, President/CEO, Altec, Inc.
General Session #3 - The Nation's Growing Fiscal Imbalance: Perspectives and Issues
P	H	David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Concurrent Session #16 - ERP: Acquisition and Benefits
	Creative Approaches to ERP Acquisition
P	H	Douglas Darling, Director, Accounting and Auditing, Department of Financial Services (FL)
P	H	Rebecca W. Sutton, Deputy Chief Finance Officer, Department of Financial Services (FL)
		JD Williams, Director, State and Local Government, PeopleSoft
	Using ERP Systems to Produce Faster CAFRs (and Other Tips Too!)
P	H	John Good, Public Sector Industry Resident, Ernst & Young, LLP
Concurrent Session #17 - Twenty-First Century Auditor: New Roles, New Efficiencies
	Driving Success: Partnerships between State Auditors and Chief Information Officers
P	H	Thomas M. Jarrett, Secretary and Chief Information Officer (DE)
		R. Thomas Wagner, Jr., Auditor of Accounts (DE)
	Systems Security: Why "But We're Not A Bank" Won't Work Anymore
P	H	Susan L. Benton, Principal, Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
	Using Audit Management Systems for Audit Efficiency
P	H	Pamela Dill McCoy, Senior Product Manager - East, TeamMate Development, PricewaterhouseCoopers
P	H	Richard M. Giovino, Manager - Audit Policy, Office of the State Auditor (MA)
Concurrent Session #18 - Economic Terrorism: Roles and Responsibilities
	NASACT - A Leader in the Fight Against Economic Terrorism
	H	Barbara Hafer, State Treasurer (PA)
	Responsibilities from OFAC's Perspective
P	H	Hans J. Huber, Commercial Sanctions Coordinator, Office of Foreign Asset Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury
	Linking Global Corruption to Economic Terrorism
P	H	J. Graham Joscelyne, Director - International Business, UKW Advisors
Concurrent Session #19 - Recovery Auditing
	Accounts Payable Recovery Auditing: A Zero Budget Solution
P	H	Jennifer L. Harris, Vice President - Operations, Horn & Associates, Inc.
P	H	Kim S. Oliver, Director, Division of Finance (UT)
	Recovery Auditing: Missouri's Experience
P	H	Paul Dinkins, Executive Vice President, PRG-Schultz International, Inc.
P	H	Jack Dothage, Interim Director, Division of Accounting (MO)