2004 NASC Annual Conference

Panel 1	The Economy and State Budgets
	Dealing with Burgeoning Health Insurance Costs: Ken Clarke, Principal, Human Capital Services, Deloitte
	Economic Aspects of Revenue Sources for State and Local Governments: C. Kurt Zorn, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
	The Recession and Its Impact on the States: Steven Johnson, President, Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute
Panel 2	Benchmarking and Best Practices
	Benchmarking for Results: 2004 Profile of World-Class Finance: Allison Caron, Director, The Hackett Group
	HR and Financial Baseline Assessment and Benchmark Project in Washington State: Kathy Rosmond, Senior Project Manager, Office of Financial Management (WA), and Susan Myette, Consultant, Mercer Consulting Group
Dinner Speaker	Your Piece of the PIE: How Will State Economies Fare This Decade?: Graham Toft, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Economic Competitiveness, Hudson Institute
Panel 3	IT, The Big Picture
	The Case for ERP (or Avoiding It): Milford Sprecher, Business Development Manager, SAP Public Sector
	PAY IT Forward: David Cavan, Senior Principal, Public Sector Group, American Management Systems
	Putting the Ball in the Hoop: Collaborating for High Performance Government: J.D. Williams, Director, State and Local Government, PeopleSoft (ppt - 32MB; pdf - 7MB)
Panel 4	Accounting and Reporting
	GASB Update: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going: Tom Allen, Chair, GASB, and David Bean, Director of Research, GASB
	GASB Statement No. 39: Jack Reagan, Partner, KPMG LLP
Panel 5	IT Applications
	E-Payments in State Government: Bill Kilmartin, Strategic Alliance Director, Accenture
	Public Sector Accountability and Data Management: Brian Misko, Market Analyst, ACL Services Ltd.
	Change Drivers in the Comptroller's Office... How Comptrollers Are Meeting the Challenge: Caryl Holland, Vice President, MAXIMUS