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Budgeting Week for Government
                                                                              February 22—26, 2010
                                                                                                       Arlington, VA




Budgeting Week for
Government
Examine Leading Methodologies to Prepare and Execute a
Results-Driven Budget




                                                                                                  Receive up to
                                                                                                  30 CPE Credits


Featuring Three Interactive Core Courses:

COURSE 1:                     COURSE 2:                    COURSE 3:
Navigate the Budget Process   Performance-Based            Activity-Based
                              Budgeting                    Cost Management
Learn how to allocate
resources in alignment with   Align resource               Implement budget-
agency priorities             consumption with strategic   performance integration
                              goals, objectives and        to ensure resources
                              performance goals            are being used and
                                                           allocated effectively



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Budgeting Week for Government


COURSE 1: NAVIGATE THE BUDGET PROCESS

   Who Should                            Monday, February 22, 2010
   Attend                                8:30                                                1:00
                                         Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast
   • Financial Managers                                                                      Examine Public Expenditure
                                         9:00                                                Management and Budgeting
   • Financial Analysts                  Learn What Budgeting Is and                         Stakeholder Involvement
                                         Why It is Necessary                                 • Review financial management
   • CFOs                                                                                      legislation and guidelines for
                                         • Budget Formulation: forecasting                     budget formulation
   • Budget Analysts                        resource requirements
                                                                                             • Estimate and forecast costs of
                                         • Budget Justification: budget review                  program activities
   • Budget Officers
                                           and passback (and appeals);                       • Account for capital assets,
                                           Legislative review and action                       employee needs and costs and
   • Program Managers
                                         • Budget Execution: distribution of funds             multi-year obligations
   • Project Managers                      and reconciliation
                                                                                             Interactive Application Session
                                         Key Realities and Drivers of the                    #1: Budget Formulation
   Reasons                               Budget Process                                      Exercise

   to Attend                             • Evaluate the impact of a tight
                                           discretionary budget on the fight
                                                                                             • Practice formulating a “mock” budget
                                                                                               for a government agency
                                           for resources
                                                                                             • Balance program priorities against
   1. Understand how to track,           • Understand and navigate                             scarce resources
      monitor and modify a budget          common problems with the current
                                                                                             • Construct a budget submission based
                                           budget process
      in the execution stage                                                                   on the knowledge you have acquired
                                         • Understand what drives the budget
   2. Align resources with                 process in the public sector                      4:00
                                                                                             Day One Adjourns
      strategic goals, objectives        12:00
      and performance measures           Lunch Break


   3. Examine real-world
      successes and failures and
      apply the lessons learned

   4. Implement your                     “The instructor has a broad background
      performance-based
      strategic plan in your daily
                                          to relate to federal, state and local
      operations to achieve results       government with examples.”
   5. Learn budget justification           Sylvia Owens, Program Manager, NASA
      and how to communicate
      with key stakeholders and
      new leadership

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COURSE 1: NAVIGATE THE BUDGET PROCESS

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Course One Continued
8:30                                                              Integrated Wrap Up: Drivers, Trends, Frameworks
Continental Breakfast
                                                                  and Tactics
9:00                                                              • Devise and stay within a spending planManage to the legal
                                                                    availability of funds: purpose, timing and amount
Justify Your Budget and Gain Buy-In: Building an
Effective Business Case                                           • Anticipate and respond to the “what if” scenarios: mid-year
                                                                    reductions, continuing resolutions and/or budget busting
• Design the “message” of your budget justification and make       • Navigate procedures for reprogramming within
   it effective                                                     an appropriation
• Understand what legislatures look for in budget justifications
• Update on requirements from OMB Circular A-11 and
                                                                  4:00    Day Two Adjourns
  Departmental guidance

12:00
Lunch Break
                                                                  “The instructor encouraged class
1:00

Budget Execution and Reporting
                                                                   participation and demonstrated
• Review financial management standards governing                   willingness to help where
   budget execution Understand what legislatures look for in
   budget justifications                                            possible.”
• Manage to the legal availability of funds: purpose, timing
  and amount                                                        Sharon Gatling, Program Analyst, Navy Crane Center
• Align your processes with financial accounting and
  porting hedules




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COURSE 2: PERFOMANCE-BASED BUDGETING

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
8:30                                                               1:00
Continental Breakfast
                                                                   Develop Effective Strategic Plans and Performance
9:00                                                               Measures to Drive Budgeting: The Critical
Performance-Based Budgeting in Government:                         Success Factors
Concepts, Definitions and Mandates                                  • Examine the critical success factors that link your strategic plan
                                                                     to the budget
• Review performance budgeting concepts, definitions
  and mandates                                                     • Determine your strategic priorities for linking your measures to
                                                                     the budget
• Learn the key components for formulating, justifying and
  executing a performance-based budget                             • Evaluate your strategic plan and performance measures to
                                                                     determine the best possible direction for integration
• Understand what drives the budget process in the public
  sector—and how performance-based budgeting improves on
  those drivers                                                    Create a Performance-Based Budget: A Seven-
                                                                   Step Process to Integrate Performance and
                                                                   Budget Information
State of Practice in Performance Budgeting: Learn the
Different Types of Performance-Based Budgets                       Step 1: Develop/Align to Strategic Plan (Mission,
                                                                           Outcomes, Strategies)
Understand the different ways that you can present
performance information in a budget:                               Step 2: Determine Outputs (By Program) for Each Strategy
                                                                   Step 3: Define Activities to Deliver Outputs
• Example 1: Traditional Activity-Based Budgets
• Example 2: Strategic Plan Summary with Traditional Activity-     Step 4: Calculate Full Costs (Direct/Indirect for Each Output)
  Based Budget Manage and Analyze data in a uniform and            Step 5: Identify Cost Efficiency Improvements
  consistent manner
                                                                   Step 6: Set Performance Targets (Revise after Budget Finalization)
• Example 3: Cross-Walking Between Budget and
  Performance Plan                                                 Step 7: Presentation of the Budget Justification
• Example 4: Integration of Performance Plan and Budget
• Example 5: Forecasting Performance for Different Budget Levels   4:00
                                                                   Day Three Adjourns

12:00
Lunch Break




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COURSE 2: PERFOMANCE-BASED BUDGETING

Thursday, February 25, 2010 Course Two Continued
8:30                                                            1:00
Continental Breakfast                                           Elements One and Two: Program Purpose, Design
                                                                and Strategic Planning
9:00
Interactive Application Session #3: Develop a                   • Analyze your program’s mission and purpose and identify
Performance-Based Budget Using the Seven Steps                    programs with a duplicative purpose
Framework Complete PART questionnaire for your                  • Examine strategic planning strengths and deficiencies
program                                                         • Analyze long-term and annual performance goals and measures
• Formulate a performance-based budget request
• Create a business case for your budget request                Elements Three and Four: Program Management
                                                                and Results
Case Study: Program Evaluation: Key Questions
                                                                • Evaluate management of program goals as outlined in the
to Ask Your Program in Presenting a Performance-                  strategic plan
Based Budget
                                                                • dentify areas of management challenges in
• Examine the Obama Administration focus and mandates for         program stewardship
  data collection, reporting and use of findings                 • Evaluate program success toward long-term goals and measures
• Determine what type of evaluation is needed to develop
  the needed information and make informed decisions            4:00
  about the program                                             Day Four Adjourns
• Select specific, researchable questions that can be asked to
  answer the general question

12:00
Lunch Break




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COURSE 3: ACTIVITY-BASED COST MANAGEMENT

Friday, February 26, 2010
8:30                                                                         1:00
Continental Breakfast
                                                                             Interactive Application Session #4: Applying
9:00
                                                                             ABC/M in a Government: A Case Study
                                                                             • Effectively utilize the tools and techniques you have learned and
Introduction to Activity-Based Costing and
                                                                               apply them to a real life case study
Management (ABC/M): What’s Worked for Other
                                                                             • Apply all the ABC/M principles you learned from collecting
Organizations and What Hasn’t
                                                                               and reporting ABC/M information to avoiding common
• Understand the role of effective cost management in                          costing pitfalls
  government today
• Evaluate how activity-based costing directly supports                      Assess Performance Measure Controls
  cost management
                                                                             • Identify input, process, and review controls
• Align cost management to the overall objectives of
  your organization                                                          • Develop a high-level flowchart to determine whether sufficient
                                                                               measure controls exist
                                                                             • Walk away with a solid understanding of how you can apply
Implement an Activity-Based Costing (ABC) System
                                                                               ABC/M in your agency
• Evaluate the best circumstances for ABC/M
• Examine the ideal environment for implementing ABC/M                       The Way Ahead: Adapting your Organization to ABC/M
• Canvass different strategies for effectively implementing ABC/M
                                                                             • First steps for deploying ABC/M
                                                                             • Understanding ABC/M as it relates to government vendors
Adopt a Framework for Cost Measurement and                                   • What’s next after ABC/M?
Allocation and Analyze Cost Drivers
• Define cost measurement’s role in the cost management process               4:00
• Specify cost measurement objectives, activities and drivers and            Day Five Adjourns
  choose the correct cost driver
• Determine if an agency follows its measure definition

12:00
Lunch Break




              “The instructor provided a wealth of real life examples to
               help explain the topics.”
                 Monique Kennedy, Program Analyst, United States Department of Labor




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 Trainer Biographies

Wayne K. Simpson, founder of Advanced Ideas in             He has written articles and book reviews for         Jon Miller, Managing Director, Arkonas Corp., is a
Government, is nationally recognized for his expertise     periodicals such as The Government Accountants       recognized expert and leading authority in the area
in Activity Based Costing – Management. He was             Journal and Government Finance Review.               of performance management and measurement. Mr.
the former Activity Based Costing Coordinator for the      He is regularly sought out as a reference and        Miller has over 35 years of experience as a partner
City of Indianapolis. In this position, he managed,        acknowledged in publications such as Coopers         at Arthur Andersen and in industry where he held the
organized, and facilitated Activity Based Costing &        and Lybrand’s Activity Based Management in           positions of Chief Financial Officer for a publicly held
Management efforts city-wide. This included training       Government and Activity Based Management for         New York Stock Exchange manufacturing company
of city employees on ABC principles and application        Service Industries, Government Entities and Non-     (NYSE:CIX) and for a privately owned independent
and working with Management and Union on using             profit Organizations by James Brimson and John        exploration and production oil and gas company. In
the ABC information to improve operations and              Antos. He has also been quoted in periodicals        addition, he has held positions of corporate Director
prepare for managed competition.                           and awarded special recognition describing the       for Strategic and Operations Planning for two
                                                           Indianapolis program and its use of Activity Based   other large, publicly held Fortune 500 companies
A graduate of Purdue University, Mr. Simpson               Costing such as American Productivity & Quality      (NYSE:SII and NYSE:FMC).
received his Bachelor of Science degree in                 Center’s 1997 report Activity-Based Management
Industrial Management and Accounting. He                   II: Best Practices for Dramatic Improvement. He
spent 13 years in the private sector, including 8          has conducted over 60 seminars, workshops,
years with Dow Chemical, and had been with the             and presentations to numerous groups including
City of Indianapolis for the past 20 years where           Executive Enterprises, Institute for International
his last position was CFO of the Department of             Research, The Conference Board, Performance
Parks and Recreation.                                      Institute, and the Government Finance Officers
                                                           Association on activity-based costing, management,
Mr. Simpson had been involved in the city                  performance budgeting, and alternative service
of Indianapolis’ Activity-Based Costing and                delivery options.
Management program since its beginning in
1992, which in addition became the foundation              Mr. Simpson belongs to the Government Financial
for the city’s Performance Budget also known as            Officers Association (GFOA) and has served on its
the ‘Popular Budget.’ Wayne has also trained and           Government Budgeting and Fiscal Policy Committee.
consulted for various federal, university, city, county,   He also has been involved in the Association of
and state organizations on activity based costing,         Governmental Accountants (AGA). He is a Certified
management and budgeting.                                  Government Financial Manager (CGFM).




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CERTIFICATION & IN-HOUSE TRAINING


BECOME A CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE MANAGER
To ensure professional success, you must continually expand your skills and education. The bar has been raised in government agencies and
organizations, and managers want to hire, promote and work with the most skilled individuals possible.
To address this need, The Institute offers a Certificate in Government Performance Management. Attend the three “core” courses and an
additional three “elective” courses based on the topics that meet your agency’s unique needs. The skills you acquire will then be used to
complete a “capstone project” on a particular issue that you and our department are facing, which will then be evaluated by an expert
member of our staff.


Advance Your Career                                    Meet New Certification Requirements                     Customize a Program to Fit Your Needs
Education and professional certification are            To hold a position as a performance manager in         Working with Institute training managers, you can
becoming necessary for promotion and                   government you must demonstrate compliance             select courses that will have direct application
requirements for coveted positions. In the             with new skills sets required by OMB and               and impact to your work.
Certified Government Performance Manager                Congress. Receiving your certificate is one key
program, you will acquire the skills and tools to      way to demonstrate your skills.
make you the lead performance management
resource for your organization.

For more information about certification, please contact Melvin Hall at 202-739-9630 or email him at Melvin.Hall@PerformanceInstitute.org



IN-HOUSE TRAINING
One of the more popular vehicles for accessing the Institute’s educational offerings is the delivery of on-site trainings and management facilitations. Bringing
a training or facilitation in-house gives you the opportunity to customize a program that addresses your exact challenges and provides a more personal
learning experience, while virtually eliminating travel expenses. Whether you require training for your department or for an organization-wide initiative,
the advanced learning methods employed by The Performance Institute will create an intimate training atmosphere that maximizes knowledge transfer to
enhance the talent within your organization.

CUSTOMIZATION

We realize that not all obstacles can be overcome by applying an “off-the-shelf solution.” While many training providers will offer you some variation of their
standard training, The Performance Institute’s subject matter experts will work with you and your team to examine your programs and determine your exact
areas of need. The identification of real life examples will create a learning atmosphere that resonates with participants while at the same time providing
immediate return on your training investment. Using interactive exercises that employ actual projects or scenarios from your organization, instructors can
address specific challenges and align the curriculum of each session to your objectives. While the majority of on-site trainings are focused on smaller groups,
The Performance institute also has the ability to accommodate organizational-wide training initiatives. Utilizing multiple instructors, The Institute has the
capacity to deliver courses to groups of up to 300 participants per day.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

On-site delivery of single courses, certification programs and entire packages of specialized courses are available in the following areas:

 •         Strategic Planning                           •         Workforce Management                        •          Program Evaluation
 •         Performance Measurement                      •         Performance-Based Budgeting                 •          Administrative Management
 •         Project Management                           •         Performance-Based Contracting               •          Leadership and Change
 •         Lean Six Sigma                               •         Performance Reporting


For more information about in-house training options, please contact Jennifer Mueller at 202-739-9619 or Jennifer.Mueller@PerformanceInstitute.org
Government Performance Management Week
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TUITION
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The tuition rate for Budgeting Week for Government is as follows:

 Offerings                               Tuition
 One Course                               $1199                                                                        Office                                         Organization
 Two Courses                              $1199
 The Whole Week                           $1199
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