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BUDGETING WEEK
FOR GOVERNMENT
Examine Leading Methodologies to Prepare &                                              August 9–13, 2010
Execute a Results-Driven Budget                                                         Arlington, VA


FEATURING THREE INTERACTIVE COURSES:                                                    Link Your Agency’s
                                                                                        Performance
COURSE 1: NAVIGATE THE BUDGET PROCESS
Learn how to allocate resources in alignment with agency priorities                     with Your Annual
                                                                                        Budget to Stretch
COURSE 2: ACTIVITY-BASED COST MANAGEMENT
Utilize activity based costing to effectively measure your programs’ cost efficiencies   Program Dollars &
COURSE 3: PERFORMANCE-BASED BUDGETING IN GOVERNMENT                                     Improve Results
Align resource consumption with strategic goals, objectives & performance goals



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Agenda-at-a-Glance   BUDGETING WEEK FOR GOVERNMENT

                     Agenda-at-a-Glance

                     RECEIVE THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE STATE OF
                     PERFORMANCE BUDGETING
                     Day One: Monday, August 9, 2010
                     NAVIGATE THE BUDGET PROCESS
                        8:30 Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast
                        9:00 Learn What Budgeting Is and Why It is Necessary
                              Key Realities and Drivers of the Budget Process
                       12:00 Lunch Break
                        1:00 Examine Public Expenditure Management and Budgeting
                              Interactive Application Session #1: Budget Formulation Exercise
                        4:00 Day One Adjourns



                     Day Two: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
                     NAVIGATE THE BUDGET PROCESS
                        8:30 Continental Breakfast
                        9:00 Justify Your Budget and Gain Buy-In: Frameworks for Budget Development
                              Interactive Application Session #2: Strategic Marketing and Communications and Budget Justification
                       12:00 Lunch Break
                        1:00 Budget Execution and Reporting
                              Integrated Wrap Up: Drivers, Trends, Frameworks and Tactics
                        4:00 Day Two Adjourns




                     WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
                     • Financial Managers
                     • Financial Analysts
                     • CFOs
                     • Budget Analysts
                     • Budget Officers
                     • Program Managers
                     • Project Managers


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Day Three: Monday, Wednesday, August 11, 2010
ACTIVITY-BASED COST MANAGEMENT
  8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
         Introduction to Activity-Based Costing and Management (ABC/M):
  9:00
         What’s Worked for Other Organizations and What Hasn’t
         Implement an Activity-Based Costing (ABC) System
         Adopt a Framework for Cost Measurement and Allocation and Analyze Cost Drivers
 12:00 Lunch Break
  1:00 Interactive Application Session #4: Applying ABC/M in Government: A Case Study
         The Way Ahead: Adapting Your Organization to ABC/M
  4:00 Day Three Adjourns



Day Four: Thursday, August 12, 2010
PERFORMANCE-BASED BUDGETING
  8:30 Continental Breakfast
  9:00 Performance-Based Budgeting in Government: Concepts, Definitions and Mandates
         Create a Performance-Based Budget: A Ten-Step Process to Integrate Performance and Budget Information
 12:00 Lunch Break
  1:00 Review and Evaluate a Comprehensive Performance-Based Budget
         Performance-Based Budgeting Application Session
         Understand the Requirements of Performance Budgeting
  4:00 Day Four Adjourns



Day Five: Friday, August 13, 2010
PERFORMANCE-BASED BUDGETING
  8:30 Continental Breakfast
  9:00 Understand and Communicate the Benefits of Performance-Based Budgeting
         Performance-Based Budgeting Application Session
 12:00 Lunch Break
  1:00 Performance Management as it Relates to Performance-Based Budgeting
         Case Study: Review of Performance Management and Budgeting
  4:00 Day Four Adjourns




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Course One   NAVIGATE THE BUDGET PROCESS

             Day 1: Monday, August 9, 2010

             8:30                                                             1:00
             Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast                Examine Public Expenditure
                                                                              Management & Budgeting

             9:00                                                             • Review financial management legislation and
             Learn What Budgeting is & Why it is Necessary                      guidelines for budget formulation
                                                                              • Estimate and forecast costs of program activities
             • Budget Formulation: Forecasting resource requirements
                                                                              • Account for capital assets, employee needs and
             • Budget Justification: Budget review and passback
                                                                                costs and multi-year obligations
               (and appeals); Legislative review and action
             • Budget Execution: Distribution of funds and reconciliation
                                                                              Interactive Application Session #1:
             Key Realities & Drivers of the Budget Process                    Budget Formulation Exercise

             • Evaluate the impact of a tight discretionary budget on         • Practice formulating a “mock” budget for a
               the fight for resources                                           government agency
             • Understand and navigate common problems with the               • Balance program priorities against
               current budget process                                           scarce resources
             • Understand what drives the budget process in the               • Construct a budget submission based on the
               public sector                                                    knowledge you have acquired


             12:00                                                            4:00
             Lunch Break                                                      Day One Adjourns




             About the Trainer:                                               ABC information to improve operations and prepare for
                                                                              managed competition.

             Wayne K. Simpson,                                                A graduate of Purdue University, Mr. Simpson received his
             Senior Fellow, The Performance Institute                         Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management and
                                                                              Accounting. He spent 13 years in the private sector, including


             W
                      ayne K. Simpson founder is nationally recognized        8 years with Dow Chemical, and was with the City of
                      for his expertise in Activity Based Costing –           Indianapolis for the past 20 years where his last position was
             Management. He was the former Activity Based Costing             CFO of the Department of Parks and Recreation.
             Coordinator for the City of Indianapolis. In this position, he
             managed, organized and facilitated Activity Based Costing        Mr. Simpson was involved in the city of Indianapolis’ Activity-
             & Management efforts citywide. This included training            Based Costing and Management program since its beginning
             of city employees on ABC principles and application              in 1992, which in addition became the foundation for
             and working with Management and Union on using the               the city’s Performance Budget also known as the ‘Popular




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                                                                                                                                    Course One
Day 2: Tuesday, August 10, 2010

8:30                                                              12:00
Continental Breakfast                                             Lunch Break


9:00                                                              1:00
Justify Your Budget & Gain Buy-In:                                Budget Execution & Reporting
Building an Effective Business Case                               • Review financial management standards governing
• Design the “message” of your budget justification and              budget execution
  make it effective                                               • Manage to the legal availability of funds: Purpose,
• Understand what legislatures look for in budget justifications     timing and amount
• Update on requirements from OMB Circular A-11 and               • Align your processes with financial accounting and
  Departmental guidance                                             reporting schedules


Interactive Application Session #2: Strategic Marketing           Integrated Wrap Up: Drivers, Trends, Frameworks & Tactics
& Communications & Budget Justification                            • Devise and stay within a spending plan
• Understand the differing priorities and perspectives of a       • Anticipate and respond to the “what if” scenarios: Mid-
  budget officer and a budget examiner                               year reductions, continuing resolutions and/or budget busting
• Learn to anticipate the concerns of your counterparts and       • Navigate procedures for reprogramming within appropriation
  adjust ahead of time
• Improve your understanding of both sides of the budget          4:00
  review process                                                  Day Two Adjourns




Budget.’ Wayne has also trained and consulted for various         1997 report Activity-Based Management II Best Practices
federal, university, city, county and state organizations on      for Dramatic Improvement. He has conducted over 60
activity based costing, management and budgeting. He              seminars, workshops, and presentations to numerous groups
has written articles and book reviews for periodicals such        including Executive Enterprises, Institute for International
as The Government Accountants Journal and Government              Research, The Conference Board, Performance Institute and
Finance Review. He is regularly sought out as a reference         the Government Finance Officers Association on activity-
and acknowledged in publications such as Coopers and              based costing, management, performance budgeting and
Lybrand’s Activity Based Management in Government                 alternative service delivery options.
and Activity Based Management for Service Industries,
Government Entities and Non-profit Organizations by                Mr. Simpson belongs to the Government Financial Officers
James Brimson and John Antos. He has also been quoted             Association (GFOA) and has served on its Government
in periodicals and awarded special recognition describing         Budgeting and Fiscal Policy Committee. He also has been
the Indianapolis program and its use of Activity Based            involved in the Association of Governmental Accountants (AGA).
Costing such as American Productivity & Quality Center’s          He is a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM).




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Course Two   ACTIVITY-BASED COST MANAGEMENT

             Day 3: Wednesday, August 11, 2010

             8:30                                                                12:00
             Continental Breakfast                                               Lunch Break


             9:00                                                                1:00
             Introduction to Activity-Based Costing &                            Interactive Application Session #4:
             Management (ABC/M): What’s Worked for Other                         Applying ABC/M in Government: A Case Study
             Organizations & What Hasn’t                                         • Effectively utilize the tools and techniques you have
             • Understand the role of effective cost management in                 learned and apply them to a real life case study
               government today                                                  • Apply all the ABC/M principles you learned from
             • Evaluate how activity-based costing directly supports               collecting and reporting ABC/M information to avoiding
               cost management                                                     common costing pitfalls
             • Align cost management to the overall objectives of                • Walk away with a solid understanding of how you can
               your organization                                                   apply ABC/M in your agency


             Implement an Activity-Based Costing (ABC) System                    The Way Ahead: Adapting your Organization to ABC/M

             • Evaluate the best circumstances for ABC/M                         • First steps for deploying ABC/M
             • Examine the ideal environment for implementing ABC/M              • Understanding ABC/M as it relates to government vendors
             • Canvass different strategies for effectively implementing ABC/M   • What’s next after ABC/M?


             Adopt a Framework for Cost Measurement &                            4:00
             Allocation & Analyze Cost Drivers                                   Day Three Adjourns

             • Define cost measurement’s role in the cost
               management process
             • Specify cost measurement objectives, activities and
               drivers and choose the correct cost driver
             • Examine a level-of-effort analysis and overhead-to-
               overhead analysis                                                    Agenda continued on Page 8...




                                         “The instructor was very knowledgeable
                                     with great presentation skills. He adapted to
                                                    the needs of class members.”
                                                                                     — TB, Assistant Town Manager for Operations,
                                                                                                           Bluffton, South Carolina




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Certification Information

Become a Certified                                            Meet New Certification
Government                                                   Requirements
Performance Manager                                          To hold a position as a performance manager in
                                                             government you must demonstrate compliance with
                             To ensure professional          new skills sets required by OMB and Congress.
                             success, you must continually   Receiving your certificate is one key way to
                             expand your skills and          demonstrate your skills.
                             education. The bar has
                             been raised in government
                             agencies and organizations
and many government managers are now required                Customize a Program to
to receive formal certification to stay up to date on the
latest trends, best practices and mandates.
                                                             Fit Your Needs
                                                             Working with Institute training managers, you can
To address these needs, the Institute offers a               select courses that will have direct application and
Certificate in Government Performance Management.             impact to your work.
Completing a certification program is easy. Just attend
three “core” courses and an additional three “elective”      For more information about certification, please
courses you select based on topics that meet your            contact Chris Hicks at 202-739-9548 or email him
agency’s unique needs. Upon successful completion,           at Chris.Hicks@PerformanceInstitute.org
you will emerge from the Institute’s certification
program with a thorough understanding of all course
concepts—and poised to apply what you learned in a
real and practical way.



Advance Your Career
Education and professional certification are becoming
necessary for promotion and requirements for coveted
positions. In the Certified Government Performance
Manager program, you will acquire the skills and
tools to make you the lead performance management
resource for your organization.




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Course Three   PERFORMANCE-BASED BUDGETING

               Day 4: Thursday, August 12, 2010

               8:30                                                               12:00
               Continental Breakfast                                              Lunch Break


               9:00                                                               1:00
               Performance-Based Budgeting in Government:                         Review & Evaluate a Comprehensive
               Concepts, Definitions & Mandates                                    Performance-Based Budget

               • Understand the latest laws and regulations that govern           • Understand how to integrate mission, policy goals and
                 performance-based budgeting at federal, state and local levels     performance measures into your budget
               • Identify the linkage between cost management and                 • Determine your strategic priorities in order to link your
                 performance budgeting                                              measures to your budget
               • Review the attributes of the performance measurement             • Learn to illustrate inclusion within budgeting for better
                 system and how it relates to performance budgeting                 outcomes and results
                                                                                  • Examine performance-based budgeting via an
               Create a Performance-Based Budget: A Ten-Step Process                activity-based budget foundation
               to Integrate Performance & Budget Information
                                                                                  Performance-Based Budgeting Application Session
               STEP 1: Create alignment with a strategic plan, a mission
                                                                                  • Develop the foundation of your agencies performance
                       and policy goals
                                                                                    budget by creating the activity, output and program structure
               STEP 2: List and assign programs with outcome measure
               STEP 3: Service delivery activities are assigned outputs and
                                                                                  Understand the Requirements of Performance Budgeting
                       related activities grouped by program
               STEP 4: Calculate activity costs                                   • Review a performance worksheet to better understand
               STEP 5: Activity costs roll up to build program budgets              how to build targets for costs, outputs and outcomes
               STEP 6: Planned targets for outcomes and outputs are               • Discover system requirements for costing and
                       developed by planning efforts                                performance integration
               STEP 7: Budget costs from the performance-based structure          • Evaluate techniques for cross walking the
                       are cross-walked to statutory line item budget               performance-based budget to the statutory
               STEP 8: Budget is presented, explained and justified based            budget format
                       on performance expectations
               STEP 9: Use the PBB to evaluate actual cost and results            4:00
               STEP 10: Identify cost and performance improvements                Day Four Adjourns




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



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                                                                                                                    Course Three
Day 5: Friday, August 13, 2010

8:30
Continental Breakfast
                                                                   TOP 5 REASONS
9:00
                                                                   TO ATTEND:
Understand & Communicate the Benefits of
Performance-Based Budgeting                                                         UNDERSTAND
                                                                                    how to track, monitor and
• Identify the benefits and uses of performance budgets as it
                                                                                    modify a budget in the
  relates to managers, planners, elected officials and citizens
                                                                                    execution stage
• Learn how to create a strong business case for your
  budget request
• Review the Four Part Assessment Rating Tool to better                             ALIGN
  understand it’s relation to the performance-based                                 resources with strategic
  budgeting evaluation process                                                      goals, objectives and
                                                                                    performance measures
Performance-Based Budgeting Application Session

• Further develop the foundation of your respective                                 EXAMINE
  agencies performance budget by adding the operational                             real-world successes and
  outcome measures to the program structure                                         failures and apply the
                                                                                    lessons learned
12:00
Lunch Break                                                                         IMPLEMENT
                                                                                    your performance-based
1:00                                                                                strategic plan in your daily
Performance Management as it Relates to                                             operations to achieve results
Performance-Based Budgeting

• Discuss and learn the value of cost and performance                               LEARN
  management and how it ties to the budgeting process                               budget justification and
  and it’s financial impact                                                          how to communicate with
• Create a culture of change and innovation                                         key stakeholders and new
• Target levels of improvement at the activity level                                leadership
• Develop action steps for process re-design
• Increase the production of valued activities
• Improve managerial accountability and decision making


CASE STUDY:
Review of Performance Management & Budgeting

• Review an actual problem as it is identified and the
  action steps employed to improve operational results
• Identify areas of management challenges in program stewardship


4:00
Day Five Adjourns




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In-House Training & Customization

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

For more information about in-house training and certification options, please contact Jennifer Mueller at 202-739-9619 or
email her at Jennifer.Mueller@performanceinstitute.org.


Sponsorship Opportunities:
As a conference and training provider, The Performance Institute is an expert in bringing together leaders to share and discuss best
practices and innovations. We connect decision-makers with respected solutions providers.

The Institute offers four different pre-designed sponsorship packages:
• Event Co-Sponsor                      • Session Sponsor
• Luncheon Sponsor                      • Exhibit Booth Sponsor

For more information on sponsorships or to get started, contact Meredith Mason at 202-739-9707 or email her at
Meredith.Mason@PerformanceInstitute.org


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Venue & Hotel

Venue & Hotel:                                                 Quality Assurance:
Budgeting Week for Government will be held at The              The Performance Institute strives to provide you with the most
Performance Institute in Arlington, VA, just one block east    productive and effective educational experience possible. If
of the Courthouse Metro stop on the Orange Line. A public      after completing the course you feel there is some way we
parking garage is located just inside of the building.         can improve, please write your comments on the evaluation
        The Performance Institute Conference Center            form provided upon your arrival. Should you feel dissatisfied
        1515 N. Courthouse Rd., Suite 600                      with your learning experience and wish to request a credit or
        Arlington, VA 22201                                    refund, please submit it in writing no later than 10 business
        877-992-9521                                           days after the end of the training to:

A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the            The Performance Institute: Quality Assurance
Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott at the prevailing      805 15th Street, NW, 3rd Floor
rate of $170. This rate is based on the Government Per Diem    Washington, DC 20005
and is subject to change. Please call the hotel directly and
reference code “Budgeting Week for Government” when            Note: As speakers are confirmed six months before the
making reservations to get the discounted rate. The hotel      event, some speaker changes or topic changes may occur
is conveniently located three blocks from the Rosslyn Metro    in the program. The Performance Institute is not responsible
station. Please ask the hotel about a complimentary shuttle    for speaker changes, but will work to ensure a comparable
that is also available for your convenience.                   speaker is located to participate in the program.

        Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott                If for any reason The Performance Institute decides to
        1533 Clarendon Blvd.                                   cancel this conference, The Performance Institute accepts no
        Arlington, VA 22209                                    responsibility for covering airfare, hotel or other costs incurred
        Phone: 703-528-2222 / 1-800-321-2211                   by registrants, including delegates, sponsors and guests.
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                                                               Discounts:
Tuition & Group Discounts:
                                                               • All ‘Early Bird’ Discounts must require payment at time of
The tuition rate for attending Budgeting Week for                registration and before the cut-off date in order to receive
Government is as follows:                                        any discount.
 Offerings                        Early Bird    Regular Rate
                                                               • Any discounts offered whether by The Performance Institute
 Entire Week                      $1799*        $1899            (including team discounts) must also require payment at the
 Navigate the Budget Process                    $869             time of registration.
 Activity-Based Cost Management                 $435
                                                               • All discount offers cannot be combined with any other offer.
 Performance-Based Budgeting                    $869
* For the Early Bird rate, register before: June 14, 2010.     • Discounts cannot be applied retroactively

For more information on group discounts for                    Payment must be secured prior to the conference. If payment
Budgeting Week for Government contact:                         is not received by the conference start date, a method of
Chris Hicks at 202-739-9548 or email him at                    payment must be presented at the time of registration in order
Chris.Hicks@PerformanceInstitute.org                           to guarantee your participation at the event.



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