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EIG Schedule - November 17, 2011

November 17, 2011
7:00 am - 2:00 pm	Registration
7:30 am - 8:15 am	Continental Breakfast
8:15 am - 9:30 am	Opening Keynote featuring the Hon. Shaun Donovan, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development
9:30 am - 10:45 am	Making Your Case The best case you can make for your program is to manage it efficiently and effectively. But management and communications go hand-in-hand. Learn how to marshal your allies and make your case to agency leaders. Hear about best practices in building support and framing your high-importance program to various constituencies. See more >>	Budget Cuts: Reading the Tea Leaves 2011 has already been the quite the year for federal budgets. With Congress’ Super Committee working on additional savings as part of the August debt ceiling deal and with OMB’s recent mandate that agencies cut up to 10% from their 2013 budgets, it’s not time to put down the scissors yet. Join us to explore the outlook for federal budgets and gain insights into the consequences of the cuts on the horizon. See more >>
10:45 am - 11:15 am	Coffee Break
11:15 am - 12:30 pm	Creating the Future You Want With public scrutiny intensifying every day, optimizing the performance of government is critical. Join author Doug Krug to learn about his approach for leading proactively, focusing on success, achieving significant improvements to your programs, and producing more of the results you want. See more >>	Setting Goals & Measuring Performance With federal managers under ever-increasing pressure, delivering on goals and improving program performance is vital. Join a panel of the federal government’s top management officials and explore how they are more efficiently meeting their agencies’ performance goals. See more >>
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Luncheon Keynote featuring Dan Roam, Author, "Blah, Blah, Blah: What To Do When Words Don't Work"
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm	Dessert Break
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm	Lessons from the Last Downsizing In retrospect, the federal downsizing of the 1990s was executed in such a way that many agencies were left without the employees and resources they needed to fulfill their missions. As the federal government looks to cut back again—including possible reductions in workforce, resources, pay, and benefits—learn the lessons of the last big downsizing. See more >>	Lessons from the States Much of the debate over the appropriate size and scope of government has played out at the state level. How are states handling the tough cuts demanded by the public? See more >>
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Closing Keynote featuring Shelley Metzenbaum, Associate Director of Performance and Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Cocktail Reception, underwritten by McKinsey & Company