Building Commerce's Financial Management Future
- Maximizing Information for Decision Making
- Managing Resources to Achieve Commerce Goals
- Leveraging Best Practices
- Investing in Individual and Organizational Performance Opportunities
Department of Commerce
2018 Financial Management Training
US Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
May 29 - 31, 2018
Tuesday, May 29
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| 9-9:30 a.m. | Registration/Meet and Greet | |||||||||||
| 9:35-9:40 a.m. | Safety and Location Announcements | Tom Hellmer, USPTO | ||||||||||
| 9:40-9:50 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks | Lisa Casias, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration | ||||||||||
| 9:50-10:30 a.m. | OIG Perspective | Douglas Holt, Executive Director, CIGIE | ||||||||||
| 10:45-11:35 a.m. | Functional Training Breakout Session 1 | |||||||||||
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| 11:45 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. | Department of Commerce Priorities | Karen Dunn Kelley, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, performing the non-exclusive duties of the Deputy Secretary Earl Comstock, Director, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning | ||||||||||
| 12:30-1:30 p.m | Lunch | |||||||||||
| 1:30-2:25 p.m. | Functional Training Breakout Session 2 | |||||||||||
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| 2:35-3:20 p.m. | President's Management Agenda | Margaret Weichert, OMB's Deputy Director for Management | ||||||||||
| 3:30-4:00 p.m. | Social Networking with Refreshments | |||||||||||
Wednesday, May 30
| Time | Topic | Principal (s) | ||||||||||||
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| 9-9:15 a.m. | Day 2 Overview and Announcements | |||||||||||||
| 9:15-10:30 a.m. | Reality Based Rules in the Workplace | Ana Dorr, Director of Hispanic Programs | ||||||||||||
| 10:45 a.m.-12 p.m. | Functional Networking Breakout Sessions | |||||||||||||
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| 12-1 p.m. | Lunch | |||||||||||||
| 1:15-2:05 p.m. | Functional Training Breakout Session 3 | |||||||||||||
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| 2:05-2:35 p.m. | Break with refreshments | |||||||||||||
| 2:45-3:45 p.m. | Evolving Role of CFO and CFO Organization in Government | Ann M. Ebberts, CEO of AGA | ||||||||||||
| 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Leadership Speaker | Karen Durham-Aguilera, Executive Director Army National Military Cemeteries | ||||||||||||
| 4:45-5 p.m. | Wrap Up Day 1 and 2 | |||||||||||||
Thursday, May 31
| Time | Topic | Principal (s) | ||||||||||
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| 9-9:15 a.m. | Day 3 Overview and Announcements | |||||||||||
| 9:15-10:15 a.m. | OCFO Employee Development in the New Work Environment | Erik Edlund, CEB/GARTNER | ||||||||||
| 10:30-11:20 a.m. | Employee Development Breakout Session 1 | |||||||||||
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| 11:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. | Employee Development Breakout Session 2 | |||||||||||
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| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
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| 1:30-2:15 p.m. | Leadership Panel: "Keys to Success" | Joanne Crane, CFO Census Jon Alexander, Deputy Director OS/OFM/OFMS Greg Brown, CFO/CAO EDA Cherish Johnson, CFO/CAO NESDIS | ||||||||||
| 2:15-2:45 p.m. | Transforming Stress into Well-Being | Stacey Guenther, PCC, MSOD; Leadership Coach and Consultant | ||||||||||
| 2:45-3 p.m. | Wrap Up Day 3 and Closing Remarks | |||||||||||
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