Advocacy Committee

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Advocacy Committee

• Board of Directors Update
• December 2006
• Ron Smith
• National President-Elect, Chairman

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Committee Participation

• Committee
• Ron Smith, Chair
• Steve Ayers
• Steve Boshears
• Cathy Dixon
• Dave Drabkin
• Michael Gauthier
• John Godzac
• Cathy Garman
• Sheila Miller
• Tom Wells

• Others
• Larry Belge
• Neal Couture
• DuWayne Jones
• Karen Reuter
• Lenn Vincent

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Guiding Principles

• NCMA will not comment on specific actions or
  transactions within individual companies or
  agencies NCMA will observe, identify, and
  respond to trends that affect the profession more
  broadly.
• NCMA will not be confrontational or adversarial
  NCMA will advocate positive positions in
  appropriate forums
• NCMA not advance the viewpoint of any single
  constituency NCMA will represent the best
  practices and most beneficial policies and
  practices across the whole profession
• NCMA will not represent the needs or views of
  individuals NCMA will advocate for the benefit
  of the contracting workforce as an international
  profession
• NCMA will not influence or lobby either the
  Executive or Legislative branch of government at
  any level of government NCMA will seek to inform
  and communicate factually with all public
  officials interested in contracting excellence

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Issues 2007

• Best Practices promotion and promulgation
• Identify and address key acquisition trends
• Emergency contracting
• Post-Award Administration
• Strategic Sourcing
• Professional Conduct/Ethics
• Contract complexity vs staffing and resources
• Increased reliance on Task Order and schedule
  contracts
• Balanced discussion competition/Public
  perception of competition

Focus Areas Complexity Ethics
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Action Plan

• TBD To be finalized at Dec 2006 meeting of the
  Advocacy Committee and briefed to Board of
  Directors