States Under Pressure: Responsibly Managing Stimulus Spending (Webinar)

Date: May 14, 2009 - May 14, 2009

Location:
Pew Center on the States
901 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004

Description:

The Pew Center on the States’ Government Performance Project held a webinar on May 14 titled “States Under Pressure: Responsibly Managing Stimulus Spending.”

This event was sponsored by Pew Center on the States and the Harvard Kennedy School, and it provided tips from leading procurement experts and offered lessons learned from previous emergency spending measures. Topics included:
 
• Increasing capacity to better manage the increased stimulus spending
• Monitoring contracts early to control costs
• Managing "risky" contract awards
• Evaluating vendor financial capacity before awarding contracts
• Ensuring adequate internal controls so contracts can be audited in a timely manner

Taking part in the discussion was:
 
• The Honorable Steve Goldsmith,  Dan Paul Professor of Government and Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard Kennedy School, as well as former two-term Mayor of Indianapolis
• Neal C. Johnson, Director, Government Performance Project, The Pew Center on the States
• Greg Rothwell,  President, Evermay Consulting Group, and former Chief Procurement Officer U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Joe Secrest, Legislative Director, Office of Management and Budget, State of Ohio
• Steve Hunter, State Purchasing Administrator, State of Ohio
• Terry Tyler, Chief Procurement Officer, State of Ohio
• W. Frederick Thompson - Senior Advisor, Pew Center on the States

To view this event in its entirety, please click here. (You must register with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Innovators Network to view the webinar. Registration is free and takes no more than 30 seconds.)