_ Indicates action or working item

• Indicates oral report or distribution of materials at meeting.

ACTION ITEMS

_ 1. Approval of August 1, 1998 (Smith) and August 4, 1998 (Thorpe) Annual Council Meeting Minutes

WORKING ITEMS

_ 2. Report of the Model Rule 4.2 Task Force (A. Doyle)

_• 3. Report of the Task Force on the Cost Accounting Standards Board and Report of the Accounting, Cost and Pricing Committee (O’Sullivan)

_• 4. Proposed FAA Rule on "Procedures for Protests and Contract Disputes; Amendment of Equal Access to Justice Act Regulations." (Nibley/Gourley)

_ 5. Model Procurement Code Revision Project Status Report (McConnell/Miller)

_ 6. Electronic Access Committee Presentation on Concept of Website Redesign (Graham/Yukins)

_ 7. Regulatory Coordinating Committee Report (Brittin)

_ 8. Legislative Coordinating Committee Report (Style)

INFORMATION ITEMS

9. Co-Sponsorship Referral to Other ABA Entities on Section’s Proposed Recommendation on Principles for Resolving Controversies in Public Procurements

10. Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Update (McDade)

11. Approval by ABA of Section-sponsored resolution on Fundamental Principles of Competition in Public Procurements

12. Approval by ABA of Section co-sponsored resolution on Government Lawyer Participation in Bar Associations

13. Request to ABA Board of Governors for Extension of Authority of Sections of Public Contract Law and State and Local Government Law to Comment on State and Local Procurement Matters

• 14. Formation of Section Task Force on Advancing the Participation of Government Lawyers (K. Williams)

• 15. Formation of Section Task Force to Assess ABA Review of Judicial Candidates for the Court of Federal Claims

16. Privatization and Outsourcing Committee Report (Dover)

17. Region VII Report (Land)

Arizona (Schaefer)

Northern California (Samelson)

Southern California (Fagan)

18. Region III Report (Gregg)

Virginia (Maramba)

19. Construction Division Report (Lane)

Dispute Resolution Committee (Fennell)

International Public Construction Committee (Haese)

Construction Contracts Committee (Hanson)

Construction Claims Committee (Patin)

20. Commercial Products and Services Committee Report (Hutchinson)

21. Advocacy Program Development Committee Report on Proposed March 29-April 2, 1999 Trial Advocacy Course (O’Keefe)

22. Research and Development Committee Report (Pickens)

23. Access to Information Committee Report (Hamrick/Pustay)

24. Pro Bono Committee Report (Wittie)

25. Federal Subcontracting Committee Report (Balch)

26. International Procurement Committee Report (Mutek/Branstetter)

27. Health Care Contracting Committee Report (Gilson/Rapoport)

28. Procurement Fraud Committee Report (Flanagan/Soller)

29. Region VIII Report (Burke)

Washington (Babbitt)

30. Books and Monographs Committee Report and Publications Sales Report (Jones/Closser)

31. Debarment and Suspension Committee Report (Pavlick)

32. ABA 1998 Goal IX Report Card on the Status of Women’s Participation in the American Bar Association and its entities

• 33. Oral Report from Board of Governors Liaison to Section of Public Contract Law, John W. Clark, Jr.

• 34. Annual and Quarterly Programs Committee Report (Fowler/Hordell)

35. Membership Report (Branstetter/Redman)

36. Financial Report (Meagher)

• 37. The Procurement Lawyer