American Bar Association

Section of Public Contract Law

 

Midyear Council Meeting

February 26, 2005

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

 

Regatta Ballroom, Lobby Level

Loews Annapolis Hotel

Annapolis, Maryland

 

 

AGENDA

 

 

= Indicates action or working item

✔ Indicates materials not attached – oral report or distribution of materials at meeting

 

 

ACTION ITEMS

 

=     1.      Approval of November 6, 2004 Fall Council Meeting Minutes (Meagher)

 

=     2.      Corporate Sponsorship Committee Report on 2005 Sponsorship Opportunities (Allen/Langevin)

 

=     3.      Report of Task Force on Section Survey and Discussion of Spring Meeting (LeeVan/Othmer/Schaefer)

 

=     4.      Section Resolution Recognizing the Life and Significant Contributions of Deceased Past Section Chair, Robert D. Wallick (Barletta)

 

 

WORKING ITEMS

 

✔= 5.      Update on Board of Governors recommendations during ABA Midyear Meeting on revised ABA Blanket Authority to submit technical comments such as FAR Comment Letters (Wittie/M. Williams)

 

✔= 6.      Report on Open Source Software Project (Lavallee)

 

INFORMATION ITEMS

 

         7.      Contracting Review Panel (Madsen)

 

INFORMATION ITEMS

 

         8.      Proposed Final "Guide to Confidentiality Under the Federal Administrative Dispute Resolution Act" (Harty)

 

         9.      Letter to David Safavian on his appointment as Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (Wittie)

 

       10.      Contribution from Alan and Mildred Peterson Charitable Foundation (Bell)

 

       11.      Regulatory Coordinating Committee Report (Kasanow)

 

       12.      Legislative Coordinating Committee Report (Clerici/Garman)

 

✔   13.      Update on Section Website and Other Electronic Access Issues (Walz)

 

✔   14.      Report on State & Local IT Procurement Committee’s Activities, including recent developments in state & local IT procurement (Donohue)

 

       15.      Report on Recent Maryland Decision—Bid Protest Procurement Bias (Livingston)

 

       16.      Strategic Alliances, Teaming and Subcontracting Committee Report (Kaye/Lavan/LeeVan)

 

       17.      Bid Protest Committee Report (Dowd/Humphrey/Janecek)

 

       18.      Small Business and Other Socioeconomic Programs Committee Report (E. Murphy/Larkin)

 

       19.      Commercial Products and Services Committee Report (Howell/Mason/Pitler/Vacketta)

 

       20.      Health Care Contracting Committee Report (Delancey/Dowd/Dunne/Girod)

 

       21.      Procurement Fraud Committee Report (Huffman/Phillips)

 

       22.      Privatization and Competitive Sourcing Committee Report, including discussion of issues on which the committee is currently commenting (Hoe/Barsy)

 

       23.      Accounting, Cost & Pricing Committee Report (Bingham/Loeb)

 

       24.      International Procurement Committee Report (Smith/Branstetter/Haseman)

 

       25.      Research & Development and Intellectual Property Committee Report (Allemeier/Doogan/Lavallee/McCarthy)

 

       26.      Grant Law Committee Report (Moss/Campos)

 

       27.      Teleconferences Educational Programs Committee Report (Innis/O’Sullivan/Walz)

 

INFORMATION ITEMS

 

✔   28.      Membership, Outreach and Diversity Committee Report (Elderkin/McCready)

 

✔   29.      Proceedings Committee PowerPoint Presentation (Moss)

 

       30.      Order from Judge Braden re ATK Thiokol v. United States (Lemmer/Bingham)

 

✔   31.      Battlespace Procurement Committee Report (Love/Mutek)

 

✔   32.      Report on Upcoming Meeting with Deidre Lee (Wittie)

 

✔   33.      Resolution from Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice to recommend amendments to the Administrative Procedure Act (Wittie)

 

       34.      Scholarships for Minority Law Students: The ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund (Wittie)

 

✔   35.      Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Report on printing of Second Edition of monograph on “Alternative Dispute Regulation: A Practical Guide for Resolving Government Contract Controversies” (Harty)

 

✔   36.      "WCL Connects" at American University Washington College of Law (Hordell)

 

       37.      Annual and Quarterly Programs Committee Report (Colley/Davis/Fennessy/Pickens)

 

                        February 24-25, 2005 11^th Annual Federal Procurement Institute—Mitigating Business Risks and Legal Liabilities in Federal Contracting (Collins/Langevin/Letsche/Mullen)

 

                        April 28-29, 2005 Spring Program on An Inside Look at the Legislative Impact on Government Contracting: A Practical Guide to Helping Your Client Survive and Prosper (Chadick/Haseman/Pavlick)

 

                        August 5-8, 2005 Chicago ABA Annual Meeting Registration Information and Section’s Tentative Meeting Schedule

 

       38.      Financial Report (Park-Conroy)

 

       39.      Membership Statistical Report

 

       40.      Publications Sales Report

 

                        Current Listing of Available Publications

 

       41.      Public Contract Law Section programs available online through West LegalEdcenter

 

       42.      2005-2007 Calendar of Meetings