Commercial Products And Services Committee Page

Mission

Reviews and comments upon proposed legislation and regulations concerning federal procurement of commercial products and services, including GSA's multiple award schedule.

Officers

Co-Chairs

John A. Howell	email	Steven P. Pitler	email	Carl L. Vacketta	email
Michael F. Mason	email

Vice-Chairs

James W. Brown	email	Theodore R. Ebert	email	Robert M. Jenkins III	email
Lisa Burke	email	Annjanette Kloeb Heckman	email	Herman D. Levy	email
Thomas F. Burke	email	Ron R. Hutchinson	email	William A. Shook	email
Daniel F. Doogan	email

Committee Activities

For the 2004-05 bar year, the Commercial Products and Services Committee will have four co-chairs: John Howell, Mike Mason, Steve Pitler, and Carl Vacketta. (Call us the Hydra-headed co-chairs!) With the exception of the September and November meetings, meetings are scheduled to be held on the second Thursday, of the month, with all meetings beginning at noon.(excepting months when we do not hold a meeting or when one is held in conjunction with a Section quarterly event). The meeting schedule and locations will be as follows:

	Date	Location
1	Wednesday September 15, 2004	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary 1200 19th Street, N.W., Suite 700
2	Thursday, October 14, 2004	Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. Conference and Litigation Center 555 13th Street, N.W.
3	Thursday, November 18, 2004, Cancelled	McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 400 South
3	Thursday, December 9, 2004	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
4	Thursday, January 13, 2005	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
5	Thursday, February 10, 2005	Hogan & Hartson LLP
6	Thursday, March 10, 2005	McKenna Long & Aldridge
7	Thursday, April 21, 2005	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
8	Thursday, May 12, 2005	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
9	Thursday, June 9, 2005	Hogan & Hartson
10	Thursday, July 14, 2005	McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Next Meeting-

The next meeting of the Commercial Products and Services Committee will be held from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2005, at Piper Rudnick LLP, 1200 19th Street, N.W., Suite 700. (The closest metro stop is Dupont Circle.) The meeting will be held in the Lincoln Conference Room.

We will be discussing legislative, regulatory, judicial, and policy developments, including an update on the comments prepared by the Committee on consequential damages and post award audits in response to the recent GSA Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

Please let Steve Pitler know by Monday May 9 by phone (202-371-6863) or by e-mail, steve.pitler@motorola.com, if you plan to attend. Lunch will be available at a cost of $8 per person. We can arrange for a call-in number for those who would like to participate but cannot attend in person.

The four Committee co-chairs - Mike Mason, Steve Pitler, Carl Vacketta, and John HowellHowell - look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Minutes of Past Meetings