Budgeting Week for Government
Join your colleagues and examine leading methodologies to prepare and execute a results-driven budget. Attendees will learn to allocate resources in alignment with agency priorities, align resource consumption with strategic and performance goals, as well as utilize activity-based costing to measure a program’s cost efficiencies.
This week-long comprehensive training consists of the following three courses. Attend the entire week or just the courses you need.
- Course 1: Activity-Based Cost Management
Utilize activity based costing to effectively measure your programs’ cost efficiencies - Course 2: Navigate the Budget Process
Learn how to allocate resources in alignment with agency priorities - Course 3: Performance-Based Budgeting in Government
Align resource consumption with strategic goals, objectives and performance goals
WHEN: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:30 AM - Friday, February 26, 2010 4:00 PM
Eastern Time Zone
Contact Melvin Hall for more information, group discounts or to register at [email protected] or 202-739-9630.
Speaker and Presenter Information
Wayne K. Simpson is nationally recognized for his expertise in Activity Based Costing � Management. He was the former Activity Based Costing Coordinator for the City of Indianapolis. In this position, he managed, organized, and facilitated Activity Based Costing & Management efforts citywide. This included training of city employees on ABC principles and application and working with Management and Union on using the ABC information to improve operations and prepare for managed competition. A graduate of Purdue University, Mr. Simpson received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management and Accounting. He spent 13 years in the private sector, including 8 years with Dow Chemical, and had been with the City of Indianapolis for the past 20 years where his last position was CFO of the Department of Parks and Recreation. Mr. Simpson had been involved in the city of Indianapolis� Activity-Based Costing and Management program since its beginning in 1992, which in addition became the foundation for the city�s Performance Budget also known as the �Popular Budget.� Wayne has also trained and consulted for various federal, university, city, county, and state organizations on activity based costing, management and budgeting. He has written articles and book reviews for periodicals such as The Government Accountants Journal and Government Finance Review. He is regularly sought out as a reference and acknowledged in publications such as Coopers and Lybrand�s Activity Based Management in Government and Activity Based Management for Service Industries, Government Entities and Non-profit Organizations by James Brimson and John Antos. He has also been quoted in periodicals and awarded special recognition describing the Indianapolis program and its use of Activity Based Costing such as American Productivity & Quality Center�s 1997 report Activity-Based Management II Best Practices for Dramatic Improvement. He has conducted over 60 seminars, workshops, and presentations to numerous groups including Executive Enterprises, Institute for International Research, The Conference Board, Performance Institute, and the Government Finance Officers Association on activity-based costing, management, performance budgeting, and alternative service delivery options. Mr. Simpson belongs to the Government Financial Officers Association (GFOA) and has served on its Government Budgeting and Fiscal Policy Committee. He also has been involved in the Association of Governmental Accountants (AGA). He is a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM). John Miller is a recognized expert and leading authority in the area of performance management and measurement. Mr. Miller has over 35 years of experience as a partner at Arthur Andersen and in industry where he held the positions of Chief Financial Officer for a publicly held New York Stock Exchange manufacturing company (NYSE:CIX) and for a privately owned independent exploration and production oil and gas company. In addition, he has held positions of corporate Director for Strategic and Operations Planning for two other large, publicly held Fortune 500 companies (NYSE:SII and NYSE:FMC).When
Mon-Fri, Feb 22-26, 2010, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Where
The Performance Institute
1515 N. Courthouse Rd Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201
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Organizer
The Performance Institute
