Transcript A Look at Federal Contracting and the Ten Golden Rules

Current Status of the
National Board’s Agenda
Gary Poleskey, CPCM, Fellow
Past President, NCMA
July 18, 2010
Overview
• Overview Of Open Items From Program Year
2010
– Key “Board At Large” Open Items
– Key “Committee Focused” Open Items
• Issues Will Be Addressed And Worked As Part
Of Scheduled Board Agenda Items And
Committee Meetings During PY 2011
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Key “Board At Large” Open Items
• Reassessment of Strategic Objectives
• Establishment of metrics for Strategic Objectives
• Reach consensus on environmental foundation of BMA
concept
– Web career development path (EAC and FAI and NCMA testimony)
– More diverse organizational groupings with the contracting function
within industry and Government
– Contracting professionals require access to broader array of
functional knowledge than in the past
– Other Associations exist and serve many of these other functions
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Key “Board At Large” Open Items (Continued)
• Reach consensus on our response to this environment in
terms of the alternatives to be evaluated
1. Change nothing – NCMA continues to focus only on contract
management
2. NCMA builds and markets programming to serve professionals in
adjacent fields
3. Work toward alliance(s) with related organizations in a manner
that retains current Brand focus and strengths
• Rebuild Association funding reserves
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Key “Committee Focused” Open Items
• Chapter Development
– Chapters Lite
– Virtual Chapters
• Professionalism Advocacy
– Determine how to react to latest SOCO conversation regarding
“Open Letter” to Government Employees
– Determine how to ensure Executive Round Tables reach maximum
potential
– Develop slightly more rigorous issue assessment process
• Women’s Forum
– Continued growth
– Assessment of institutionalization alternatives
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Key “Committee Focused” Open Items (Continued)
• Professional Standards & Ethics
– Publication of Professional Standards package
– Completion and publication of CMBOK 3.0 in conjunction with PES
– Completion and publication of Contracting Organizational Placement
study with identification of best practices
– Advancement of CM2 initiative (tool for individual professional
assessment and setting of objectives)
• University Outreach
– Outreach to university students and increase in student memberships
• Pursue Student Chapters when opportunity arises
– Outreach to universities
• Relationships as a resource
• Encourage CM curriculum development
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Backup Charts
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