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BACKGROUND
Since 2002, an Academy Panel, utilizing Sub-Panels in a variety of subject matter areas, has provided advice to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the FBI’s transformation.
In 2009, The FBI’s Finance Division (FD) asked the Academy to provide additional assistance by conducting an independent review of the Bureau’s procurement function. The review was intended to transform the procurement delivery system into a more effi cient and progressive enabling function aligned with the Bureau’s mission, and has included seven acquisition-related areas: organizational structure, annual acquisition planning, performance metrics, Acquisition
Review Board processes, oversight mechanisms, staffi ng, and executive knowledge of procurement. For FY 2010, FD requested that the Academy assist the Bureau in implementing recommended transformational changes within the procurement services area.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project is in response to FD’s request for implementation assistance within the FBI’s procurement planning and execution processes. During this project, the Academy will assist
FD in four primary tasks, including:
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Acquisition Metrics — providing plans, processes, and guidance; developing useful evaluation mechanisms; developing tools to collect input and information from relevant stakeholders; developing a reporting mechanism to assess Procurement Section’s (PS) internal functions; and developing and improving policy guidance;
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Acquisition Oversight Program — developing standard operating procedures, including staff roles and responsibilities; developing policy documents and assisting with policy implementation as needed; assessing implementation changes and adjusting recommendations as necessary; and evaluating processes and the effectiveness of the implemented recommendations;
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Acquisition Review Board (ARB) Improvements — assisting in the implementation of ARB process changes including new planning measures; working with procurement and program staffs to develop standard materials for ARB presentations; assessing, documenting, and recommending additional adjustments to improve the ARB as necessary; and
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Advisory Services — providing expert advice and assistance as required by FD.
In addition to the four primary tasks, FD may direct the Academy to undertake two optional tasks:
1) implementing an Annual Acquisition Planning Strategy; and 2) Benchmarking Studies.
The Procurement Services Implementation Sub-Panel will guide this implementation phase and report to the overall FBI Transformation Panel regarding this effort.
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PANEL
Dick Thornburgh, * Chair —Counsel, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP. Former Under Secretary General, Department of Administration and Management, United Nations; Attorney General of the United States; Governor, State of Pennsylvania; U.S.
Attorney for Western Pennsylvania; Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Criminal Division.
Melissa J. Allen *—Former Senior Human Resource Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Former Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Robert M. Alloway *—Director, National Leadership Task Force on Y2K. Former Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on
Government Management, Information and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives; President, Alloway Incorporated; Assistant
Professor, Sloan Graduate Business School, and Research Faculty, Center for Information Systems Research, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; Director, Management Information Systems, First National Stores.
Frank J. Chellino —Criminal Justice Consultant and President, Langley-Hunt International, Inc.; Former Special Agent in Charge,
Miami Field Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Floyd I. Clarke —Vice President, Corporate Compliance, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc. Former Deputy Director and Acting
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Edward A. Flynn *—Secretary for Public Safety, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Former Chief of Police, Arlington.
W. Scott Gould —Vice President, Public Sector Strategy and Change, Global Leadership Initiative, IBM; Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government. Former Managing Director, AVA Partners; President and Chief Executive Offi cer, The O’Gara Company;
Deputy to the Director for Modernization, Naval Criminal Investigative Service; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Offi cer,
Exolve Inc.; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Chief Financial Offi cer and Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce; White House Fellow; Assistant Receiver and Director of Operations, City of
Chelsea, Massachusetts; Managing Associate, Theodore Barry and Associates, New York; Naval Offi cer, U.S. Navy.
Kristine M. Marcy *—Consultant, McConnell International. Former Chief Operating Offi cer, Small Business Administration; Senior
Counsel, Detention and Deportation, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Assistant Director for Prisoner Services, U.S. Marshals
Service, U.S. Department of Justice; Associate Deputy Attorney General, Offi ce of the Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of
Justice; Acting Director/Deputy Director, Offi ce of Construction Management and Deputy Budget Director, U.S. Department of the
Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Offi ce of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education; Assistant Director, Human Resources,
Veterans and Labor Group, U.S. Offi ce of Personnel Management.
Procurement Services Review Sub-Panel
Kristine M. Marcy,* Chair
Jonathan D. Breul*— Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business of Government, and Partner, IBM Global Business Services.
Former positions with U.S. Offi ce of Management and Budget: Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director for Management; Chief, Evaluation and Planning Branch, General Management Division; Senior Management Analyst. Former Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Offi ce of the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Robert A. Burton*— Partner, Venable LLP. Former positions with the Offi ce of Federal Procurement Policy, U.S, Offi ce of Management and Budget: Deputy Administrator, Acting Administrator. Former positions with Department of Defense: Senior Associate General
Counsel (Acquisition), Contract Management Agency; General Counsel, Defense Energy Support Center; and Associate General
Counsel (Acquisition), Defense Logistics Agency.
Frank J. Chellino*
Martin C. Faga*
Mitchell Rice*— Professor of Political Science and Director, Race and Ethnic Studies Institute, Bush School of Government and
Public Service, Texas A&M University. Former Associate Professor and Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Assistant
Professor and Associate Professor, Southwest Texas State University.
Barbara Wamsley*— Principal, LMA International; Fellow, Center for the Study of American Government, Johns Hopkins University;
Fellow, Maxwell Center for Advanced Public Management, Syracuse University. Former positions with U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services: Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary; Director, Program Integrity; Deputy Assistant Secretary for procurement, grants, information resources management, management analysis. Former Deputy Director, Federal Programs, National Academy of
Public Administration.
PROJECT STAFF
Rick Cinquegrana , Program Area Director (RCinq@napawash.org)
Bill McCarty , Project Director (BMccarty@napawash.org)
Allan Burman ,* Senior Advisor (ABurman@jeffersonconsulting.com)
Craig Durkin , Senior Advisor (CDurkin@jeffersonconsulting.com)
Nathaniel Cavallini , Senior Advisor (NCavallini@jeffersonconsulting.com)
Jeremy Arensdorf , Research Associate (JArensdorf@jeffersonconsulting.com)
Saphonia Foster , Research Associate (SFoster@napawash.org)
* Academy Fellow