Tuesday, April 28, 2009

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast – Ballroom, First Floor

8:30

Congressional Speaker – Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD)

9:00

Welcome Remarks – Mark Sheahan, President, Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)

9:30

Congressional Discussion: What are the Issues Facing Congress – Federal Stimulus, 2009 Transportation Authorization, Financing Moderator: Dennis Houlihan – AFSCME

• Kathy Dedrick - Senior Policy Director for Transportation, Senate Committee on Environment and Public works

10:30

Ed Wytkind - President of Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

11:00

Jack Basso - Director of Management and Business Development, AASHTO

11:30

Congressional Speaker – Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA)

12:00 p.m.

LUNCH

1:00

Report: Design and Engineering Firm’s Indirect Costs Claimed on Federal-Aid Grants

• Terrence Letko, Program Director, Office of the Assistant Inspector General, Acquisition and Procurement Audits

1:30

Honorable Ray LaHood – Secretary, United States Department of Transportation

2:00

Fraud Awareness

• Bruce Quintero and Dennis O’Campo, Senior Special Agents, Washington Investigative Operations

2:30

Break

3:00-4:15

Workshop: Getting the Public on Our Side to Raise Revenue and Fight Privatization

• Jennifer Munt - Public Affairs Director, AFSCME Minnesota Council 5

6:30

NASHTU Group Dinner - Uno Chicago Grill, Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE (www.unos.com)

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00

Public Private Partnerships – Using Public Pension Funds for PPPs - Good or Evil?

• Bruce Blanning - Professional Engineers in California Government

• Richard Ferlauto - American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees

9:45

Government Accountability, Transportation Financing and PPPs Moderator: Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME

• Michelle Vaughn – Senior Associate, The PEW Center on the States

• Scott Amey – General Counsel, Project on Government Oversight

10:30

Break

11:00

Lobbying NASHTU’s Legislative Agenda

• Mary Richards - Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES)

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

12:30

Congressional Speaker – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

1:00-5:00

Lobbying on Capitol Hill

5:30-7:30

Congressional Reception – US Capitol, Room S-115 (Family Dining Room)

Thursday, April 30, 2009

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30

Lobby Day Report - ALL

9:00

Panel and Discussion: Developments at Highway Departments Throughout the Nation.

• Bruce Blanning – PECG

• Stephen Livingston – Connecticut State Employees Association, SEIU Local 2001

• Joe Dorant - Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES)

9:30

Congressional Speaker – Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR)

10:45

Break

11:00

Action Plan for NASHTU for 2009-2010

• Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME

• Mary Richards, MOSES

• Jimmy Tarlau, CWA

• Bruce Blanning, PECG

1:00 p.m.

Adjournment