Tenth Annual Conference of the
National Association of State Highway and Transportation Unions (NASHTU)
Tuesday, April 28-Thursday, April 30th 2009
Phoenix Park Hotel Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast – Ballroom, First Floor
8:30 a.m. – Congressional Speaker – Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD)
9:00 a.m. – Welcome Remarks – Mark Sheahan, President, Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)
9:30 a.m. – 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 a.m. – Ed Wytkind – President of Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
11:00 a.m. – Jack Basso – Director of Management and Business Development, AASHTO
11:30 a.m. – Congressional Speaker – Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 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 p.m. – Honorable Ray LaHood – Secretary, United States Department of Transportation
2:00 p.m. – Fraud Awareness
- Bruce Quintero and Dennis O’Campo, Senior Special Agents, Washington Investigative Operations
2:30 p.m. – Break
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. – Workshop: Getting the Public on Our Side to Raise Revenue and Fight Privatization
- Jennifer Munt – Public Affairs Director, AFSCME Minnesota Council 5
6:30 p.m. – 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 a.m. – 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 a.m. – 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 a.m. – Break
11:00 a.m. – Lobbying NASHTU’s Legislative Agenda
- Mary Richards – Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES)
12:30 p.m. – Congressional Speaker – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Lobbying in Capitol Hill
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. – Congressional Reception – US Capitol, Room S-115 (Family Dining Room)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – Lobby Day Report – ALL
9:00 a.m. – 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 a.m. – Congressional Speaker – Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
10:45 a.m. – 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