The document announces a one-day boot camp event on March 24th in Washington DC to teach attendees about obtaining funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The event will cover what programs are eligible for funding, the timeline for applying and receiving funds, and how to position an organization for funding. The agenda includes sessions on understanding and tracking fund distribution, requirements for managing Recovery Act activities, and preparing grants applications. The event aims to help leaders and grants managers obtain their share of the hundreds of billions being distributed through economic recovery grants.

1. March 24, 2009
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Washington, DC
The Recovery Act Boot Camp
The largest economic stimulus package
in history passed on February 17.
How will you get your share of funding?
You Will Learn:
What programs will benefit from the recovery act
The aggressive schedule for applying and receiving funds
How to position yourself for funding
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2. Show Me the Money: The Recovery Act Boot Camp
About About this Event
The Performance Institute is hosting Show Me the Money: The Recovery Act Boot
the Performance Camp. This one day event will help you and your colleagues understand this important
legislation, the timeline for spending and how your organization can receive much-
Institute: needed funding. This forum will outline the provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act, field your questions and provide answers to get you started.
There’s no time to lose! Sign up for this comprehensive event today and guide your
Called “the leading think tank in organization through this challenging economy with new financial resources.
performance measurement for
government” on OMB’s ExpectMore.
gov, The Performance Institute has
Featured Speaker
been a leader in Performance
Management training and policy
since the 2000 administration
Robert J. Shea
transition. As part of the Government
Robert is a Director in Grant Thornton’s United States Global Public
Performance Coalition, a group of
Sector Practice. He was most recently at the United States Office of
good government organizations, the
Management and Budget (OMB) as Associate Director for Administration
Institute worked in 2000 to deliver
and Government Performance. In addition to managing OMB’s internal operations,
recommendations to the then new
Robert led the President’s Performance Improvement Initiative, administered the
administration on what would become
Program Assessment Rating Tool – a tool for assessing and improving program
the President’s Management Agenda.
performance and efficiency, advised on government human capital policy and led
interagency collaborations in the areas of food safety and implementation of the
In 2009, the Institute is leading
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act – a law requiring all agency
Innovations in Government: From
financial transactions to be posted on the Internet. Before joining OMB, Robert
Transition to Transformation, or
served as Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
InnoGOV.org, a collection of forums,
where, in addition to general oversight of Executive Branch management, he advised
research and recommendations to bring
Committee leadership on the status of implementation of the U.S. statutory framework
insight and transformation to the federal
for performance-based government, including the Government Performance and
government. The goal of InnoGOV.
Results Act and the Chief Financial Officers Act. He was Legislative Director for
org is to centralize the importance
Congressman Pete Sessions (TX) from 1997 to 1999, where he organized the Results
of performance, accountability and
Caucus, a group of Members of Congress dedicated to results-based management
transparency in government and to
and solving many of the government’s major management problems. Robert was a
disseminate the leading best practices to
Professional Staff Member with the House Committee on Government Reform from
government managers.
1995 through 1996. There he had responsibility for examining the economy and
efficiency of government programs, and acted as liaison with the government’s
The Performance Institute has published
Inspectors General. Robert lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife, Eva, and their
several research reports regarding
daughters Haley, Hannah, and Mimi.
performance management initiatives
and trains over 10,000 government
managers per year on performance-
based topics. Dedicated to improving
citizen services and taxpayer
transparency, the Institute uses a best-
practices foundation to deliver the most
effective and tested methodologies for
improving performance.
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3. Show Me the Money: The Recovery Act Boot Camp
Who
Should Attend: Agenda
Morning Session: 9:00-12:00 AM
• Leadership
• Understand the Recovery Act and track the distribution of funds from
Federal agencies
• Grants Managers and
• Learn requirements and guidance to effectively manage activities under the
Program Managers in
Recovery Act
Nonprofits • Examine critical action steps necessary to obtain and maintain funding under the
accelerate timeframes
• State and Local • Outline communication process to comply with transparency and reporting
Government requirements
Lunch Break
Afternoon Session: 1:00-3:00 PM
• Prepare and plan to obtain and manage grants under the Recovery Act
• Examine prudent management and statutory requirements that go beyond
standard practices
• Leant tips to navigate Grants.gov quickly and effectively
• Understand the audit tools that drive transparency and accountability
As Washington starts
spreading hundreds
of billions of dollars in
economic recovery grant
funds... are you prepared to
get your share?
Receive a $50 discount
to Economic Recovery
Grants Center – go to
www.grantsinfocenter.com
and subscribe with code
ERGOS01.
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4. Show Me the Money: The Recovery Act Boot Camp
Logistics & Registration
REGISTRATION
Venue 1. ONLINE at www.RecoveryActGuide.com
Show Me the Money: The Recovery Act Boot Camp will be 2. VIA FAX to 703-894-0482
held at The Performance Institute Training Center in Arlington,
3. VIA PHONE to 703-894-0481
VA. A public parking garage is located inside of the building
for $10/day. Continental breakfast and refreshments will be 4. VIA MAIL to 1515 N. Courthouse Road, Sixth Floor
provided for delegates on each day. Arlington, VA 22201
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703-894-0481
Delegate Information
Hotel and travel costs are not included in conference tuition.
Name Title
Tuition
The tuition rate for attending Show Me the Money: The Recovery Office Organization
Act Boot Camp is $299.
For more information contact Chris Joseph at 703-894-0481 x
Address
224 or at Joseph@PerformanceWeb.org
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before the event. If cancellation occurs within two weeks prior to conference start date, no refund will be
issued. Registrants who fail to attend and do not cancel prior to the meeting will be charged the entire
registration fee.
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occur in the program. The Performance Institute is not responsible for speaker changes, but will work to ensure
a comparable speaker is located to participate in the program.
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