American Bar Association

Section of Public Contract Law

Annual Council Meeting

July 8, 2000

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Empire Room, Lobby Level

THE WALDORF=ASTORIA

New York, New York

 

AGENDA

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Indicates oral report or distribution of materials at meeting.

 

ACTION ITEMS

1. Approval of March 11, 2000 Midyear Council Meeting Minutes (Williams)

2. Approval of additional funding for Model Procurement Code Project Expenses (Miller/McConnell/Kinlin)

3. Public Contract Law Journal Advertising Proposal (Vacketta)

4. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Corporate Sponsorship and Proposed Section Policy on Corporate Sponsorship and Support (Meagher)

5. Proposed Section By-Law Amendment (Dauer)

6. Membership in the American Infrastructure Consortium (Miller/Madden)

 

WORKING ITEMS

7. Section Endorsements of Procurement Roundtable Report (Nibley/Murphy)

8. Construction Division Plan (Lane/Roberts)

9. Demonstration and briefing on legal issues associated with "Reverse Auctions" (Harrington/Wittie)

INFORMATION ITEMS

10. Regulatory Coordinating Committee Report (Brittin)

11. Legislative Coordinating Committee Report (Styles)

12. Presentation by Fellows of Ethics Resource Center on four models to provide for employee confidentiality and non-retributory reporting systems (Bednar)

13. Report to House of Delegates on Year 2000 Model Procurement Code Revision, dated July 2000 (Miller)

14. Council vote by written ballot on Revisions to the Model Procurement Code (Williams)

15. GAO’s Scanwell Report

16. Blanket Authority Letter and Comments on Price-Based Acquisition

17. OFPP Letter and excerpts from final "Best Practices" Guide for Past Performance

18. California IT Model Contract Terms and Conditions (Samelson)

19. Oral Report from Board of Governors Liaison (Poscover)

20. Confidentiality in Federal ADR

21. Submissions to House of Delegates from Other ABA entities

Section of Administrative Law and Practice recommendation re CAFC Jurisdiction

Section of Administrative Law and Practice recommendation re Ombudsmen

Judicial Division recommendation re APA

22. Contribution to Section’s Education Fund from Alan and Mildred Peterson Charitable Foundation

23. Law Student Liaison Report (Martinez)

24. Public Contract Law Journal Report (Vacketta)

25. International Procurement Committee Report (Branstetter/Mutek)

26. Region VII Report (Land)

Arizona (Schaefer)

Southern California (Fagan)

Northern California (Samelson)

 

INFORMATION ITEMS

27. Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Report (Harty/Walters)

28. Nominating Committee Report for 2000-2001 Officers and Council Members (Churchill)

29. Georgia State Report (Heady)

30. Access to Information Committee Report (Hamrick/Pustay)

31. Electronic Commerce Committee Report (Othmer/Wittie)

32. Construction Division Report (Lane)

Bonding and Insurance Committee (Orrison)

Dispute Resolution Committee Report (Hill)

Employment Safety and Labor Committee Report (Ginsburg)

33. Commercial Products and Services Committee Report (Harrington/Woods)

34. Debarment and Suspension Committee Report (Pavlick)

35. Strategic Alliances, Teaming and Subcontracting Committee Report (Balch/Burkholder)

36. Accounting, Cost & Pricing Committee Report (Burton/O’Sullivan)

37. Letter to American College of Construction Lawyers re Overton Currie Lecture Series

38. Annual and Quarterly Programs Committee Report (Davis/Elderkin)

New York and London Reception Sponsors

May 23 Program on "Strategic Alliances and Teaming on Government Contracts: Winning Combinations for the Next Century"

39. Report from ABA Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice

40. Minutes from meetings of Commission on Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Williams)

41. ABA Approved General Fund Budget for Section Office

42. Membership Report (Branstetter)

43. Financial Report (Meagher)

44. Publications Sales Report