Tentative Agenda - Spring Meeting

Thursday, April 25

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
(All members are invited and encouraged to attend.)
5:30 p.m.

CHECK-IN

6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION & DINNER
Hyatt Regency Tamaya

 

 Friday, April 26

7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. CHECK IN

 
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

REGIONAL NETWORKING BREAKFASTS

  • Elect Regional Directors for 2013-2014
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

Jason Dilges, Chief Financial Officer, State of
South Dakota & 2012-2013 NASBO President

 
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

NATIONAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Nigel Gault, Chief U.S. Economist, HIS Global Insight
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. BREAK
 

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
FEDERAL BUDGET UPDATE: HOW SIGNIFICANT
ARE FUTURE CUTS?
Marcia Howard, Executive Director, Federal Funds Information
for States
 
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. BREAK
 
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. NEXT STEPS FOR TANF AND THE IMPACT ON STATE BUDGETS
George Sheldon, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department
of Health & Human Services
 
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. NETWORKING LUNCHEON

 
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. IMPLEMENTING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: CHALLENGES,
COSTS, MEDCAID EXPANSION AND BEYOND
Tom Betlach, Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment
System
Brent Earnest, Deputy Secretary, New Mexico Human Services Department
 
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. BREAK
 
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. REVENUE AND FORECASTING ISSUES
Thomas Clifford, Secretary of Finance, New Mexico
Department of Finance & Administration
Helen Hecht, Tax Counsel, Federation of Tax Administrators
Richard Anklam, President & Executive Director, New Mexico
Tax Research Institute

 
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. NASBO COMMITTEE UPDATES
  • Health and Human Services Committee
  • Fiscal Management and Reporting Committee
  • Education Committee
  • Annual Critical Issue Committee: Lessons Learned
    from the Downturn
4:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. NETWORKING EXCURSION & DINNER: SANTA FE
Special opportunity to meet with senior New Mexico
government officials
(Meet in the hotel lobby promptly at 4:30 p.m.)


Saturday, April 27

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. NETWORKING BREAKFAST

 
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. BUSINESS MEETING
  • Elect President-Elect and Member-At-Large
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ROUNDTABLE OF STATE BUDGET DIRECTORS: STATE-OF-THE-STATES
DISCUSSION

This is an opportunity for NASBO members to describe their
state’s current fiscal condition.
 
11:00 a.m. ADJOURN