FORUM ON REENGINEERING FMSS POC Mr. Hal Metcalf, Department of Veterans Affairs (703)696-9472. You are invited to attend a half-day FMSS Schedule Forum on Friday, November 22, 1996, from 8:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Amphitheater, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW, Washington, DC. Purpose of the forum is to elicit government and private sector views on how to reengineer the FMSS schedule in the following areas: improving the procurement process, technical evaluation of software, certifying/testing financial software, alternatives to testing, purchasing technical services, and acquiring related (feeder) systems. Shortcomings of the FMSS schedule are summarized in the document. A Strategy of Leadership and Engagement available via the Internet (www.financenet.gov/cfo.htm). Attendees wishing to brief at the forum on one of the topics listed above must reserve a speaking space (a limited number are available) on the agenda by contacting Mr. Hall Metcalf, Department of Veterans Affairs, by November 8, 1996. Mr. Metcalf can be reached at (703)696-9472 (phone); 1-800-980-6607 (voice mail); or (202)273-9370 (fax). Speakers will be allocated up to five minutes. There is no fee to attend the forum; however, all those attending are requested to pre-register by an e-mail message to Mr. Metcalf (metcalfh@prcaf.fmp.osd.mil), providing your name, agency/company, and telephone number. The final agenda for the forum will be available via Finance Net.

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