6:00 – 8:00

NLPES “Dutch Treat” Dinner
Blue Iguana Restaurant
155 S. West Temple #1

Noon – 1:30

Legislative Staff Luncheon

1:30 – 5:00

Focus on Legislative Staff: Retaining the Best and the Brightest

10:30 -  Noon

The Art of Public Speaking

Noon – 1:00

Staff Section Leaders’ Orientation Luncheon

1:15 – 3:00

Ensuring Payment Integrity of the Medicaid Program
Paul F. Hogan, Senior Vice-President, The Lewin Group, Virginia
Christine Saxonis, Project Manager for the Payment Accuracy Demonstration Project, Center for Medicare And Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Maryland

3:15 – 5:00

NLPES Executive Committee Meeting
Kate Wade, Program Evaluation Director, Legislative Audit Bureau, Wisconsin

8:30 – 10:30

Checking the Big Gamble – Legislative Oversight of State Lotteries
Moderator: Ken Levine, Deputy Director, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas
Speakers: Joey Longley, Director, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas
Janice Mueller, State Auditor, Legislative Audit Bureau, Wisconsin
Wade Melton, Staff Director, Chair of the Team Support Council, Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, Florida

10:45 – 12:15

Federal Oversight of the No Child Left Behind Act
Moderator: Kate Wade, Program Evaluation Director, Legislative Audit Bureau, Wisconsin
Charles Laster, U.S. Department of Education Title I Office, Washington, DC
Senator Steve Kelley, Minnesota

12:30 – 2:00

NLPES Luncheon and Awards Presentation
Moderator: Kate Wade, Program Evaluation Director, Legislative Audit Bureau, Wisconsin

2:15 – 3:45

NLPES Roundtable Discussion
Facilitator: Martha Carter, Performance Auditor, Performance Audit Section, Legislative Research Division, Nebraska
Panelist: John Turcotte, President, TPACT, LLC, Florida

4:00 – 5:00

NLPES Executive Committee Meeting
Presiding: Martha Carter, Performance Auditor, Performance Audit Section, Legislative Research Division, Nebraska