Tuesday,

March 16, 2010

 

6:00 – 8:00 pm

Unaffiliated DLGA Event

Sonoma Restaurant and Wine  Bar, 223 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Washington

6:45 Reception

7:00 Dinner

Unaffiliated RLGA Event
Closed to Media

701 Restaurant
701 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC

Wednesday
March 17, 2010

8:00– 10:00 am

Unaffiliated DLGA Meeting  

L’Enfant,

Quorum Room

(Contact DLGA)

No Unaffiliated RLGA Meeting

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8:00– 10:00 am

NLGA Asthma Awareness Ad Shoot

For Affected Lt. Governors Only

In December, NLGA solicited NLGA members for interest in shooting an asthma awareness PSA.  A taping team from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be on-site at this time to tape the ads as follows:

8:15 am Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (MO)

8:35 am Lt. Gov. Troy Findley (KS)

8:55 am Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton (WI)

9:15 am Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom (AL)

9:35 am Sec. Ken McClintock (PR)  

At the noted time, please report on-time to the taping area.  A script was provided to your office in advance of the meeting, was left at your room for check-in, and will provided again at taping.  If it is not raining, please report to the outdoor area immediately outside the lobby.  If the weather is inclement, a suite number will be provided.   

We appreciate the lieutenant governors who are likely to express interest on site in adding to this project, however, as you can see, no additions can be accommodated.

Outdoor area immediately outside lobby entry OR a suite number will be provided

9:30 – 10:00 a

Joint Meeting:
NLGA Annual Meeting Committee meeting &
NLGA Finance Committee meeting

Closed:  For  committee members & interested lt governors only

See Agenda in Agenda Book, behind this agenda

Annual Meeting Committee members:   LGs Bolling, Aiona, Owen, Bryant, Brown and Finance Committee members:  LGs Sheehy, Krolicki, Owen, Francis

The first 10 -15 minutes will be both committees receipt of a 2011 Meeting bid and a 2010 Annual Meeting finance report.  The Annual Meeting Committee members may then disburse and the Finance Committee meeting will conclude its business. 

L’Enfant, Lafayette Room

10:00 – 10:15 a

NLGA Opening Session  
Roll Call of the States

L’Enfant,
Ballroom A&B  

10:15 – 11:15 a

NLGA Opening Plenary:
Economic Growth & Employment in the Short Term

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is tasked to provide objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses to Congress to aid in economic and budgetary decisions.  The CBO Panel of Economic Advisors contains some of the nation’s preeminent economists.   Based on February testimony prepared for Congress, a CBO representative will outline policies for increasing economic growth and employment in the short term.  The Director of Federal Affairs for the National Governors Association (NGA) will then forecast upcoming Congressional actions with a potential to further impact states. 

Panel:  Deputy Director Robert Sunshine, Congressional Budget Office and Federal Affairs Director David Quam, National Governors Association   

Moderator:  Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, Virginia, NLGA Chairman

L’Enfant,

Ballroom A&B    

11:15 a-12:15 p

NLGA Morning Plenary:  North American Trade & Transit
North America represents the world’s largest free trade area linking 444-million people producing $17-trillion worth of goods and services, according to the U.S. Trade Representative.  In 2008, Canada and Mexico were the top two purchasers of U.S. exports and they were the largest and third-largest suppliers of goods imported to the U.S.  Canada and the U.S. maintain the world’s longest shared border, while the U.S. and Mexico border is acknowledged as the most frequently crossed border in the world.  This plenary explores the roles of states and lieutenant governors in impacting these phenomenal inter-relationships during a period of worldwide recession, balancing security, accountability and shared financial needs.  The top envoys of North America will provide keynote remarks on the vitality of this continent and its relationships.

Co-Keynote Addresses: 

Ambassador Gary Doer, of Canada to the U.S.  
Ambassador Arturo Sarukhán, of Mexico to the U.S.
Moderators:   Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton (WI) and
 Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki (NV)

L’Enfant,

Ballroom A&B 

12:15 – 1:15 p

NLGA:  All Attendee Lunch
Menu:  Soup, Salad, Sandwiches, Paninis

 

L’Enfant,
Quorum Room  

1:15 – 3:15 p

NLGA Policy Resolutions Committee meeting
All committee members & resolution sponsors required to attend.  All NLGA members encouraged to attend.  Meeting open to all attendees.

 

All NLGA resolutions more than three years old will sunset. 
Deadline to file resolutions with NLGA:  February 16, 2010

Committee members:  Committee Chair:  NLGA Chair-Elect Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (MD) and members Lt Govs. Aiona (HI), Molnau (MN), Murray (MA)  

Every presenting sponsor and co-sponsor and every witness is asked to hold remarks to 3 – 5 minutes in order that all resolutions may be vetted.

Filed Resolutions:
1.  Resolution on Supporting Military Children and Families by Reviewing and Distributing the “SOFAR Guide for Helping Children and Youth Cope With the Deployment and Return of a Parent in the National Guard or Other Military Reserves”
Sponsors:  Lt. Govs. Murray (MA) & Dubie (VT)
    
2.  Open Government Data Resolution
Sponsor:  Lt. Gov. Lawton (WI) Co-Sponsor:  Lt. Gov. Sheehy (NE)

3.  Resolution in Support of Patient Centered Medical Homes
Sponsors:  Lt. Govs. Brown (MD) & Molnau (MN)   

4.  Resolution Ensuring Cybersecurity as a National Priority
Sponsors:  Lt. Govs. Brown (MD) & Campbell (Alaska)  

5.  Resolution to Continue the Public Leadership in the Arts award
Sponsors:  Lt. Govs. Lawton (WI) & Bohlinger (MT)   

6.  Resolution to Establish the Public Leadership in Energy & Environmental Stewardship award
Sponsor:  Lt. Gov. Brown (MD) & Co-Sponsor:  Lt. Gov. Bolling (VA)

7.  Resolution in Support of “Ending Cervical Cancer in our Lifetime”
Sponsors:  Lt. Govs. Lawton (WI) & Molnau (MN)

8.   Energy Access Resolution and Policy Statement
 Sponsors:  Lt. Govs. Campbell (Alaska) and Folsom (AL)

L’Enfant,
Ballroom A&B  

3:15 – 4:00 p

NLGA:  STEM Education & Robotics Competition

Many state officials work to promote STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and math) to bolster future American economic competitiveness.  One goal is to engage learners at all levels in a motivated way to work effectively on complex issues involving STEM disciplines.  Founded by a National Inventor Hall of Fame inductee, the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition helps students discover the rewards and excitement of STEM.  Lieutenant governors may play a specific role in these efforts.

Introduction:   Lt. Governor  James “Duke” Aiona (HI)  

        Introduction of Students from Participating Schools

        (Students remain in seats)

Keynote:  Entrepreneur Dean Kamen, Segway founder       

L’Enfant,
Ballroom A&B  

4:15 – 5:15 pm

NLGA CAPs & Sponsors Reception
Invite Only Session:
NLGA members, spouses, and CAPs members & Sponsors
(NLGA member = LG, SoS, Sen Pres)   

NLGA thanks it Conference Associate Partners (CAPs), sustaining members of the organization.  CAPs include members from the private sector, unions, and other associations.   

L’Enfant,
Ballroom D

5:20

Load Bus

5:45 – 7:30 pm

NLGA Reception:  China Embassy

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says China is currently the 2nd largest goods trading partner of the U.S. with $407.5 billion in total (two ways) goods trade during 2008.  NLGA is in its third-year of an exchange program with China which sees a NLGA delegation visit China each Fall.  The hosts of the evening are pleased to showcase their new Embassy, and possibly their new Ambassador.

Embassy of China, 3505 International Place

Thursday,

March 18, 2010

7:15 – 7:45 am

NLGA CAPs Planning Meeting
Closed:  Meeting for Interested CAPs members ONLY

This meeting is a collegial opportunity and business session for CAPs lead by leadership elected among the CAPs. 
Chair:  Dyan Alexander, AstraZeneca

L’Enfant,

Solarium

7:45 – 8:15 am

NLGA Congressional Briefing:  Federal-State Relations   

7:45 – 8:15 am
US Rep. Eric Cantor, Virginia, Minority Whip
Introduction:  Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, Virginia

L’Enfant,

Ballroom A&B

8:15 – 9:00 am

NLGA:  All Attendee Breakfast

Menu:  Eggs, bacon, yogurt

L’Enfant,

Solarium

9:00 – 10:00 a

NLGA:  Innovations to Meet State Budget Forecasts   

Highlights on Higher Education and Corrections

A member of the Fiscal Planning Task Force of the New York lieutenant governor, Dr. Robert Ward is a national expert in state fiscal policies.  He will discuss state and territorial budgets for the next few years and highlight “best practice” innovations you may apply from other states or academia.  Specific innovations used by some states for higher education funding and prison population management will then be detailed.         

Panel: Dr. Robert Ward, Director Fiscal Issues, Rockefeller Institute of Government and Ms. Brenda Albright, multi-state Education Consultant  and Project Director Richard Jerome,  Pew Center on the States Public Safety Performance Project  

Moderator:  Lt. Governor Patty Judge (IA)     

L’Enfant,

Ballroom A&B

10:00 – 11:00 a

NLGA Panel:  Impact on States of Innovations in Transportation Security & Public Health 

Named one of the nation’s Top 50 Chief Information Officers (CIOs), the first speaker will share insights on new use of information technology in transportation security for aviation, maritime, rail and road.  Over at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), changes announced at the new year aim to improve the collection and use of data to better support state health departments.  A leader who’s managed major medical portfolios at the Veterans Administration (VA) and the CDC will detail innovative plans for the collection, dissemination, and coordination of public health information, including vaccine management. 

Panel:   Dr. Emma Garrison-Alexander, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) CIO  and
Acting Director Walter Harris, CDC Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology,& Laboratory Services   
Moderator:  Lt. Governor Jim Folsom (AL)

L’Enfant,

Ballroom A&B

11:30 am

Load Bus

American College of Cardiology Building, 2400 “N” St. NW, T:  (202) 375-6000

Noon – 12:30 p

NLGA:  All Attendee Lunch

Sponsor:  The American College of Cardiology

Menu: Chicken, Shrimp, vegetables 

Introduction:  Lt. Governor Bill Bolling (VA)  

Welcome:  CEO Dr. Jack Lewin, American College of Cardiology 

Knowledge Exchange Area, American College of Cardiology Building

12:30 – 1:15

NLGA Keynote:  “The State of Healthy States”

Asst. Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh (confirmed)

Dr. Koh oversees 12 core public health offices within the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, as well as the office of the Surgeon General and the Commissioned Corps, a uniformed service of more than 6,000 federal health professionals.  He will provide an update on federal efforts and state opportunities in the areas of disease prevention, health promotion, and the reduction of health disparities. 

Introduction:  Lt. Governor Bill Bolling (VA) 

Keynote:  Dr. Howard Koh, Asst. Sec. for Health   

MultiPurpose Room,

American College of Cardiology Building

1:15 – 2:00 p

NLGA:  Patient Centered Medical Home Care Concept
The concept is an enhanced primary care model through which care teams attend to the multi-faceted needs of patients, providing whole person comprehensive and coordinated patient-centered care.  Advanced in 2007 when four major physician groups agreed to a common view of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), eight states are currently piloting learning, awareness, and policy to support medical homes within Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs. 

Moderator:  Lt. Governor Tim Murray (MA)  
Dr. Terry McInnis, M.D., GlaxoSmithKline Medical Director

MultiPurpose Room, American College of Cardiology Building

2:00 – 2:45 p

NLGA:  Action on Medical Liability
This veteran malpractice defense lawyer is the chief risk officer for a health system with 18,000 employees and a $1.5 billion annual budget.  He has testified to Congress, the National Governors Association, and in other national health reform settings on the cost-saving, “proactive and principled approach to claims” he implemented at the University of Michigan which focuses on an early error disclosure system and making patient safety the centerpiece of liability reform.  

Chief Risk Officer Richard Boothman, J.D.,

University of Michigan Health System   

Moderator:  Lt. Governor Craig Campbell (Alaska)  

MultiPurpose Room, American College of Cardiology Building

2:45 – 3:45 p

NLGA:  Obesity Options – The Mississippi Model

Introduction:  Lt. Governor Gregory Francis (USVI)   

“Jeopardy: ”  Obesity Health Care Facts 
An interactive quiz game of questions noting the impact of obesity on health care and health care costs.  Get your buzzer finger ready!  An informational preparation sheet is available (and has been since 2-22-10) at the meeting web site at www.nlga.us, under Resolutions and Meeting Materials.  
 National State Government Affairs Leader Jon Hawayek, Allergan

“One State’s Legislative Action on Obesity”

This personal testimonial prepared just for NLGA recounts one man’s struggle with obesity, his personal impact on state health care costs, and subsequent state action on obesity.   

State Rep. Steve Holland (D), Mississippi, (via video)

Public Health & Human Services committee, Chair

“The Cost to States of Obesity & Action Options”
Dr. Christopher Still,  DO, FACN, FACP,
Medical Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
at the Geisinger Health System &

Obesity Action Coalition Secretary

MultiPurpose Room, American College of Cardiology Building

3:45 -4:30 p

NLGA:  Pandemic Planning & Response

The principal federal advisor on public health emergencies provides an assessment of the nation’s response to H1N1, including the vaccination production and roll-out and an overall status report.  She will highlight “best practices” learned which can be applied to state leaders for ongoing all-hazards planning. 

Asst. Sec. for Preparedness & Response Dr. Nicole Lurie,
Dept. of Health & Human Services (US HHS)

Moderator:  Lt. Governor & Homeland Security Director Rick Sheehy (NE) 

MultiPurpose Room, American College of Cardiology Building

4:30 – 5:00 p

NLGA Presentation:  Your Heart is in Your Hands
NLGA Director Julia Hurst

MultiPurpose Room, American College of Cardiology Building

5:00 p

Load Bus

5:30 – 6:00 pm

NLGA Executive Committee meeting

Closed:  For  committee members only

NLGA Executive Committee members:  Lt. Govs. Bolling (VA), Brown (MD), Sheehy (NE), Murray (MA), Bohlinger (MT), Halter (AR), Molnau (MN), Dubie (VT), Francis (USVI), Owen (WA), Bryant (MS), Mongiardo (KY), Daugaard (SD), Judge (IA), Cherry (MI), Dalrymple (ND), Folsom (AL), Lawton (WI)

L’Enfant, Ballroom A&B

5:30 – 8:00 pm

Designated by Lt. Governors as Unscheduled Time
At Executive Committee, members asked that all groups leave this time as unscheduled for individuals to make appointments and attend to state needs. 

On Own

Friday,

March 19, 2010

7:15 – 7:40 am

NLGA Congressional Briefing:  Federal-State Relations   

7:15 – 7:40 am
US Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland
Assistant to the Speaker of the US House   
Introduction:  Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Maryland

7:45 – 8:30 a

NLGA:  All-Attendee Breakfast
Sponsor: Americans for the Arts  
Presentation:  Americans for the Arts 50^th Anniversary Recognition

L’Enfant, Solarium

8:30 – 10:00 a

NLGA Executive Committee & General Business session
Open session and includes all NLGA members

 

See Agenda in Agenda Book, behind this agenda

L’Enfant, Ballroom A&B

10:00 – 11:00 a

NLGA CAPs-Planned Session:  Energy Efficiency

“Turning Waste Heat into Power”

The United States wastes about 55% of its primary sources of energy, according to General Electric.  Waste Heat Power Generation (WHPG) captures the heat generated by industrial processes to generate electricity.  This electricity is the ultimate in efficiency, produced with no incremental combustion, no incremental emissions and no incremental fuel consumption.
Speaker:  Manager Paul Doucette, Public  Policy & External Funding, General Electric  

“Plastic Technologies for Energy Efficient Building Construction”
Speaker:  Leader Jack Armstrong, North American Construction Group, BASF
Legislative Update:  State Affairs Director Josh Young, American Chemistry Council

Moderator:  Director Dyan Alexander, State Government Affairs, AstraZeneca

L’Enfant,

Ballroom A&B

ADJOURN PUBLIC MEETING

11:05 am

Load Bus

11:45 am

Arrive White House

NLGA asked White House Intergovernmental Affairs to plan a meeting with the President of the United States or, in his stead, the Vice-President.  This block of time is programmed by the White House IGA.

As of February 5, 2010, President is unavailable   

 

As of March 11, 2010, White House IGA unable to provide any further detail