10:30 a.m. – noon – Chaos, Panic, & Disorder, What’s New at Home, Continued – Part 2, Just when you thought is was safe to go back into Carroll A/B
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – NASS/ACR Luncheon featuring U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), Key Ballroom 7
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – Who’s write? What’s real? Document Authentication and the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act – Waldo Jaquith, Director, US Open Data Institute, Carroll A/B – [ view pdf ]
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Modernizing Rules Review in Connecticut – Christopher Drake, Deputy Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor; David Suess, Charles Fizer, Kim Leung, Fairfax Data Systems, Carroll A/B – [ view pdf]
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Posting to Walls: Social Media in Rulemaking – Emily S. Bremer, Staff Counsel, Administrative Conference of the United States, Carroll A/B – [ view pdf]
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Luncheon featuring NASS IDEAS Award Presentation and Guest Speaker Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, Key Ballroom
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – IBR Tightrope – Finding Balance between Public Access to Rules and Copyrighted Private Standards — Part 1 – Scott Cooper, Vice President, Government Relations & Public Policy, American National Standards Institute, Carroll A/B – [ view pdf]
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. – IBR Tightrope – Finding Balance between Public Access to Rules and Copyrighted Private Standards — Part 2 – Seamus Kraft, Executive Director, The OpenGov Foundation, Carroll A/B – [ view pdf ]
4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. – Beware of the Gavel Too, The President’s Revenge, Second Business Meeting (Election of Officers, Certificate Presentations) Scott Cancelosi, ACR President, Carroll A/B – [ Agenda ]
5 p.m. – 6 p.m. – Reception hosted by the Pew Charitable Trusts, Peale Room, Baltimore Hilton
EVENING EVENT – 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. – Star Spangled Celebration Picnic & Fireworks, Fort McHenry
(Meet in hotel lobby; Buses depart at 6:15 pm; Conference badge required)
Wednesday, July 16
8 a.m. – 9 a.m. – Breakfast sponsored by Thomson Reuters featuring Charlie Cook, Editor/Publisher, The Cook Political Report, Key Ballroom 7
9 a.m.–10 a.m. – Office of the Federal Register Moving Forward – Charley Barth, Director, Office of the Federal Register, Carroll A/B – [ view pdf]
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Showdown at the Administrative Corral: Challenging and Defending Rules in the Federal Arena – Dr. Jim Tozzi, Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, and Leland Beck, attorney and editor of the Federal Regulations Adviser – Carroll A/B – [ view pdf]
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – NASS Leadership Luncheon and Guest Speaker Ralph Eshelman, Maryland Author/Historian, Key Ballroom 7
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Colborn Award – Colorado First to Implement the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act, Ken Hansen, Utah, Awards Committee Chair; Deanna Maiolo, Office of the Colorado Secretary of State, Carroll A/B – [ view pdf ]
3 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – ACR EXCLUSIVE Break – Sponsor Wolters Kluwer Law & Business with hostess Crystal Bryant, Carroll A/B
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. – Roundtable: ACR Sustainability and Succession Planning – Moderated by Ken Hansen, Utah; Scott Cancelosi, Arizona; Jane Chaffin, Virginia; Julie Yamaka, Oregon, Carroll A/B
Topics, engage new members; motivate current members who are not active; identify future leaders; strengthen relationships with vendors; strengthen relationships with colleagues; what is the future of the organization?; documentation of member service.
