Ronald L' Smith, CPCM, Fellow

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The State of NCMA
Ronald L. Smith, CPCM, Fellow President
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NCMA Today

• 19,097 members and growing
• Annual revenue from operations of 5.5 million
  (largest ever) and growing
• Investment reserves of 1.95 million and growing
• New facility in Ashburn, Virginia worth 1.6
  million
• Net assets of 2.3 million (largest ever) and
  growing
• Total assets 4.9 million and growing (largest
  ever)

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Key Strategic Objectives 2007-2008

• Develop the Next Generation of Contract
  Management Professionals
• Increase Professional Advocacy
• Reach More People in the Federal Contracting
  Community
• Develop professional standards

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Develop the Next Generation of Contract
Management Professionals

• Introduce undergraduate students to the CM
  profession and involve them in NCMA by offering
  student memberships, student chapters, and
  student programs.
• Increase the preparedness for candidates entering
  the CM workforce by increasing undergraduate
  programs containing CM and related curriculum,
  and by publishing a standard CM curricula and
  promoting the program to universities.
• Accelerate the development of new professionals
  through a leadership development program.
• Increase research and writing opportunities for
  new professionals and students through the
  Macfarlan program.

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Increase Professional Advocacy

• Improve perception of the contract management
  profession in industry, the government (including
  Congress), the press, and the general public,
  through an active public relations program.
• Increase recognition of NCMA in industry, the
  government (including Congress), the press, and
  the profession, through an active public
  relations program.
• Increase membership participation in advocacy
  activities through bilateral electronic
  communications and events.

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Reach More People in the Federal Contracting
Community

• Expand the number of programs to serve the
  federal community, including education,
  certification, conference, publication, and other
  types of programs.
• Increase communication and involvement of the
  senior executive cadre within the profession.
• Utilize education partners, advertisers and
  corporate sponsors to reach new people in the
  federal community.

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Develop Professional Standards

• Baseline existing professional standards for
  government and industry organizations benchmark
  standards and processes of other professions.
• Reach consensus among stakeholders (chapters,
  BOA, BOD, academia) on Generally Accepted
  Contract Management Practices (GACMP).
• Align professional standards and certification
  processes.

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Services NCMA Offers to Chapters

• Training at Leadership Summit and Mid-Year
  Conferences (25-50).
• Chapter website hosting (no cost).
• Quicken accounting software (no cost).
• Membership rebates.
• Membership reports.
• NES programs, including course materials, speaker
  assistance, and marketing (85-100/seat).
• MagnetMail broadcast email and fax services
  (discount).
• Teleconference service (discount).
• Event registration service (discount).
• VIP visits (upon request).
• Financial controls reviews and audits.
• Consulting services for event management,
  financial management, marketing and strategic
  planning.

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Communities of Practice
New Program!

• More ways to connect to the information, people,
  and tools that you need.
• Launch April 2008
• Task Order and Schedule Contracting
• Small Business Contracting
• Performance Based Acquisition
• New Professionals
• Online features e-courses, discussion forums,
  listservs, blogs, expert networks, e-newsletters,
  website, research archives
• Meetings at World Congress, new educational
  conferences, quarterly e-zines

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Important Dates

• Congress 2008 Call for Volunteers will be issued
  in January 2008.
• CMLDP call for applications for 2008-09 issued
  December 1, 2008 applications are due February
  15, 2008.
• Reserve your chapters booth at Congress 2008 by
  January 31, 2008.
• Macfarlan Research Program submissions are due
  February 28, 2008
• National elections will be held in March 2008
  announcements in February.
• Contract Management Week will be April 13 - 19,
  2008.
• Annual reports due August 31, 2008.
• Congress 2009 presentation proposals will be due
  11/30/2008.
• NCMAs 50th anniversary is May 2009 start
  planning your activities!

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Staff Contacts
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Issues Affecting the Profession
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1. The Federal acquisition workforce remains a
major challenge.

• Shortage of skilled labor is not unique to our
  profession, industries or employers.
• Cannot replace brain drain fast enough.
• Workload will remain.
• Training funds get cut routinely.
• Alternative workforce solutions required.
• Eliminate barriers to hiring external candidates.
• Eliminate barriers to re-hiring annuitants.
• Increase use of alternative work arrangements and
  compensation plans.
• Increased telework.

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2. The political pressures on the Federal
procurement system will increase short term.

• Mission will not be reduced soon.
• Replacing war equipment and materials.
• Aging systems (refueling tankers, etc.)
• Insatiable appetite for improved warfighting
  technologies.
• Dozens of contracting oversight bills in
  committees.
• Increased attention on blended or multi-sector
  workforce.
• Attention on GSA Administrator, SBA
  effectiveness, NASA IG, HUD Administrator, DHS
  acquisition organization and DoD systems
  acquisitions.

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3. Financial pressures will force discretionary
budget reductions beginning in next five years.

• The Fiscal Wake-Up Tour being conducted by the
  Comptroller General.
• We spent less of our budget on defense in 2006
  than in 1986 or 1966, as a of GDP
• Discretionary spending is down from 67 in 1966
  to 38 in 2006.
• Budget deficits of 928 billion in last two
  years.
• Rising entitlement (health care) costs is the
  main cause.

Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices
Today GAO-07-739CG April 4, 2007
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4. Regulatory changes likely

• Reduce number of contracts awarded
  non-competitively.
• Eliminate practice of Lead Systems Integrator
  (LSI).
• Increase use of fixed-price contracts.
• Increase small business contracting goals.
• Restrictions on contracting with entities in tax
  default.
• Guidance on use of award fees.
• Emphasis on using hybrid contracts containing
  multiple incentive types.
• Restrictions on outsourcing, new requirements to
  in-source.
• Increase acquisition workforce development
  programs.

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What you can do

• Lead by your actions.
• Be a chief courage officer
• Stay informed on the issues.
• Have opinions, and engage in the discussion.
• Participate in continuous learning.
• Demonstrate your competency by getting certified.
• Resist cynicism and skepticism.
• Participate in your NCMA chapter.

Engage in your profession!