1. Highlights of the 2009 Annual Training Conference Katie Hermosilla President, Board of Directors

2. Who attended? Federal Employee: 43% State/Local Employee: 24% Tribal: 1% Academic: 4% Private: 15% Non-Profit: 13% Job Description FISCAL: 38% Job Description PROGRAM: 13% Job Description POLICY: 10% Job Description OVERSIGHT: 38% Ability to obtain latest information available to keep me current in my field: 84% Hear from leading experts in Grants Management field: 78% Network with other Grants Management Professionals: 77% Discover practical solutions that I can apply to my work: 67% Why did they attend?

3. Most Popular Topics and Sessions Topics –Roundtables (various topics) –ARRA –Networking with Other Professionals Sessions –Key Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – Ensuring Accountability and Oversight –The Nuts & Bolts of Establishing an Indirect Cost Rate –Assessing a Grantee’s Internal Control Standards (A-123) –Supporting Grant Success Using Effective Communications

4. From the Keynotes… 14 Principles of Ethical Conduct –Karen Elias, Acting General Counsel & Ethics Officer, National Endowment for the Arts –Now more than ever is the time to assure compliance with the 14 principles given the amount of funding related to ARRA –Report ARRA abuses to fraudnet@gao.gov Grants Management Over 30 Years: Observations from the FieldGrants Management Over 30 Years: Observations from the Field –Tom Cooley, Chief Financial Officer and Director, National Science Foundation –Howard Corcoran, Director, Office of Grants and Debarment, Environmental Protection Agency –Emerging issues include continued reduction in “bureaucratic accretion”, training and certification of grants management personnel; reauthorization of PL 106-107,