1. WHAT’S NEW IN NAVY John S. Thackrah, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Management and Budget) Chief of Staff, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) –Former Vice President and General Manager, Combustor/Augmentor/Nozzle Module Center, Manufacturing Operations, Pratt & Whitney, a Division of United Technologies –Served as Vice President of Engineering at Otis Elevator Co. (sister division to Pratt & Whitney within United Technologies)

2. EVM Audits Audits conducted at NAVAIR and NAVSEA Program Offices Same systemic issues at all locations Same need for training identified –NAVSEA working with DAU and Humphrey & Associates to develop 2-day surveillance training at 4 SUPSHIP locations—major funding difficulties RDA contract with Anteon on Enterprise Performance Management System

3. MANAGEMENT CONTROL REVIEW PROGRAM EVM reported to SECNAV as a material control weakness –Reported as a systemic problem within OSD Material weaknesses reported as SYSCOM level as well as Echelon 1 level

4. NEXT STEPS OSD commitment to provide funding dollars for training to commence in FY 06 DASN MGMT & Budget raises possibility of EVM training from academic institutions vice commercial sources DASN MGMT & Budget scheduled for 1 st meeting with industry reps on 24 August