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Phone: (612) 713-7200 Facsimile (612) 713-7203

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To: All Agency Heads, Training Officers, EEO Managers, Personnel
Directors and

Special Emphasis Program Managers

From: Robyn Thorson, Chair

Subject: Diversity Day 2007 -- October 10, 2007

The Diversity Council of the Minnesota Federal Executive Board announces
Diversity Day 2007. This year's event will be held on Wednesday, October
10, 2007 at the GSA Conference Center located in the Bishop Henry
Whipple Federal Building, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

The theme for this year's event is Unity: E Pluribus Unum; One out of
Many. Participants will be able to choose workshops that will provide
cultural awareness and personal well-being. In addition, a variety of
community organizations have been invited to present exhibits and
materials to increase awareness of what is happening in our communities.

This will be a full day of training starting with a keynote address
followed by three breakout sessions. An agenda with session descriptions
is attached. Biographies for our speakers will be available on-line at
the FEB website. Based on feedback from previous events, participants
will now select their preferred breakout sessions during the on-line
registration.

Our keynote speaker will be Brigadier General (Ret) Julia J. Cleckley
who began her military career after high school in the Women's Army
Corps (WAC). Brigadier General (Ret) Cleckley served in numerous
positions throughout her 28 year military career. She broke many
barriers and held several high-ranking positions. She was the first
minority female, line officer, to rise to the rank of Brigadier General
in the Army National Guard. In addition, prior to becoming a One-Star
General, she was the first African American woman to be promoted to the
rank of Colonel in the Army National Guard's Active Reserve Program. BG
Cleckley's other pioneering achievements at the National Guard Bureau
include being selected to serve as the first minority female Branch
Chief, first woman to be assigned as a Division Chief; and the first
woman and minority to serve on the National Guard's Director's special
staff as Chief, Human Resources Officer. The topic of her keynote
address will be "Shattering the Glass Ceiling".

Registration will begin on August 1^st^ via the FEB website at
[http://www.minnesotafeb.org](http://www.minnesotafeb.org/). The cost of
the training is \$35.00 per participant which will include a \$5.00
coupon towards lunch in the building cafeteria. Registration fees must
be paid before September 28^th^. No refunds for cancellations will be
given but agencies may send a substitute if someone who is registered is
unable to attend.

Attendance will be limited for the event overall and the individual
breakout sessions, therefore we encourage early registration. We
appreciate your continued support of Diversity Council activities and
look forward to hosting a wonderful day of training.

If you have questions concerning registration please contact Tiffany
Mulvihill at 612/713-7200. If you have general questions about Diversity
Day 2007 please contact Andrea Kirk at 612/713-5449 or Shirley Willis at
952/277-2332.

**The Federal policy regarding payment for training in the next fiscal
year with current year funds is as follows:**

*Delivery of Goods and Services in Subsequent Fiscal Year Training and
development expenses may be charged to the fiscal year appropriation in
which the obligation is incurred regardless of the fact that the
training may extend into the following fiscal year. See 31 U.S.C.
§1502(a) (1996).*

*Consistent with this rule, the Comptroller General states that delivery
of goods or performance of services in a fiscal year subsequent to the
year in which a contract is executed does not preclude charging the
earlier fiscal year appropriations with the full costs of goods or
services.*

*See 65 Comp.Gen. 741 (1986).*

*Thus, when a training obligation is incurred and performance begins in
one fiscal year, the entire cost is chargeable to that year, even though
performance may extend into the following year. Such services are a
single undertaking, properly chargeable to the fiscal year in which the
training need was determined, the debt incurred, and the performance
began.*

*See Comp. Gen. B-233243 (August 3, 1989) and Comp. Gen. B-257977
(November 15, 1995).*

*An agency also may charge a previous fiscal year appropriation for the
entire cost of a training course scheduled to begin in the next fiscal
year when:*

*1. the course meets a bona fide need of the prior fiscal year,*

*2. scheduling of the course is beyond the agency\'s control, and*

*3. the time between procurement and performance is not excessive.*

*See 70 Comp. Gen. 296 (1991).*

*This includes obligating its fiscal year funds in advance to pay for a
two-year training program, such as the Presidential Management Intern
program, where the training meets a bona fide need of the fiscal year
charged.*

*See Comp. Gen. B-257977 (November 15, 1995).*

Enclosures: Diversity Day Agenda