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April 9, 2001

Conference Schedule
The meeting begins with registration on Monday, May 28, and concludes at noon on Thursday, May 31. General sessions will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. In-depth sessions organized around legal/policy developments, compliance and management initiatives, technology developments, sales tax simplification, and electric power deregulation are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. The Annual Business Meeting will take place on Thursday morning. The opening reception will be held at the hotel on Monday evening. Wednesday evening will feature a banquet at the Boeing Museum of Flight. Tuesday evening is left free for participants to enjoy the sights, sounds and rich diversity of the great city of Seattle.

Local Arrangements
Conference social events include an opening reception Monday evening, while Wednesday evening will feature a banquet at the Boeing Museum of Flight. Enjoy cuisine of the Pacific Northwest while examining amazing aircraft and learning about the history of aviation. Golfers may wish to take advantage of the Monday morning golf tournament.

In addition to Monday’s opening reception and Wednesday’s banquet, other events are planned for registered guests of delegates. On Tuesday, there will be a city and harbor tour followed by a visit to the world-famous Pike Place Market. Wednesday is left free for guests to plan their own special outings around town. Plenty of information will be available for enjoying a memorable visit to the Emerald City. Also, the Seattle Mariners are at home May 29.

Informational links for Seattle may be found on the conference Web site at www.fta2001.com.

Registration fees are:

$270 for government delegates
$375 for nongovernment delegates
$150 for guests

To register, complete the enclosed form, including golf and guest activity if applicable, with payment for all activities made payable to FTA 2001 Conference, and send to:

FTA 2001 Annual Conference
c/o Washington Department of Revenue
P.O. Box 47478
Olympia, WA 98504-7478

Conference registration deadline is April 26, 2001. After that date, please add $50 late fee. For questions on registration, contact Janet Shimabukuro by e-mail at janet@dor.wa.gov or phone (360) 753-7790. Registrations may be faxed to: (360) 664-0456.

Hotel Reservations
Conference headquarters is the Westin Hotel, located at 1900 Fifth Ave, Seattle, WA 98101. Hotel rates for the conference are, single occupancy $153 and double occupancy $175. The deadline for making hotel reservations at FTA’s special rates is April 26. Reservations made after that date are subject to space and rate availability. Make reservations with calling them at (800) 228-3000 or (206) 728-1000, stating that the reservation is for the Federation of Tax Administrators Annual Meeting.

Please note there is now no room availability on Saturday, May 26 at the Westin. The conference overflow property is the nearby Mayflower Park Hotel, 405 Olive Way. Reservations may be made by calling (800) 426-5100 or sending an e-mail to mayflowerpark@mayflowerpark.com and requesting the Federation of Tax Administrators rate.

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1:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. Registration

5:30 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. Opening Reception

7:30 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. — 12 noon General Session
Presiding: William M. Remington, Director, Delaware Division of Revenue and President, Federation of Tax Administrators

Welcome to Washington State
Frederick C. Kiga, Director, Washington Department of Revenue

Digital Government: What Does It Take? What Does It Mean?
Stephen Kolodney, Chief Information Officer, State of Washington

What Is the Right E-commerce Business Model?
To be determined

Challenges in the U.S. and International Economy
Mark Zandi, Economy.com, Philadelphia, Pa. (invited)

Expected Developments on the Technology Front
Richard Rashid, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash.

12:00 noon — 1:30 p.m. FTA President’s Awards Luncheon
Hon. Gary Locke, Governor of Washington

1:30 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

Panel: Web Site Management and Design
Vikki Riffe, Washington Department of Revenue
Joel Schensul, New York Department of Taxation and Finance
Leslie Jones, Idaho State Tax Commission

The Processing Center
Linda Dollens, Indiana Department of Revenue

Winner, FTA Award for Management and Organizational Initiative

Winner, FTA Award for Outstanding Compliance Program

Electronic Signatures: Recent Developments and Issues
Benjamin Wright, Author, Law of Electronic Commerce, Dallas, Tex.

Native American Taxation Issues
State representative (invited)

Nexus Developments and Issues: Panel Discussion
Paull Mines, Multistate Tax Commission
Whitney Compton, Compton and Associates, Atlanta, Ga.
Richard Prem, Amazon.com, Seattle Wash.
Marilyn Wethekam, Horwood, Marcus & Berk, Chicago, Ill.

Establishing a Secure Transaction Infrastructure
Georgia Marsh and Brent Crossland, Illinois Department of Revenue
Lance Calisch and Scott Bream, Washington Department of Revenue

E-Services/Portals/Customer Relationship Management
Larry Durbin, Virginia Department of Taxation
Mike Miller, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Joel Schensul, New York Department of Taxation and Finance

How Did We Get Here?
Gene N. Lebrun, Member, ACEC, Rapid City, S.D.

Streamlined Sales Tax Project for the 21^st Century
Co-Chairs: Charles Collins, North Carolina Department of Revenue and Diane Hardt, Wisconsin Department of Revenue

View from the Business Side
To be determined

4:30 — 5:30 p.m. Discussion of FTA By-Law Changes and Introduction of New Commissioners

5:30 — 6:30 p.m. Resolutions Committee Meeting

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. — 12:00 noon General Session
Presiding: Gary R. Viken, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Revenue and 1^st Vice President, Federation of Tax Administrators

Tax Policy Challenges of the Next Decade (Panel Discussion)
Moderators: Mary Jane Egr, Commissioner, Nebraska Department of Revenue
Philip Tatarowicz, Ernst and Young, Washington, D.C.

Panelists: Dan R. Bucks, Multistate Tax Commission
Bob Burgner, General Electric Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Virginia Gates, PricewaterhouseCoopers, San Jose, Calif. (invited)
Gene N. LeBrun, Lynn and Jackson, Rapid City, S.D.
Richard Pomp, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn.

Sampling for Tax Administration: Executive and Management Issues
Will Yancey, CPA, Dallas, Tex.

View from Capitol Hill
To be determined

Invitation to Nashville for FTA 2002!
Ruth Johnson, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Revenue

12:00 noon — 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

Recent Case Law Summary
Marilyn Wethekam, Horwood, Marcus & Beck, Chicago, IL

Reducing Tension between Taxpayers and Tax Agencies
Doug Lindholm, Committee on State Taxation
Harry Fox, New Jersey Division of Taxation
State Representative, (invited)
Business Representative, (invited)

Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act
Matt Tomalis, FTA

Master Settlement Agreement
Matt Tomalis, FTA
Johanna Bales, Alaska Department of Revenue
Gary O’Neil, Washington Department of Revenue

New Telefile/IVR Developments
Neil Tillquist, Colorado Department of Revenue

Internet and VRU-Based Notice/Billing Application
Kevin Conner, Illinois Department of Revenue

COTS-Based Integrated Tax System Development
Jake Hoffman, Idaho Tax Commission

High-Speed Capture of 2-D Barcodes
Lee Mikelson, Virginia Department of Taxation

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Developments
Jonathan Lyon, FTA

Primer on Malcolm Baldridge Management Principles
Carol Fischer, Director, Missouri Department of Revenue
Michael Rose, Connecticut Department of Revenue Services

Managing For Transitional Times
Nonie Manion and Bob Tangorre, New York Department of Taxation and Finance

Panel: "Facilitated Thinking"
Moderator: Ernest J. Dronenburg, Deloitte & Touche

Other panelists to be named

To be developed

8:30 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. — 12:00 noon

Topics will include state initiatives in sales tax simplification, electronic and Internet-based filing developments, performance measures work, and the TaxExchange electronic communications network

Nonfiler-Data Warehouse Programs
Cathy Cleek, California Franchise Tax Board

IRS Prefiling Agreement Programs
Ramona Feliciano, Internal Revenue Service

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