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• Final Attendee Report
• Program Agenda
• Speaker Biographies

NESTOA 2012 Presentations in order by day:

Monday, October 1, 2012

• Election Games, Struggling Business Cycle, Fiscal Folly & Fed Stimulus - presented by Ward McCarthy, PhD, Managing Director and Chief Finance Economist with Jeffries & Company, Inc.
• Fraud of the Day - No Laughing Matter - presented by Larry Benson, Director of Strategic Alliances for Revenue Discovery and Recovery at LexisNexis Risk Solutions
• What Is Government Doing to Stop Identity Theft and Fraud?
  • What's D.C. Doing to Stop Identity Theft Refund Fraud? - presented by Steve Cordi, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, D.C.
  • Zappers - New Laws on States' Books; How's It Going? - presented by John Lewandowski, Director Audit Division, Maine Revenue Services
  • Zapper Software - Creativity in the Fraud Arena - presented by Richard Ainsworth, Director of International Governmental Affairs for ADP Taxware, Inc. and Professor, Boston University
  • Understanding How Criminals can Circumvent Investigative Searches - presented by Allen Atamer, CEO, LTAS Technologies
• Modernize Your Way of Thinking: Tax Modernization on a Tight Budget - It Can Pay for Itself, Improve Quality of Service, AND Find Lost Revenue - presented by Daniel Schults, Director, Enterprise Data Management Solutions - Information Builders
• States Thinking Big - Cool Initiatives
  • State Government Using Data Analytics, Way to Go! - presented by Gerard Miller, Director, Ops Analysis and Support; Richard Nead, Director, TDAB; Angela Pettes, Audit Group Manager: Income/Franchise Desk Audit Bureau; NY State Dept. of Taxation
  • GIS, the Tool of the Now! - presented by Stephan Hamilton, Director, NH Dept. of Revenue

Tuesday, October, 2, 2012

• The World of ID Theft from the IRS' Point of View - presented by Rebecca Chiaramida, Director of IRS' Privacy, Governmental Liaison and Disclosure
• State of the States and Budget Relevant Crises - presented by Donald Boyd, Executive Director of the Task Force on the State Budget Crises, The Nelso A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
• LEAN, What It Means to State Government - presented by Kate McGovern, MPA, PhD, Associate Professor, NH Bureau of Education & Training
• Lessons Learned in IT Initiatives
  • Working with Your Taxpayers' Software - presented by Fluffy Cazala, Vice President, NACTP
  • MassTax2 Lessons Learned - presented by Amy Pitter, Commissioner, MA Dept. of Revenue
  • IT Lessons Learned - presented by Brian Pace, Director, NH Dept. of Revenue
  • Sustaining a Proactive Compliance Program While Implementing an Integrated Tax System (ITS) - presented by Kevin Milligan, Director of EPAD, PA Dept. of Revenue
• Getting By, Getting ahead in State Government
  • Strategic Planning and process Improvement - presented by Kevin Sullivan, Commissioner, CT Dept. of Revenue
  • Professional Development - presented by Michael Bryan, Commissioner, NJ Treasury's Division of Taxation
  • Performance Management in the Audit Arena - presented by Patrick Carter, Director, DE Division of Revenue
• Thinking Bigger in Audit Initiatives, Good, Bad or Otherwise - presented by Tov Haueisen, NESA Indirect Tax Controversy and Risk Management Services Leader, Ernst & Young
  • Using Behavioral Science to Increase Revenues and Compliance - presented by Ted London, Vice President, Consulting, CGI
  • IRS Fresh Start Initiatives and Creative Compromises - presented by James Dietzel, Group Manager in Stoneham, MA, Supervisory Revenue Officer, IRS
  • Audit Exam Issues/Indirect Tax Planning?
  • A View from the Accounting Experts

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

• Words of Wisdom by the Federation of Tax Administration - presented by Gale Garriott, Executive Director, FTA
• Operations & Functions of the Multistate Tax Commission - A National Perspective on State Taxation - presented by Joe Huddleston, LL.D., Executive Director for MTC in Washington, D.C.

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