Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C.

EcoCEO Nominations

Friday, August 20, 2010,

Greater Washington businesses are embracing and implementing eco-friendly products, services and technology more and more every day. Going green is no longer just a trend, but an essential part of growing a business to its full potential. SmartCEO/Comcast Spotlight are seeking companies who are the innovators and catalysts for change in their industries and local communities.

Use the link below to submit nominations.  The deadline is August 20, 2010.

Small (under 50 employees), Medium (50-250 employees) and Large (250+ employees) companies in the following industries will be considered:

• Facilitators: Companies assisting other businesses in achieving objectives of going green and being eco-friendly.
• Innovators: Companies who have designed and introduced new processes, programs or technologies to a point of solution (i.e. CleanTech)
• Implementers: Companies who take an innovative solution and integrate it into their company, and/or a larger more complex situation with the intent of going green and being more eco-friendly.

Nominees must be located in the Greater Washington metro and be able to show tangible examples of how they are implementing environmentally friendly products, services and technologies.

Finalists will be profiled in the November issue of SmartCEO and the winners will be announced at an awards event in November.

Issues and Trends Facing Associations and Non Profits

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010, 7:30am - 10:00am

Argy is proud to partner with Bisnow to present:

The great recession was particularly hard on the non-profit and association communities.  As donations and new members have become scarce, non-profits have had to get creative and focus on maintaining revenue and managing expenses in order to serve their members and the community.  As most signs point to an economic recovery, what’s on the minds of some leading CEOs who have navigated their organizations through these choppy economic waters?  Are conditions improving?  What challenges remain?  Did the recession lead to permanent changes in revenue and expense management strategies?  What is their outlook as we head into the second half of 2010 and beyond?  Don’t miss this great program and networking opportunity.

Guest Speakers:

Leigh Ann Pusey, CEO, American Insurance Association
John Graham, CEO, ASAE and the Center for Association Leadership
Paulette Maehara, CEO, Association of Fundraising Professionals
William Hanbury, President and CEO, United Way of the Nation's Capital
Connie Tipton, CEO, International Dairy Foods Association

Moderator: Jeff Schragg, Partner, Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C.

7:30-8:30am   Network and Schmooze
8:30-9:30am   Panel Discussion and Q/A
9:30-10:00am   More Schmooze

The Willard Intercontinental
1401 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC

Teleworking Spurs Financial Incentives for Northern Virginia Organizations - POSTPONED

Thursday, July 22, 2010, 7:30 - 9:30 am

This event has been postponed.

The Federal Government lost an estimated $70 million per day for every day they were forced to close as a result of the February 2010 snow storms. How much did your business lose?

BTSI, an Argy subsidiary, is proud to join TelTek Strategies in inviting you to learn how to use teleworking as a business strategy to:

• Receive up to $50,000 towards your technology and infrastructure initiatives
• Increase employee morale and productivity
• Recruit and retain quality people
• Create a "green" initiative to reduce employee absenteeism

Join us for dialogue on how teleworking can help ensure your organization's continuity of operations. Our discussion will focus on financial incentives, available through the Commonwealth of Virginia, to assist in making your company more operationally efficient, reduce costs and grow your technology infrastructure through the implementation of a successful telework program; pay for laptops, servers, internet, VoIP phone systems and more.

7:30 am - 8:00 am      Registration and Networking
8:00 am - 9:30 am      Discussion

Argy Office
8405 Greensboro Drive
7th Floor
McLean, VA 22102

Host Country Taxation of Expats - Approaches to Consider

Thursday, July 15, 2010, 10:45am-12:00pm, 10:45am-12:00pm

Argy partner, Patty Brickett, will be speaking at the InsideNGO 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.  Details are below.

The number of organizations whose U.S. Expats and TCN staff are faced with paying taxes to host country governments is on the rise. What are the approaches organizations are taking as staff look for assistance? This session will discuss both the formal methods of tax equalization and tax protection, as well as several hybrid approaches that NGOs have implemented.

The IRS Crackdown: Employee Misclassifications & the Cost to Your Organization

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010, 10:30am-12:00pm

Argy partner, Jeff Schragg, will be speaking at the InsideNGO 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.  Details are below.

Does your organization use consultants or volunteers? If yes, are you prepared for an audit? The IRS and state agencies are escalating their efforts to identify misclassified individuals. With lawyers and accountant fees, penalties and staff time, the costs can be very high to an organization if not compliant. In addition, the IRS has made the withholding requirements for foreign nationals a “Tier 1” issue. This session will provide guidance on the issues and suggest assessments to conduct, as well as provide a member’s current case study and its impact on their organization.

Is There a Cure for Healthcare Taxes?

Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 8:00 am - 10:00 am

Is There a Cure for Healthcare Taxes?

Minimizing the Impact of Healthcare Reform on Your Business

Join Argy, Wiltse & Robinson as we delve into the HIRE and Patient Protection & Affordable Care Acts.  Argy Corporate Tax Partners
Jeff Schragg and Sara Zeller will discuss the key tax issues impacting businesses from the recent legislation.

The recent legislation is complex and confusing and will have a direct impact on your business. Congress introduced several new taxes and other revenue generators to finance insurance coverage and offset health care costs. We will discuss when provisions take effect - some immediately and others in the future. We will also cover some business breaks on qualifying fixed assets additions and benefits for hiring qualified new employees.

8:00 am - 8:30 am     Registration and Networking
8:30 am - 9:30 am     Discussion
9:30 am - 10:00 am   Q & A Session

The Tower Club
8000 Towers Crescent Drive
Vienna, VA 22182

AICPA National Not-For-Profit Industry Conference: Pre-Conference Value-Added Workshops

Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 7:00 am - 6:30 pm

Argy partner, Jeff Schragg, will be speaking at this event.  He will be speaking during the Governance, Management and Disclosure on Form 990 section, described below:

The expansion of disclosures regarding an organization’s governance and management has been one of the most controversial changes included in the new Form 990.  Many organizations have adopted new policies and procedures as a result of the questions now included as part of the return.  This session will provide a detailed review of these various disclosures required on Form 990 and a practical discussion regarding how organizations are addressing these requirements including:

• Governing board independence, relationships and oversight
• Providing Form 990 to the governing board and review process
• Thoughtful adoption and  practical implementation of various policies and procedures
• Sample policies and where to find them

Telework as a Business Strategy

Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 7:30 am - 9:00 am

Victor Cora Nazario will be speaking at this event, which is a dialogue on how teleworking can help ensure your organization's continuity of operations. Our discussion will focus on financial incentives, available through the Commonwealth of Virginia, to assist in making your company more operationally efficient, reduce costs and grow your technology infrastructure through the implementation of a successful telework program

2010 Congressional Procurement Conference & Expo

Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 7:30 am - 3:00 pm

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
7:30 am - 3:00 pm
The Universities at Shady Grove
96350 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

Please join Argy, the Montgomery County Chamber and honorary chair of this event, U.SA. Congressman Chris Van Hollen at this event.  Connect and network with Federal agencies, state and local procurement officers, primes, and 1,000 government contractors at workshop sessions and in the expo hall. Learn how to grow your government contracting business and meet customers, suppliers, and business leaders.

Argy’s Regulatory Update Breakfast

Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 7:30 am

Please join us for Argy's first quarterly regulatory update breakfast.  

Agenda will include the following topics:

Proposed Rule on "Contractor Business Systems," including:

• Definition of auditable systems
  
• Compliance enforcement mechanism
  
• Impacts on contractors
  

Regulatory Update

• Travel Cost Principle
• Conflicts of Interest
• Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
• Acquisition Thresholds
• Pension Harmonization
  

Policy and Audit initiatives Update

• OMB
• DCAA

Place: Tower Club, Tysons Corner

Registration: 7:30am
Discussion: 8:00 - 9:00 am

Up to one CPE credit will be available.  This event is by invitation only.

The Mastery of the Deal: The Emerging New Deal Landscape

Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 7:30 am

7:30 AM  Networking and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM  Presentations

Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner

The M&A market is continuing to improve dramatically relative to last year. The market remains extremely strong for companies with certain clearly defined characteristics and it is those companies that are commanding the best valuations. Nevertheless, challenges and opportunities around industry issues such as organizational conflicts of interest ("OCI"), personal conflicts of interest ("PCI"), insourcing, contract bundling, politics and flattening overall defense budgets require thoughtful strategy and positioning in the market.

Please join us for a lively, moderated panel discussion with three of the industry's leading executives running three of the most active and influential organizations in the defense and government services M&A market. They will share their views on these and other factors shaping the current deal environment, the capital markets and the overall defense market.

Speakers include Robert Coleman, CEO of Six3Systems; Bradley Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Finance, BAE Systems, Inc., and other industry experts.

Special Presentation on OCI & PCI

Paul Bailey, Partner - Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C. 
Paul will discuss proposed regulatory changes to OCI and PCI and its impact during buy- and sell-side diligence.

International HR SIG: Why Put Duty of Care On Your Radar Screen?

Thursday, April 15, 2010, 8:30 am - 10:30 am

International HR SIG – April 2010 Program

Why Put Duty of Care On Your Radar Screen?

What every organization should know to safeguard the health and well-being of volunteers, employees, and others.

Duty of Care is a company’s obligation to protect its employees from risks. Among other things, these risks can be related to injury, sickness, safety, security, health, finances and travel. As globalization continues - and with that an increasingly global and mobile workforce - the definition of “workplace” continues to evolve. A recent International SOS analysis of travel data collected from more than 300 global companies over the past year indicated that the companies’ travelers took more than 3.5 million international trips, and approximately a quarter of these were to high or extreme risk destinations. Clearly, as employees cross more borders, they – and the companies they represent – face more risk.

The savviest of companies know that educating themselves on their Duty of Care to these employees and building an integrated risk management program to protect them is the right thing to do. By protecting their employees first, they’ll also effectively manage their business, financial and reputational risks.

We invite you to attend this program to understand the issues and myths surrounding Duty of Care within the global arena. International SOS will discuss how an organization’s internal stakeholders can collaborate on this issue and build an effective program with existing resources, and also how to apply practical solutions to help mitigate existing risks and identify gaps within your organization.

International SOS will also outline their specific actions and experiences in Haiti & Chile; how they moved over 90 members immediately following the recent earthquakes, and, how to conduct political evacuations from high risk environments such as these.

Time: Networking and Refreshments: 8:30am - 9:00am
           Program 9:00am to 10:30am

Location : Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C. Office
                  8405 Greensboro Drive
                  Suite 700
                  McLean, VA 22102

Recertification credits: 1.50 hours, pending
 

ViewPoint 2010

Thursday, April 15th, 8:00 am

Argy is sponsoring this seminar, which is an overview and forecast of the state of the Washington, D.C. retail real estate market presented by Gregory H. Leisch, CEO of Delta Associates. Attendance is by invitation only.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network with industry leaders and receive an understanding of the economic data and conditions affecting the retail market, what trends industry experts foresee and how businesses can be best positioned for success. More details to follow.

Power of Women in Contracting

Thursday, March 25th, 2010, 7:30 - 9:00 am

This event is presented by Fairfax Chamber GovCon Council and the Women's Business Council.  Argy sponsors the Fairfax Chamber GovCon Council.

Paths to Power: Developing, Growing and Leading a Successful Business In the Government Services Industry

Please join us for a unique panel discussion featuring perspectives and insights from four Female Executives in the Government Contracting Industry.

Featured Panelists

• Deb Alderson, President, Defense Solutions, SAIC
• Gail Bassin, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, JBS International
• Danielle Saunders, Founder, Accelligence, an A-T Solutions Company
• Anna Harvey, Associate Administrator, SBA, Office of Women's Business Ownership
   

Breakfast with Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli

Monday, March 22, 2010, 7:15 am - 9:30 am

Join the NVTC General Counsel Committee for an exclusive breakfast with Virginia’s new Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II.  At the event, Attorney General Cuccinelli will discuss state procurement/contracting, privacy (especially internet-related), taxation/regulation of the internet, technology crimes, and his thoughts about the federal government’s changing role.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be one of the first to hear from Virginia’s new top lawyer!

Speaker:

Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Attorney General of Virginia

Q & A Moderators:

Scott Hommer, Partner, Venable LLP
Mary Karen Wills, Partner, Business Consulting, Argy

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor: Axiom

Gold Sponsors: Argy, Wiltse & Robinson PC; Baker & McKenzie; Hogan & Hartson LLP; Pillsbury LLP; Venable LLP; Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

Silver Sponsor: AH&T Insurance

Entrepreneur Navigator Awards

Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Argy is a Gold Sponsor of the new Entrepreneur Navigator Awards, presented by The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC, will honor the unsung heroes who have mentored and advised entrepreneurs and startups in the region.  The award categories are:

Navigator Award - Presented to an individual that has raised the bar for mentoring/advising or otherwise helped improve the quality of the entrepreneur community, in the Greater Washington region.

Organization Navigator Award - Presented to a company/organization that has raised the bar for mentoring/advising or otherwise helped improve the quality of the entrepreneur community, in the Greater Washington region.

Lifetime Navigator Award - Presented to an individual that has been a leader year after year to raise the bar for mentoring/advising and has thus helped improve the quality of the entrepreneur community, in the Greater Washington region.

The finalists for each award have been announced:

Navigator Award
Jonathan Aberman, Amplifier
Mike Lincoln, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Steve Meltzer, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Organization Navigator
George Mason University School of Management
Mindshare
TiE-DC

Lifetime Navigator
April Young, MMV Financial

Location:
The Tower Club
8000 Towers Crescent Drive
Vienna, VA

Not For Profit Organization Symposium

December 14-15, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

At this symposium two Argy employees will be speaking. Senior Manager, David Trimner will be the speaker for the "Non-Profit Governance" session on Monday and Partner, Patty Brickett, will be speaking on Tuesday during the session titled "Going International: 7 Mistakes Non-Profits Should Avoid."

The Mastery of the Deal: What a Difference a Year Makes

December 3, 2009, 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Argy is co-sponsoring this event.  Please join us for a lively, moderated panel discussion with key industry executives who are among the most active dealmakers in the market.  Argy parter, Mary Karen Wills, will moderate.

Inside NGO: Taxation of Americans Overseas

December 2, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

This workshop will address ways in which organizations can assist their overseas employees and help ease the burden on Americans working in the field. Tax protection and tax equalization will be explained as well as a discussion on what are people doing.  Argy Partner, Patty Brickett, will be speaking at this workshop.