GUEST SPEAKERS
Lori Vassar
Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee (ISDC) Chair
Lori Vassar is the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee (ISDC) Chair. Previously, she held positions as an attorney/adviser on international claims and investment disputes with the Office of Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State; the Deputy General Counsel to the Inspector General, General Services Administration; Counsel to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Treasury; and Director of Operations and Investigations for the Recovery Oversight Office, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Interior. She served as the Director of the DOI OIG Administrative Remedies Division, which is responsible for suspension, debarment, and Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act referrals. She is currently the DOI Suspending and Debarring Official. Lori graduated with distinction as an Echols Scholar from the University of Virginia and holds a juris doctor degree from the American University. She is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and a Certified Fraud Examiner.
 Monica Aquino-Thieman
Director of the NASA Acquisition Integrity Program (Fraud Remedies) and the Agency Counsel for Acquisition Integrit
Monica Aquino-Thieman is the Director of the NASA Acquisition Integrity Program (Fraud Remedies) and the Agency Counsel for Acquisition Integrity. She serves as the primary Agency authority in the substantive law of acquisition integrity, including procurement fraud and other contracting irregularities, grant and other non-procurement fraud, anti-corruption, and counterfeit parts. She oversees the Agency’s Acquisition Integrity Program (AIP), which supports NASA’s mission by improving the effectiveness of Agency operations by combating fraud and advancing NASA’s core values of safety, integrity, teamwork, and excellence by promoting integrity and accountability in the acquisition process.
DESCRIPTION
The Government Affairs Committee (GAC) meets the first Friday of every month and is often referred to as “the best information exchange in town.” Each meeting features a special government guest discussing, on a non-attribution basis, one or more critical legislative, regulatory, or other policy issues. The second half of each meeting is the information exchange, where up-to-date information and materials on relevant issues and recent policy developments are disseminated and discussed.
PSC POLICY LEAD
 Cate Benedetti
Vice President, Government Relations
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DATE
September 9, 2022
TIME
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
LOCATION
Virtual
PRICE
Free for members
Closed to nonmembers
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