Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Alexa Posny and Lynnae Ruttledge, commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), will participate in RSA's 2011 National Financial Management Conference in Arlington, Va. Ruttledge will deliver opening remarks on Tuesday, Aug. 23, during which she will discuss the importance of accountability and sound fiscal management in the effective implementation of vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs. On Thursday, Posny and Ruttledge will deliver remarks to close the conference.
About 250 state vocational rehabilitation directors and their financial staff members are expected for the conference. The event will feature working sessions in areas of fiscal management of the VR program and opportunities for sharing fiscal management practices used by VR agencies.