Purchasing panel named

The General Accounting Office has named 12 members to a new panel that will study the government's outsourcing policy. The board, known as the Commercial Activities Panel, will look at issues ranging from public-private competition to implementation of the 1998 Federal Activities Inventory Reform

Chaired by Comptroller General David Walker, the panel includes representatives from labor groups, contractors, the Defense Department and the Office of Management and Budget, as required by the 2001 law.

The panel also features four at-large members chosen by GAO.

PANEL

* David M. Walker, chairman, comptroller general of the United States

* Frank A. Camm, senior economist, RAND

* Mark Filteau, president, Johnson Controls World Services

* Stephen Goldsmith, former mayor of Indianapolis

* Bobby L. Harnage Sr., national president, American Federation of Government Employees

* Colleen M. Kelley, national president, National Treasury Employees Union

* Sean O'Keefe, deputy director, Office of Management and Budget

* Former Sen. David Pryor, D-Ark., director, Institute of Politics, Harvard University

* Stan Z. Soloway, president, Professional Services Council

* Robert M. Tobias, distinguished adjunct professor and director of the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation, American University

* Director, Office of Personnel Management (Kay Coles James, nominated)

* Undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, logistics and technology (Pete Aldridge, nominated)