History
AGA
1960-1970
February 1960
Joseph G. Barken of New York and Raymond Einhorn of Washington,
D.C., were chosen as nominees for national president.
350 new members approved by National Membership Committee from July
1, 1959 through July 15, 1960
March 1960
Charter No. 33 goes to Huntsville, AL with John L. Edgar serving
as president.
"Prospects for collaboration by FGAA representatives with the U.S.
Civil Service Commission in a much-needed study of classification
standards relative to financial management personnel are regarded as
the result of a resolution recently adopted by the Association
Executive Committee.”
May 1960
Record attendance predicted for Ninth Annual FGAA National
Symposium at New York, May 23-24
June 1960
1,400 crowded into the main ballroom of New York's Statler
Hilton Hotel. John A. Beckett, Assistant Director, Bureau of the
Budget, who delivered the keynote address, thrilled the big
opening-day audience by reading a special message from President
Eisenhower. The Chief Executive commended FGAA for staging the
symposium and sent wishes for success in future activities of the
Association.
Four past presidents at symposium: Robert W. King, Walter F. Frese,
T. Jack Gary, Andrew Barr.
Raymond Einhorn elected National President. 56 percent of all
members cast ballots.
July 1960
Charter No. 34 goes to Harrisburg, PA with 17 members, Harry G.
Yocum, serves as temporary chairman.
FGAA Symposium makes newsreels in all RKO theaters in Manhattan and
the Loew's Palace, Ambassador & Ontario Theaters in Washington.
August 1960
FGAA of Washington will be responsible for the September meeting
of the Financial Management Roundtable, a monthly forum held in the
GAO Auditorium on management subjects. The September meeting will
feature a panel discussion of financial systems.
FGAA/AICPA survey indicates there are 1,795 CPAs in federal service.
Charter No. 35 goes to Mobile Chapter with 42 members
Charter No. 36 goes to Fort Worth with 12 members, Wendell F.
Barnhart serves as president.
September 1960
FGAA forms special committee on relationships with universities,
Frank Higginbotham, chairman
Largest FGAA budget adopted. Total income for FY 61 is estimated at
$45,000 compared with $35,000 last year. Largest portion coming from
$37,000 in anticipated dues compared to $34,000 in FY 60.
Expenditures are expected to be a minimum of $41,500, compared to
actual outlay of $41,500, compared to actual outlay of $31,400 last
year. Budget is designed to support President Einhorn's three-point
theme of greater chapter participation in FGAA programs, greater
emphasis on education and more intensive research activity.
American Accounting Association extends privileges of AAA membership
to all FGAA members.
October 1960
Charter No. 37 goes to Virginia Peninsula, with Thomas E. Inman
as president and 31 members.
Charter No. 38 goes to Paris with 16 members and G.H. Herman serving
as president.
"Changing Dimensions of Financial Management" chosen as theme of
10th Annual National FGAA Symposium May 18-20, 1961.
Honorary membership granted to Maurice H. Stans, Director, Bureau of
the Budget.
January 1961
Debut of "Government Financial Management Topics" newsletter.
For the first time, computer programs utilizing plain English have
been successfully interchanged between data processing systems of
different manufacturers, according to an announcement b the Radio
Corporation of America and Remington Rand.
Editorial committee makes student rate of $2.50 available for The
Federal Accountant.
March 1961
Nominees for National Office announced – President Joseph G.
Barken of New York and Gordon G. Crowder of Washington, D.C.
April 1961
Headline: "Computers Expected to Save Navy $5 Million Yearly in
Fuel Bills"
May 1961
Unprecedented event – Both candidates for National President
were compelled to withdraw when they left federal service. President
Einhorn requested outside legal advice. Decision made to reopen
nominations for president soliciting names from chapters. Executive
Committee will vote.
July 1961
Robert S. LaPorte serves as acting president. He was elected
First Vice President so he will be acting until Executive Committee
chooses new president from nominees submitted by chapters. LaPorte,
of New Orleans, and James A. Robbins of Washington, D.C. have been
nominated.
August 1961
11th Annual FGAA Symposium slated for Philadelphia,
May 28-29, 1962.
September 1961
James Robbins elected National President. He is Deputy Chief of
Army Audit Agency. Robert S. LaPorte withdrew and supported Robbins'
candidacy
November 1961
New and improved Journal to debut in December in
cooperation with The George Washington University.
FGAA representatives met with State Board of Examiners in New Jersey
last month to try to get accreditation for certain types of
government experience to qualify for taking the CPA examination.
President Robbins sets goal of 5,000 members by end of fiscal year.
December 1961
30 federal employees in Phoenix submit petition for charter.
January 1962
FGAA membership opened to affiliate members – new category
established by bylaws to include those who express interest in FGAA
but are not employed by federal government and those who are federal
employees who contribute actively but whose work or education
background would otherwise fail to qualify them for active or
associate membership.
February 1962
Donald W. Bacon of Boston and Joseph R. Hock of Washington, D.C.
are nominees for FY 1963 National President
Charter No. 40 goes to Phoenix on Dec. 11, 1961, with 30 members.
Jack W. Still elected first president.
23 new members seek charter for Hawaii Chapter.
March 1962
Symposium Chairman Gordon G. Crowder announces four major
workshops tied to theme "New Concepts of Financial Management –
Government and Industry."
National Author Award re-instituted by Editorial Committee – must be
FGAA member to compete for recognition of outstanding articles
published in The Federal Accountant. Originally established
by NEC in 1954.
Charter No. 41 goes to Hawaii with Ken Doolin serving as president.
Charter No. 42 goes to Pittsburgh.
April 1962
Chapter interest shown in Tidewater, VA.
May 1962
FGAA continues support of Financial Management Institute in
cooperation with U.S. Civil Service Commission. Targeted to
financial managers of the future.
The Honorable David E. Bell, director of the Bureau of the Budget,
has been elected honorary FGAA member.
Charter No. 43 goes to Tidewater, VA at Norfolk. William H. Morris
Jr. serves as president.
July 1962
Donald W. Bacon elected FGAA FY 1963 National President. He is
Regional Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Boston Region, and first
member residing outside of Washington, D.C. to be elected National
President. Before his term began, he was called back to Washington
by IRS.
Charter No. 44 goes to Oklahoma City. Henry G. Pansza serves as
president.
Charter No. 45 goes to New Mexico with Donald N. Sliwicki serving as
president.
More than 1,000 attend 11th Annual Symposium.
Record FGAA budget recommended for FY 63 – Income $42,612 in dues,
$4,000 in publication advertising and sales and $2,400 from
symposium and other sources for a total of $49,012. Major expenses
include $22,850 for The Federal Accountant. Other operations
bring total expenses to $51,976. NEC debates matter of incurring
$3,000 deficit and recommends incoming officers consider dues
increase to achieve balanced FY 63 budget.
The Oklahoma City Chapter is chartered as the Association's 39th
Chapter.
August – September
1961
President Bacon signifies FGAA's interest in taking an active
part in a proposed new council on Collegiate Accreditation in
Accounting.
Immediate Past President Robbins testifies before Congress
supporting administration’s federal salary reform initiatives.
Charter No. 46 goes to Houston with 15 new members. Robert H. Voigt
serves as first president.
December 1962
FGAA joins in study of professional pay rates, invited to
high-level Washington conference by chairman of U.S. Civil Service
Commission.
AICPA study notes trend toward more accounting in government.
January 1963
Third Vice President Louis Teitelbaum reports on association
finances. Association at important fork in the road – one leads to
growth and the other leads to a "dead end." Advocates dues increase.
12th Annual National FGAA Symposium to be held June 3-5,
general chairman W. Fletcher Lutz, Jr.
All FGAA members urged to boost subscription sales of Journal.
March 1963
Candidates chosen for FY64 – Joseph R. Hock, Washington, D.C.,
President
Charter No. 47 goes to Cape Canaveral with 50 new members, Bill
Lemley is elected president.
May 1963
FGAA National Policy Advisory Board decides to study government
accounting principles.
June - July 1963
Joseph R. Hock, Comptroller, US Maritime Administration, takes
office as National President.
President Kennedy sends greetings.
Past National President Andrew Barr elected to Accounting Hall of
Fame.
More than 800 attend symposium. New York chosen for 1964 event.
Executive Committee votes against dues increase this year, but
approves $5 increase (to $15) on July 1, 1964.
August - September
1963
Charter No. 48 goes to Syracuse with 45 members. Arthur A.
Fallon serves as president.
October 1963
U.S. Forest Service urges use of The Federal Accountant
for education and training purposes.
First symposium registration form in Topics.
November 1963
FGAA chapters compete in membership contest – $100 will go to
highest percent of new members and $400 to chapter with highest
percent of reinstatements.
President Hock's Long-Range Planning Committee, chaired by W.
Fletcher Lutz, examines FGAA's structure. Asks if name should
change. In a letter to all chapter presidents Lutz states: "We need
to know immediately how the individual members of your chapter feel
about the future of FGAA.”
December 1963
General Chairman Benjamin Gold announces that 13th
Annual National FGAA Symposium, to be held in June 1964, will take
place on the grounds of the World Fair, which opens in April.
January 1964
FGAA chapter in Florida changes its name to honor slain
President Kennedy – FGAA of Cape Kennedy.
Boston Chapter speaker Gen. James M. Gavin reflects on his recent
attendance at Kennedy funeral.
Nominees for FY 65 announced – Archie M. Rankin, Denver, James L.
Thompson, Washington, D.C., for president.
Five special workshops to be held at 13th symposium –
Automation Data Processing, Statistical Sampling, Operational
Audits, Report Writing and Management Controls. Theme is "Financial
Management Problems in Government Contracts and Regulation."
Charter No. 49 goes to Sacramento with 40 members. Carl W. Koerner
serves as president.
President Hock reports that FGAA membership is more than 5,000 with
49 chapters in U.S. and abroad.
February 1964
Federal agencies show growing interest in FGAA National
Symposium. James F. Kelly, Comptroller, Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, notes that theme of 13th symposium
“ . . . is certainly a timely topic and the exchange of ideas and
concepts will be of immense benefits to all of us concerned with
this aspect of government.”
March 1964
Dues increase urged by FGAA policy board.
April 1964
FGAA symposium competes with World Fair for hotel space in New
York.
FGAA sponsors Federal Financial Management Information Center and
increasing number of federal agencies are furnishing valuable
reports, bulletins, speeches, charts and related materials to the
center.
May 1964
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., Undersecretary of Commerce, will
address 13th FGAA symposium.
Charter No. 50 goes to FGAA of Rochester; F.I. Foose elected
president.
President Stanley F. Meese of the FGAA of Anchorage reports that all
members escaped the Alaskan earthquake unharmed, "but we will have a
time getting started again" – no meeting place, all restaurants
closed. "We will be rebuilding again stronger and better than ever,"
he states.
June 1964\
Proposal for $2.50 dues increase submitted to chapters after $5
hike is defeated.
July 1964
New National President James L. Thompson Jr. seeks more active
participation by chapters in the management of the National
Association by naming three national committee chairs outside the
Washington, D.C. area.
$2.50 dues increase approved.
Robert W. King, the founder and first president of FGAA, dies of a
heart attack on May 25.
October 1964
The 1965 National FGAA Symposium to be held in the new
Washington Hilton Hotel, the newest and finest hotel establishment
in the nation, is now nearing completion. Symposium chairman is
Frank Higginbotham.
November 1964
Special efforts are being made by a top-level FGAA committee to
achieve progress in gaining recognition of federal experience as
qualifying for CPA certification.
Andrew Barr, Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and past National President of FGAA, was one of two
winners of the CPA Gold Medal Award for distinguished service by the
AICPA.
January 1965
Charter No. 51 goes to FGAA of Central Georgia with 36 members.
Col. A.J. Almand, U.S. Air Force, serves as president.
February 1965
FY66 National officers nominated – Marshall Crossman,
Washington. D.C., David Neuman of Baltimore, for president.
March 1965
John W. Macy Jr., chairman of the Civil Service Commission, will
open the 14th Annual National FGAA Symposium on June 16.
FGAA bylaws now provide for retired and "at large" members.
FGAA President Thompson stresses that FGAA membership is now open to
people not in government, such as state financial management
officials, industry accountants and private practitioners. They can
join as affiliate members.
May 1965
FGAA of Central New Jersey earns charter No. 52 with 42 new
members.
June 1965
Representative Jack Brooks of Texas to be closing symposium
speaker.
July 1965
David Neuman, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
former Baltimore Chapter President, takes office as National
President.
Membership problems reported: Acquisition of new members during FY65
followed an average growth rate of former years, the total being
654. However, for the first time, there was a greater loss of
members, 704, than acquisition. Some member reinstatement resulted
in a slight net gain for the year. June of 1964, total was 5,276;
June of 1965, total was 5,288.
September 1965
High praise has been accorded to FGAA by Sargent Shriver,
Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, as a result of
FGAA's decision to volunteer professional advisory services to
project Head Start. Like other programs in the war against poverty,
much of the project Head Start work will be performed by volunteer
community groups. President Neuman urged that each chapter establish
a committee to make necessary contacts and arrange for voluntary
advisory services such as setting up a proper accounting system,
method of reporting, etc.
October 1965
Charter No. 53 to FGAA goes to Missoula, MT. H.A. Edd serves as
chapter president.
November 1965
Charter No. 54 goes to FGAA of Indianapolis with 17 new members.
James Hamilton serves as president.
January 1966
Members are requested to provide the National Office with their
newly established zip codes.
February 1966
FY67 nominees for national president are W. Fletcher Lutz and
Bernard B. Lynn.
Planning under way for 15th Annual Symposium in
Minneapolis.
Charter No. 55 goes to FGAA of Madison with 19 members; John A.
Gesell, president.
Charter No. 56 goes to FGAA of Miami; Joseph S. Trovato serves as
first president.
Charter No. 57 goes to FGAA of Quad Cities, IL, with 73 charter new
members. Wayne Banks serves as first president.
March 1966
Month of February made history for FGAA with three new chapters
installed, the most inducted in any one month in the Association's
history. More new members (180) than in any previous month in the
Association's 15-year history.
One of "tightest" elections of FGAA national officers in years.
Petition made to add Smith Blair Jr. to list of candidates.
April 1966
FGAA will join forces with other top professional organizations
in the Accounting Careers Council.
Charter No. 58 goes to El Paso with H.L. "Buck" Weaver serving as
first president.
June 1966
Two new chapters take FY66 to eight new chapters, a new record
for any single year. No. 59 goes to FGAA of San Bernardino-Riverside
and No. 60 goes to FGAA of Austin.
Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the U.S., will be the guest
speaker at the annual banquet at the close of the 15th
symposium.
Five workshops offered at Symposium – Automatic Data Processing in
the IRS, Analytical Techniques, Developing Management in the
Financial Field, Organization and Presentation of Oral and Written
Reports, Case Studies in ADP.
July – August 1966
W. Fletcher Lutz elected FY67 president. Lutz makes chapter
involvement the keynote of his administration.
15th Annual Symposium in Minneapolis a “smash success.”
Edwin J. B. Lewis, professor of accounting at The George Washington
University and executive editor of The Federal Accountant, is
winner of the first Robert W. King Award, FGAA’s highest honor in
recognition of service to FGAA.
FGAA’s National Office at 1523 L St., NW, Washington, D.C., 20005,
is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Office manager
is Claudia McQueeney. Telephone is 202.737.3371.
September 1966
FGAA explores steps for collaboration with state, local
financial managers.
Association’s Executive Committee decides at annual meeting in June
to “build the foundation for active collaboration with accountants,
auditors and related financial officials of state and local
government.”
Charter No. 61 goes to FGAA of Long Island. Bernard Cooper serves as
president.
October 1966
Congress passes a law recognizing for the first time government
accounting and auditing experience necessary to quality for the CPA
certificate in the nation’s capital. The act was long sought by FGAA
leaders. President Lutz calls the act a “milestone in the
professional advancement for hundreds of federal accountants and
auditors.”
December 1966
National Office opens a “referral file” so that employers may
have access to the names of members about to retire or who wish to
work outside of government.
National Policy Advisory Board approves first official FGAA lapel
pin.
January 1967
First copies of “Opportunities for Accountants in Federal
Financial Management” were reviewed by National Policy Advisory
Board.
“Partners in Decision-Making Process – Federal State and Local
Governments,” is theme of 16th annual National FGAA
Symposium scheduled for June 14-16, 1967 in Washington, D.C.
FGAA certificate No. 10,000 awarded to Gary W. Summers, who
graduated in June of 1966 from Golden Gate College, San Francisco.
February 1967
Use of communications circuits for time-sharing computerized
services are likely to be liberalized as the result of a study under
way by the Federal Communication Commission.
April 1967
Col. Shirley Shelton, general chairman of the 16th Annual
National FGAA Symposium, announced Rep. Glenard P. Liscomb,
Congressman from California, will deliver the keynote address.
FY68 nominees for national office announced – William H. Nolan,
Washington, D.C.; George J. Penick, Philadelphia, PA; and Benjamin
F. Robinson, Washington, D.C., for president.
May 1967
Martin C. Powers, national executive secretary/treasurer,
emphasizes membership benefits.
FGAA of Western Colorado formed with Clyde Conte, president.
FGAA of Western New York formed with Roy Thayer, president.
June 1967
Seminars planned for 16th Annual FGAA National
Symposium include Report Writing for Modern Management, Planning,
Programming and Budgeting Systems and The Financial Manager,
Principles of Financial Management, Trends in Regulatory Accounting
etc.
July-August 1967
George J. Penick, Philadelphia Regional manager of DCAA, elected
National President.
More than 1,000 attend annual symposium.
September 1967
FGAA starts major campaign to increase national membership base
by at least 1,200 names. Awards will be given to the chapter with
the highest percentage increase in new members, the chapter gaining
the largest number of reinstatements and the chapter demonstrating
the most novel, imaginative and effective means of increasing member
enrollments.
FY 68 budget of income and expenditures reach $84,000.
FGAA of Hartford formed with 40 new members. Joseph Cherry serves as
first president.
October 1967
FGAA to sponsor nationwide program in time-shared computer
applications for accountants and auditors.
November 1967
Irving J. Sandler, member of FGAA of Washington, won DCAA award
for best article published in a professional publication. “Dial for
Computer Audit Assistance” printed in The Federal Accountant.
December 1967
Controversy developing over two new petitions to form FGAA
chapter in the Washington area. Study into situation recommended by
past national presidents after their October meeting.
Recognition of certain federal experience as qualifying in
Pennsylvania for the CPA examination is acclaimed as another
milestone toward achievement of professional status by government
accountants.
November issue of the Reader’s Digest calls the U.S. General
Accounting Office “the taxpayer’s best friend.”
Membership chairman Harry Levine urges greater effort to reach the
goal of 7,000 by the end of the fiscal year. At the end of October,
Levine reports 401 new members, 79 memberships reinstated and 129
dropouts. Net increase of 351 members brings a total of 6,220, the
highest level in FGAA history.
January 1968
Program completed for FGAA 1968 National Exposition and Seminar,
Feb. 28 – March 2.
February 1968
National Office nominees announced – first year for positions of
President-Elect and Regional Vice President (RVP). These bylaws
changes approved by the Association Executive Committee and ratified
by the chapters have also eliminated the positions of first, second
and third vice presidents and replaced them with five RVPs.
President nominees are Nathan Cutler of Washington, D.C., former
president of FGAA of New York; and Leon H. Greess of the Washington,
D.C. Chapter.
President-Elect nominees are John K. Hall of
Oklahoma City and Bernard B. Lynn of Washington, D.C.
Task force recommends that new chapters within an urban area can be
admitted and that members living or working within the area be
permitted to join whichever chapter they wish; that programs and
activities of chapters in an urban area be coordinated by a council
organization headed by the RVP; and that authority by vested in him
to resolve any differences that might arise.
FGAA of Northern New Jersey formed. Leslie Leiper serves as
president.
Dr. Howard Wright, CPA, chairman of the division of accounting at
the University of Maryland, and a charter member of FGAA, has been
named editor of The Federal Accountant.
April 1968
Net increase of 897 new members as of Feb. 29, 1968. Still have work
to do to get current number of 6,736 to 7,000 to meet this year’s
goal.
Nonfederal members question – Should FGAA accept into active
membership qualified accounting and auditing personnel from the
states, counties and municipalities? The National Policy Board has
been considering the question and is the subject of a study by a
special committee.
May 1968
FGAA National Office reorganization studied
by National Policy Board, suggests possibility of Executive
Secretary-Treasurer, or perhaps executive director, be established
as a full-time assignment, effective July 1. FGAA’s current
Executive Secretary-Treasurer Martin C. Powers is available to the
Association only on a part-time basis. Salary contemplated is about
$17,000 a year.
National President George J. Penick urges salary gap between
government and private sector must be closed.
June 1968
FGAA’s National Education Committee reports
on success of the time-shared computer workshop program, which now
involves some 1,200 participants in 28 chapter locations.
President George J. Penick files declaration on behalf of FGAA
calling for a classification system for financial positions in the
federal government to permit classification of each job on its
merits, aside from salary limitations which may otherwise exist.
FGAA declaration filed with Rep. James M. Hanley, chairman, House
Subcommittee on Position Classification.
July-August 1968
Nathan Cutler elected National President and
Bernard Lynn is President-Elect. William J. Powell – RVP-Capital,
Russell B. Kelley – RVP NE, Theodore A. Hoffman – RVP SW, Howard C.
White – RVP North Central, Trenton D. Boyd – RVP Western
Montgomery/Prince Georges County chapter formed with C.J. Stratton
as president.
Northern Virginia chapter formed with Joseph Welsch as president.
“Denver
Made it Great in ’68,” considered an excellent symposium.
September 1968
Executive Committee approves expansion of
Executive Secretary-Treasurer to that of a full-time Executive
Director in FY69. Authorized part-time directors of research and
education and clerical assistant with eventual conversion to
full-time research and education directors.
October 1968
FGAA National Policy Board approves more FGAA
involvement in determination of policy decisions. Board agreed to
participate, if called upon, in the current investigation by the GAO
of the feasibility of establishing uniform cost accounting standards
for defense contracts. The board’s action marked the beginning of a
new Association policy to become deliberately involved in
discussions and undertakings having to do with the development of
government accounting and financial management policy.
November 1968
18th Annual National FGAA Symposium to be
held June 9-11 in Washington. John W. Huttel is general director.
Northern Virginia Chapter membership tops 100.
December 1968
FGAA’s National Policy Board, in its most
significant and ambitious project, will develop a code of standards
and ethics for government accounting, auditing and financial
management activities.
Montgomery/Prince Georges County Chapter doubles in size from 65 in
June of 1968 to 125 less than six months later.
January 1969
For the first time in the nearly 200-year
history of the U.S. government, audit executives from key federal
agencies have met and created an informal Federal Auditing Council,
fostered by FGAA, which hosted the group’s initial meeting Dec. 16.
Of the 48 top auditors present, more than half are FGAA members.
February 1969
Arthur L. Litke, chief accountant, Federal
Power Commission, appointed by National President Cutler to head a
special committee on ascertaining the feasibility of creating, under
FGAA auspices, a Federal Financial Management Standards Board.
Nominees for FY70 – President-Elect – Sidney S. Baurmash,
Washington, D.C., and Ellsworth H. Morse Jr., Washington, D.C.
Former National President James A. Robbins is appointed
Association’s first full-time executive director.
40 FGAA members from the Madison, Austin, Indianapolis, Chicago,
Baltimore and Washington chapters advocate opening active membership
in the Association to any qualified financial management personnel
in state and local governments. The members’ proposal was contained
in a formal petition requesting a revision in the FGAA bylaws. Some
members of the National Policy Board noted that a major difficulty
is the term ‘qualified persons’ because professional standards vary
greatly from state to state. Association’s Executive Committee will
vote on the bylaws change in the near future.
March 1969
Theme of 18th Annual FGAA Symposium is “Expanding
Roles in Financial Management—Professional Approaches—New Systems
Technologies.” Sessions include “The Financial Management Scene in
1969,” “Financial Management and the Behavioral Sciences” and “Tax
Audits in the Computer Age.”
April 1969
Comptroller General Elmer B. Staats to deliver keynote at
symposium.
President Cutler and Eugene Nettles, chairman of the Committee on
Government Agency Relations, meet with top staffers of the Joint
Economic Committee and the Senate Banking and Currency Committee to
explain FGAA’s programs and purposes and to offer the Association’s
assistance in the way of advice, information and other help.
Achievement of the Year Award approved by the National Policy Board.
Nominees will consist of individuals who have received awards from
local AGA chapters.
More and more chapters are holding educational events, which help to
advance FGAA’s educational goals.
May 1969
22,000 government financial managers, private-industry
accountants and others concerned with financial control are invited
to attend the symposium.
National Membership Committee votes to suspend dues for civilians
called into military service. No reinstatement fees or charges for
back dues will be assessed.
Proposal to amend the FGAA bylaws to admit state and local financial
managers was defeated in a close vote of the Association’s Executive
Board (34 vote to defeat, 26 vote in favor). Several of the chapter
presidents who voted against the change commented that many
qualified federal employees have not yet joined FGAA and that
membership recruitment efforts should be concentrated toward them
before the Association widens its scope to include state and local
members. It was also noted that state and local officials are
entitled to join, participate and hold chapter office as affiliate
members.
President Cutler announces creation of National Standards Board,
which will develop a body of principles and standards for
governmental financial management as guidelines for FGAA members.
First major tasks will be to develop a Code of Ethics and a body of
education standards, both for FGAA members.
The FGAA National Office has moved to larger, more useful quarters
at Room 904, 1730 M St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. Phone is
202.833.8118.
During April, the total paid membership in FGAA climbed above the
7,000 mark, an all-time record.
June-July 1969
New officers have been elected—Bernard B. Lynn, DCAA,
Washington, D.C. Chapter is President and Ellsworth H. Morse Jr.,
GAO, Washington, D.C. Chapter, is President-Elect.
President Cutler tells the U.S. Civil Service Commissions chairman
that immediate steps must be taken to increase the salary structure
for financial management personnel in the federal government, who
are leaving government in droves for the private sector.
Paid attendance at the symposium tops 900.
Association’s Executive Committee notes fiscal year 1969
successes—establishment of the FGAA Standards Board, formation of
the Federal Audit Executives Council and cooperation in the GAO
study of the feasibility of uniform cost accounting standards. The
committee voted to replace the Policy Board with a smaller Advisory
Council, consisting of the National President, Immediate Past
National President, President-Elect, the RVPs and the Executive Vice
President. The fiscal year 1970 budget was approved and the
committee sanctioned a deficit of $17,500 to be covered by reserve
funds. Finally, a $5 dues increase was approved (pending approval by
a majority of the chapters) and would be effective July 1, 1970.
September 1969
President Lynn announces change of symposium location for 1970
from Oklahoma City to Miami Beach. Physical expansion of facilities
in Oklahoma City would not be completed on time.
Fletcher Lutz, chairman of the Membership Committee, calls for
“Membership Improvement Campaign” with a goal of a net increase of
1,408 new FGAA members, which would take membership over 8,000.
Esther B. Campbell, a member of the Washington, D.C. Chapter,
becomes the first woman to serve on the National Membership
Committee.
November 1969
FGAA spearheads the creation of the Committee of Governmental
Financial Management Associations, composed of Associations at the
federal, state and local levels.
Every member’s participation will count in a chapter competition
program being instituted by the Association’s National Chapters
Committee. Monthly points will be awarded for chapter and member
activities.