AGA Reinvigorates Academy for Government
Accountability
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Dittenhofer Dissertation Awards and the Raymond Einhorn Awards
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Many
longtime AGA members will remember AGA’s Education and Research
Foundation. Incorporated in 1979, the foundation was established
“to contribute to the improvement of education in the field of
federal, state and local government accounting, auditing,
budgeting and financial management.” The foundation provided
educational events, scholarship awards and small research
projects in the mid-1990s. In 1999 the foundation informally
changed its name to the Academy for Government Accountability to
oversee AGA’s education and research programs.
Newfound interest in the
Academy bloomed again last year. A presentation at the September
2005 National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting was made by AGA
National President Sam McCall, CGFM, Sridhar Ramamoorti, Ph.D.,
a member of AGA's Chicago Chapter, and AGA Executive Director
Relmond Van Daniker, DBA, CPA. They introduced a revised mission
statement that more accurately reflects the future of the
Academy. The NEC approved the revised mission: to forge
relationships among government, business and academia to support
research and education initiatives and advance thought
leadership in bringing transparency and accountability in
government financial management. The NEC also appointed
Ramamoorti to chair the Academy's Board of Trustees for one
year.
A task force, chaired by
Wendy Payne, CGFM, executive director of the Federal Accounting
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) was also established to review
Academy progress. Ramamoorti, a partner with Grant Thornton, has
developed Academy bylaws, which will be reviewed by the task
force with final approval by the NEC in February. The affairs of
the Academy are to be managed by a Board of Trustees. One
trustee will be appointed by, and will act as a representative
of, the NEC. The AGA executive director and legal counsel will
also participate as ex-officio, non-voting members of the Board
of Trustees. Individuals are invited to participate on the Board
of Trustees with final approval by the NEC. Stay tuned for more
information on the Academy in TOPICS and on the AGA
website. Staff liaison to the Academy will be AGA Director of
Education Eveanna Barry. For more information about the Academy,
please contact her at
ebarry@agacgfm.org.
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