Completed Citizen Reports

“On the plane back from Nashville, I read AGA's Citizen-Centric report.  I was impressed and enjoyed reading it.  It was the quickest and easiest to read and most informative and comprehensive presentation of AGA that I have ever seen.” Harold I. Steinberg, CGFM, CPA Northern Virginia Chapter McLean, VA

Other
AGA
Local Government
City of Tallahassee, Florida	St. Louis County, Minnesota
City of Portland, Oregon	City of Saco, Maine
Maricopa County, Arizona	The District of Columbia
The Village of Los Lunas, New Mexico	Virginia Beach
Blount County, Tennessee	Palm Beach County Tax Collector
State Government
Oregon	Nevada
Comptroller of the Treasury, Tennessee	Office of Management Services, Tennessee
Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council	South Carolina
Federal Government
The Federal Government	Department of the Interior
Defense Finance and Accounting Service	Defense Commissary Agency
2007 Financial Report of the United States	Defense Information Systems Agency
Historical Consolidated Financial Statement Initial Report | Part II	Federal Government Citizen-Centric Report
Department of Defense	Coast Guard

Media Coverage

• Transparency Beyond Virginia - Relmond P. Van Daniker, Op-Ed, The Washington Post

• Tell Us More - In Virginia, a move to lift the veil on state spending and contracts - Op-Ed, The Washington Post

• Accounting Group Pushing 'Citizen-Centric' Financial Reports - Andrew Ackerman, The Bond Buyer

• Can Government Just Give Us the Facts?, Craig C. Hall, MPA, Op-Ed, Weymouth News

Portland, Oregon

• Oregon Public Radio interviews Relmond P. Van Daniker, AGA Executive Director; John Radford, Oregon State Controller, NEC & AGA Member and; Drummond Kahn, director of audit services for the city of Portland, AGA Member
• Oregon's At The Forefront Of The Readable Fiscal Documents Trend, Oregon Public Radio
• State, Portland Release Fiscal Snapshots to Increase Citizen Involvement, Bend Weekly News Sources

Saco, Maine

• City of Saco Releases "Citizen Centric" Fiscal Report to Assess City Performance Honestly, Clearly

• Maine Public Radio interviews Relmond P. Van Daniker, AGA Executive Director

• Saco Puts Financial Report on Easy-Reading List, Seth Harkness, Portland Press Herald

• Saco’s Financial Report is Easy on the Eyes, Brooks Payette, Biddeford Saco Courier

League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters Supports AGA's Citizen Centric Reporting Initiative
This item was distributed to the League's leadership in a February 2007 email:

New Opportunity to Connect Citizens and Government
The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) has launched a new project, the Citizen-Centric Government Reporting Initiative. This initiative encourages governments to produce and publish an annual 'state of the government' report that is no more than four pages long. The reports, designed to be visually appealing, provide understandable information to citizens about the financial condition and performance of the government. AGA believes that the report will make governments more accountable to their citizens and will help Americans become more educated citizens, who are better able to participate in government activities. The initiative is being piloted in localities across the country, and AGA is working with public interest groups interested in civic engagement, good government, transparency and accountability - along with their own local chapters -- to promote this project among local government officials. www.lwv.org.

Please let us know what you think about these reports. Contact Susan Fritzlen or at 800.AGA.7211 with your comments.

 

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