Completed Citizen Reports

 Local Government                                                                                   

Cities/Village

• City of Bellevue, Washington
• City of Columbus, Indiana
• City of Jefferson, Missouri
• City of Las Vegas, New Mexico
• City of Portland, Oregon
• City of Saco, Maine
• City of Tallahassee, Florida
• The District of Columbia
• The Village of Los Lunas, New Mexico

Counties

• Benton County Treasurer, Washington
• Blount County, Tennessee
• Guilford County, North Carolina
• King County, Washington
• Maricopa County, Arizona
• Palm Beach County Tax Collector
• St. Louis County, Minnesota

 State Government                                                                                   

Idaho
- Idaho State Police

Maryland
- State of Maryland

Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council

Nevada
- State of Nevada

Oregon
- State of Oregon

South Carolina
- State of South Carolina

Tennessee
- Comptroller of the Treasury
            Office of Management Services

Texas
- State of Texas

Washington
- State of Washington
- State of Washington Audit

 Federal Government                                                                               

• Coast Guard
• Denali Commission
• General Services Administration
• National Science Foundation
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• U.S. Department of Defense
• U.S. Department of the Interior

 Other                                                                                                          

• 2007 Financial Report of the United States
• AGA
• FMI of Canada
• Guam Community College

 Unofficial Efforts                                                                                      

• Federal Government Citizen-Centric Report
• The University of Guam
• Guam Public School System
• The Federal Government
• U.S. Federal Government

Media Coverage

• Making Sense - Relmond P. Van Daniker, American City and County Magazine

• 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

Columbia, South Carolina

• SC Comptroller Offers Finance Report - The Associated Press
• New Citizen's Report to show where your money goes - Jonathan Oh, WACH
• Report Offers Easier Access To Government Information - Shana Till, WSPA

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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