Completed Citizen Reports

AGA offers a Certificate of Excellence in Citizen-Centric Reporting  for entities that prepare and distribute high-quality Citizen-Centric Reports. To be eligible for the certificate, governments must incorporate into their report the program’s high standards of content, visual appeal, readability, distribution and timeliness in reporting.
 

A Certificate of Achievement in Citizen-Centric Reporting  will be presented to those entities that fall short of incorporating all of the requirements for the Certificate of Excellence, but still have produced a four-page report.

Submit your report to the program today (Application)!

These reports are illustrative and prepared by individual governments.

 AGA                                                                                                              

• 2011 AGA Member-Centric Report

Chapter Reports                                                                                         

• Albuquerque
• Aroostook County
• Atlanta
• Austin
• Boston
• Central Indiana
• Central Kentucky
• Charleston, SC
• Cleveland
• Dallas
• Des Moines
• Greater Columbus
• Guam
• Indianapolis
• Jackson
• Kansas City
• Lincoln
• Mid-Missouri
• Montgomery
• Nashville
• New York Capital
• Northern Utah
• Northern Virginia
• Omaha Metro
• Ozarks
• Philadelphia
• San Antonio
• Tallahassee
• Trenton
• Virginia Peninsula

 Local Government                                                                                   

Cities/Village

• City of Bellevue, Washington
• City of Boise, Idaho
• City of Columbus, Indiana
• City and County of Denver
• City of Honolulu, Hawaii
• City of Jefferson, Missouri
• City of Kentwood, Michigan
• City of Lancaster, Massachusetts
• City of Las Vegas, New Mexico
• City of Lexington, Kentucky
• City of San Mateo, California
• City of Napa, California
• City of Palo Alto, California | 2010
• City of Portland, Oregon
• City of Portsmouth, Virginia | 2010 |
• City of Saco, Maine
• City of Scottsdale, Arizona
• City of Stamford, Connecticut
• City of Tallahassee, Florida | 2010
• The District of Columbia
• The Village of Los Lunas, New Mexico
• Town of Sahuarita, Arizona

Counties

• Benton County Treasurer, Washington
• Blount County, Tennessee
• Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
• Guilford County, North Carolina
• King County, Washington
• Maricopa County, Arizona
• Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County | 2010
• Palm Beach County Tax Collector
• Springfield-Greene County Health Department
  - Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program
• St. Louis County, Minnesota

 State Government                                                                                   

Idaho
- Idaho State Police | 2010
- State of Idaho | 2011

Maine
- Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center
- Riverview Psychiatric Center

Maryland
- State of Maryland

Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council | 2010

Nevada
- State of Nevada | 2010

New York
- New York State

Oregon
- State of Oregon

South Carolina
- State of South Carolina

Tennessee
- Comptroller of the Treasury
            Office of Management Services

Texas
- State of Texas | 2010

Washington
- State of Washington
- State of Washington Audit

 Federal Government                                                                               

• Coast Guard
• Denali Commission
• General Services Administration
• National Science Foundation
• The Architect of the Capitol
• Treasury Franchise Fund
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• U.S. Department of Defense
• U.S. Department of the Interior
• U.S. Department of State - USAID

Educational Institutions                                                                          

• Evansville School District
• University of Guam

 Other                                                                                                          

• Republique Francaise Central Government Accounts 2010
• 2007 Financial Report of the United States
• FMI of Canada
• Financial System Authority, (The Office of the Comptroller General, within the Treasury Board Secretariat, Canada)
• Guam Community College
• Beavercreek Township Fire Department

 Unofficial Efforts                                                                                      

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

Media Coverage

• City Gives Citizens Report a Fresh Look, TaMaryn Waters, Tallahassee Democrat

• Government Transparency - A Citizen Model, Craig C. Hall, MPA and Relmond P. Van Daniker, DBA, CPA, Weymouth News

• Evansville Students Review District's Financial Performance, Janesville Gazette

• 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

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 Evie Barry or at 800.AGA.7211 with your comments.