| Session Time |
Session Title/Description |
Speakers |
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. |
Membership Awards Breakfast |
|
8:00 - 8:50 a.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
International Financial Management
Hear about government financial management from an
international perspective. |
Sheila Fraser, Office of the Auditor General of
Canada
Convener: Virginia B. Robinson, CGFM, CPA,
Kelly, Anderson & Pethick, Inc., Chair, International Development Committee, AGA |
8:50 - 9:40 a.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
Ensuring Public Accountability
Kayla Gillen
discusses the importance of corporate governance and
accountability
from her perspective as a member of the accounting
oversight board and as a former general counsel of
the California Public Employees Retirement System
(CalPers). |
Kayla J. Gillen,
Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Convener: David L. Clark, CGFM, CPA,
Director, Financial Management and Assurance, GAO
|
| 9:40 - 10:10 a.m. |
Refreshment Break |
|
10:10 - 11:00 a.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
One Year Later -
Implementing the President's Management Agenda at
NASA
Administrator O'Keefe will address
the progress he has achieved while implementing the
President's Management Agenda at NASA after serving
as Administrator for the past year. |
Sean O'Keefe,
Administrator, NASA
Convener:
Sallyanne Harper, CGFM,
Chief Mission Support Officer, GAO
|
10:10 - 11:00 a.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
Emerging e-Gov Issues and Potential Changes for the
Financial Community
As new e-gov efforts are implemented, significant
changes can be anticipated in how financial products
and services are accomplished. This potential
disintermediation of financial systems and processes
must be planned for and addressed in the near
future. Learn how they may affect the financial work
force of tomorrow. |
Mark Forman,
Associate Director for Information Technology and
E-Government, OMB
James Champy, Author, Washington Speakers
Bureau
Convener: John G. Sindelar, Deputy Associate
Administrator, Office of Governmentwide Policy,
General Services Administration (GSA)
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10:10 - 11:00 a.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
Update on Start-up Issues at the Transportation
Security Agency
David Williams provides an update on the challenges
that TSA has faced and continues to face in
providing security in the transportation sector |
David Williams, Deputy Associate
Undersecretary for Aviation Security, Transportation
Safety Administration (TSA)
Convener: Everett Mosley, CGFM, Inspector
General, U.S. Agency for International Development |
10:10 - 11:00 a.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
New World of Financial Reporting
This session focuses on the "new world" of federal
financial reporting. |
Donald V. Hammond, Fiscal Assistant Secretary,
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Convener: Jeffrey Steinhoff, CGFM, Managing
Director, Financial Management and Assurance, GAO |
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
Town Hall 9:
President's Management Agenda – Are
We Making Progress?
This town hall panel will discuss
whether the President's Management Agenda has
actually made progress in its goal to improve
federal management. What is success – is it fixing
these problems or moving toward fixing them? The
panel features current and past distinguished
federal policy executives who have been instrumental
in directing management reform for the government. |
Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, NASA
Barry White, Director for Government
Performance Projects, Council for Excellence in
Government
Convener: Sallyanne Harper, CGFM, Chief
Mission Support Officer/Chief Financial Officer, GAO |
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M, CS |
Townhall 10: Is e-Gov Adding Value and Reducing
Burden?
"E" business experts discuss why and how they've
added customer value and reduced burden through a
"customer focused" approach. Hear the "real deal" on
how e-business (gov) helps reach out and touch our
constituents and customers. |
Rick Craig,
Treasurer, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers
Association
Mark A. Forman,
Associate Director for Information Technology and
Electronic Government, OMB
Terry Shelton, Acting Associate Administrator
for Research and Technology, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration
Convener: Mary J. Mitchell, Acting Deputy
Associate Administrator, Office of Electronic
Government and Technology, GSA
|
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Audience: F
Field of Study: M |
Town Hall
12: Federal Financial Reporting and
Accountability: Have Audited Financial Statements
Produced the Desired Results of Better
Accountability and Useable Financial Information?
OK, now what? What comes after clean opinions? What about internal
controls? Are the statements being used and by who?
This session will focus on the issue of using
financial information. Now that we have or are
moving toward timely financial statements, what
exactly are they being used for, are they useful,
and /or are they generating useful by-product
financial information that managers can use in their
day to day business operations, and if not, what
needs to be done to achieve this goal? |
Larry J.
Eisenhart, CGFM, Deputy Chief Financial Officer,
U.S. Department of State
Gregory H.
Friedman, CGFM, Inspector General, U.S.
Department of Energy
Jeffrey Rush Jr.,
Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Kathleen M. Turco,
Chief Financial Officer, GSA
Convener: Everett L. Mosley, CGFM, Inspector
General, U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID)
|
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: PD |
CGFM - A Valuable Addition to Achieving Your
Career Goals
The work world today demands a proven knowledge base
from its employees: the CGFM certification provides
public financial managers a proven measurement of
knowledge and competency that many employers want.
Certification is a mark of quality that employers
can depend on; it assures an employer that the
employee has met the rigorous standards endorsed by
their national professional organization.
This presentation will provide all the current
information you will need about the CGFM including a
personal view from two individuals who have recently
taken the CGFM examination and earned their
designation. |
Virginia
S. Brizendine, CGFM, CPA, Chair, 2002-2003 CGFM
Certification Campaign; Director, School Employees
Retirement System, State of Ohio
William
Taylor, CGFM, CPA, Chair, AGA's Professional
Certification Board; Auditor General, Inter-American
Development Bank
Convener: Wendy Comes, CGFM, CPA Executive
Director, FASAB |
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Audience: F
Field of Study: M |
Updates on Consolidated Financial Report of the U.S.
Government
This session focuses on the fiscal year 2002 and
2003 efforts to provide timely and accurate audited,
consolidated financial statement. It highlights the
obstacles to a clan audit opinion and efforts by FMS
to encourage reconciliation of intragovernmental
activity and balances. |
David Rebich,
Director, Financial & Budget Reports Directorate,
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial
Management Service (FMS)
Jim Sturgill,
Assistant Commissioner, Governmentwide Accounting,
FMS, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Convener: Faye McCreary, Director, Financial
Reports Division, Governmental Accounting, FMS, U.S.
Department of the Treasury
|
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
SEA Reporting
AGA is
starting a new Certificate of Excellence in Service
Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting program. State
and local governments will have an opportunity to
have their performance reports reviewed by
performance reporting experts, obtain
recommendations for improving the reports, and
receive public recognition if the reports are judged
outstanding. Attend this session to learn about
preparing a topflight performance report and
submitting your state or local government's report
for review. |
Harold Steinberg, CGFM, Technical Director, SEA
Program
Convener: TBD |
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
Attestation Standard
This session discusses the new standard on
attestation. |
Phil Calder,
CGFM, CPA, Chief Accountant, GAO
Robert Dacey,
CGFM, CPA, Director Information Security, GAO
Convener: Marcia B. Buchanan, CGFM, CPA,
Assistant Director, Financial Management and
Assurance, GAO |
| 12:30 - 2:15 p.m. |
Luncheon and Awards Presentation |
|
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
Protecting Your Identity - Social Security Number
and Identity Theft
This session discusses the problem of identity theft
and the theft and abuse of Social Security Numbers. |
James G. Huse, Jr., Inspector General, SSA
Convener: Jackson Hufnagle, CGFM, Evaluator,
GAO |
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: A&AU |
Major
Changes in the Profession and Implications for
Government Audits
The accounting and auditing
profession is going through profound reforms and
changes after a series of high profile breakdowns in
accountability and auditing. Even though many of the
reforms are aimed at auditors of publicly held
companies, the new environment has serious
implications for government auditors, including
possible changes to the Yellow Book. |
Jeanette Franzel, CGFM, CPA, Director, Financial
Management and Assurance, GAO
Convener: Sam M. McCall, CGFM, CPA, City
Auditor, City of Tallahassee, FL |
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Audience: F
Field of Study: M |
The New Governmentwide
Financial Report System (GFRS)
This session provides insights into the new
financial reporting consolidation process and system
to be used by agencies for their fiscal year 2004
reporting. |
Elois Adair, Staff Accountant, FMS, U.S.
Department of the Treasury
Garry Ward Sr., Staff Accountant, FMS, U.S.
Department of the Treasury
Loren Jones, Head, Financial Statement
Section, National Science Foundation
Convener: Holden Hogue, Director, Accounting
Systems and Standards, U.S. Department of the
Treasury |
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Audience: F
Field of Study: M |
President's Management Agenda
This panel presents
one agency's approach to "Getting to Green" on the
President's Management Agenda. The chair is the OPM
Project Director Joe Riddle, who monitors the
agency's progress on each of the initiatives. Other
panel members are OPM managers responsible for
"Getting to Green" in each of the initiatives. They
discuss their tactics for managing improvement plans
and delivering results. |
Convener: Joseph R. Riddle, Project Director,
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, OPM |
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Audience: F
Field of Study: M |
Update on U.S. Standard General Ledger
This session
addresses current and future
U.S. Standard General Ledger issues from the program
central agencies' perspective. |
Jim Sturgill,
Assistant Commissioner, Governmentwide Accounting,
FMS, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Joe McAndrew, CPA, Senior Staff Accountant,
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Convener: Judy C. Yuran, CGFM, CPA, Director,
U.S. Standard General Ledger Division, U.S.
Department of the Treasury
|
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: SK&A |
The Progress of e-Grants & e-Travel - Making a
Difference in Government
Hear a lively
discussion on not only the current status of
e-grants and e-travel, but
how the actions to date are helping the way federal
government does business. |
Timothy Burke,
Program Manager of the e-Travel Program Management
Office and Division Director, GSA
Charles Havekost, Project Manager of the
e-Grants Program Management, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
Convener: Clifton Williams, Director, Grant
Thornton, LLP
|
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Audience: S&L
Field of Study: SK&A |
Virginia's e-Gov,
Anytime & Anywhere
The 2002 Best of the
Web winner, My Virginia, the official state portal
of the commonwealth, shares how Virginia is
providing e-government services that are available
anytime and anywhere. Virginia offers the nation's
first wireless state portal and real-time, online
customer service for online professional license
renewals to real-time wireless election reporting. |
Tracy Smith,
Director of e-Government Solutions, Virginia
Information Providers Network
Convener: Sandeep Somaiya, Senior Manager,
BearingPoint
|
|
2:30 - 3:45
p.m.
Audience: All
Field of Study: M |
FinCap: Implementing a Financial Data Warehouse for
the Capitol Police |
Randall Eckhardt, U.S. House of Representatives
Alan DiGuardia, Accounting Officer, U.S.
Capitol Police
Convener: Randall Eckhardt, U.S. House of
Representatives |
4:00 - 4:50
p.m.
Audience:
Field of Study: |
Session TBD |
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4:00 - 4:50
p.m.
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Closing Remarks
Make plans to join us for the 53rd Annual
Professional Development Conference - June 27-30,
2004 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington,
D.C. |
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6:30 p.m.
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National President's Reception
Please join AGA's National President in a
farewell reception at the Navy Pier. This event
includes a spectacular fireworks display, music,
food and drinks. The Pier is located just a few
blocks away from the Sheraton Chicago Hotel.
Questions? Contact Julie Cupp at
jcupp@agacgfm.org.
Additional tickets may be purchased for guests
onsite at the conference for $35. |
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