Highlights
 It’s Renewal Time:
2007–2008 Corporate Partner renewals were mailed in February.
Please renew by April 15, 2007 to avoid interruption in benefits.
Thanks!
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Calendar of Upcoming
Events
March 28, 2007
AGA Audio Conference: $249 Unlimited Attendance
Procurement Fraud
April 10, 2007
CPAG Dinner: Sam Mok, CGFM, CFO, Department
of Labor, AGA National President-Elect Designate, Ritz Carlton Hotel,
Pentagon City, VA
May 8, 2007
CPAG Dinner: Danny Werfel, Deputy Controller,
Office of Federal Financial Management, U.S. Office of Management and
Budget, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Pentagon City, Virginia
May 9, 2007
AGA Audio Conference: $249 Unlimited Attendance
Ethics
May 10, 2007
CPAG All Hands Business Meeting and Networking Happy Hour, Tower
Club, Tyson’s Corner, Virginia
May 23, 2007
CEAR Awards Ceremony and Black Tie Dinner, National Press Club,
Washington, D.C. By Invitation Only
June 24 – 27, 2007
Professional Development Conference & Exposition, Nashville
Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee
September 10 – 11, 2007
National Internal Control and Fraud Conference, Hyatt Regency
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
September 24 – 25,
2007
National Performance Management Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
February 21 – 22, 2008
National Leadership Conference, Ronald Reagan Building,
Washington, D.C.
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Exposure and Build Your Brand Through Journal
Advertorials
AGA offers a special advertising
opportunity for Corporate Partners only. The Journal of Government
Financial Management is pleased to offer The Journal Advertorial
Program designed to showcase AGA Corporate Partners and their success
stories. Find more information or, contact AGA’s
Director of Communications, Marie
Force, at 800.AGA.7211, ext. 337.
Corporate Partner
Advisory Group Leadership
Chair
Hank Steininger, CGFM
Managing Partner, Global Public Sector,
Grant Thornton LLP
hsteininger@gt.com
703.837.4410
Vice Chair
John Cherbini, CGFM
KPMG LLP
jcherbini@kpmg.com
202.533.4339
Executive Director
Relmond Van Daniker, DBA, CPA
rvandaniker@agacgfm.org
703.684.6931, ext 312
Deputy Executive Director of
Programs
Susan Fritzlen
sfritzlen@agacgfm.org
703.684.6931, ext 314
Director of Research
Anna D. Gowans Miller, MBA, CPA
amiller@agacgfm.org
703.684.6931, ext 313
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March 2007
, Volume 5, Issue 1
AGA and
CPAG—Partners in Advancing Government Accountability
Thank you for your outstanding support of
AGA and its mission of advancing government accountability. Over the
past year, AGA has made tremendous strides as the thought leader for
advancing government accountability due in large part to its Corporate
Partners. We look forward to continuing our partnership into the
future!
 
Save the Date—CPAG All Hands
Business Meeting and Networking Happy Hour Set for May 10
Tower Club, Tyson’s Corner,
Virginia
3– 5 p.m. – Business Meeting
5– 6 p.m. – Networking Happy Hour
The CPAG Programs Committee is revamping the
format of the business meeting to include more interaction among the
corporate partners in attendance. Stay tuned for details in the near
future! Plus we’ve added on a networking happy hour!
Congressman Urges Better Training for
Acquisition Workers at CPAG Breakfast
More than 100 Corporate Partners and
government executives gathered at the Marriott Metro Center on March 1
to network and listen to a discussion with U.S. Rep. Tom Davis,
R-VA. Davis is the ranking member of the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, which has government-wide jurisdiction
over the management of the federal government.
Davis shared his insight into the challenges
facing our government today, the priorities the committee is setting,
and how the federal government and its partners in the contracting
community can work together to achieve success.
Read the
Government Executive story.
Technical Conference
Committees—Looking for A Few Good Women and Men!
2007 Fraud
Conference
We are currently accepting requests from our CPAG members to
serve on the 2007 Internal Control & Fraud Conference Technical
Committee.
The Technical Committee is charged with the
responsibility of planning the educational content and working closely
with the AGA National Office staff to put together an outstanding
conference program. The committee determines topics and extends
invitations to speakers on behalf of AGA. Your role is the backbone of
AGA conferences and is what keeps the quality of the conferences at
their highest. Although it involves a great deal of work and
commitment, planning each conference is a rewarding experience for all
those involved.
There is limited space on this committee so we
are unable to accept all requests to serve. Preference will be
given to platinum and gold sponsors of this event. Please e-mail
Ada Phillips by
Friday, March 30, 2007 with the name, job title,
mailing address, phone, fax and e-mail of the representative you wish
to nominate. Please write “Fraud Committee Request” in the
subject of your message.
2007 Performance Management
Conference
Is your organization involved in helping state and local
governments carry out their missions through performance management
techniques? Industry insights and experience are needed on the
technical committee for AGA’s Third Annual
National Performance Management Conference, set for Sept. 24 –
25, 2007, at the Embassy Suites Phoenix/Scottsdale Golf Resort.
Technical committee members help design the
conference agenda, select speakers, topics and best practices to share
with 200 expected attendees. AGA leaders will also recognize those
state and local government entities honored with AGA’s
Certificate of Achievement in SEA Reporting at the conference, worth 13
CPE hours. If you are interested in serving on the technical committee,
please contact Evie Barry or Julie Cupp at 703.684.6931 by
March 30, 2007.
Corporate Partner Access
Dinners—Spots Available!
April 10, 2007: Sam Mok, CGFM, CFO,
Department of Labor; AGA National President-Elect Designate
May 8, 2007: Danny Werfel, Deputy Controller,
OFFM, OMB
As a reminder, each event lasts for three
hours, from 6:15 – 9:15 p.m. One important thing to
remember – there is NO selling at these events. The
dinners are held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Arlington, Virginia
(Pentagon City Mall). The cost is $160 per participant, which covers
cocktails, dinner and valet parking.
If you are interested in participating in a
dinner, please complete the Dinner Reservation Form
and submit it to Susan
Fritzlen. Each dinner is limited to 16 Corporate
Partners—only one per Corporate Partner
organization. Selections for each dinner are determined on a
first-come first served basis AND based on previous
attendance at dinners. Once the attendees are selected from the
returned Reservation Forms, we will notify
those who are confirmed for a seat and those who are placed on the
waiting list.
Research Program Update
AGA’s CPAG Research Program creates research projects of
value to governments, industry and the AGA membership. Two major types
of research are conducted under the program: sponsored and cooperative,
with cooperative tending to have a shorter (90-day) timeframe, and
sponsored being of a longer, continuing nature.
Here’s an update.
Black Tie Event Celebrates
Excellence
This year's Certificate of Excellence in
Accountability Reporting (CEAR) Program Awards Banquet is
being held Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at the National Press Club in
Washington, D.C. Each Corporate Partner organization will be
extended two invitations to participate in this exciting event.
Invitations will be sent in early April to the main contact for each
Corporate Partner organization.
AGA presents the CEAR to federal government
agencies whose Performance and Accountability Reports (PARs) achieve
the highest standards by communicating results and demonstrating
accountability. The award hallmarks high-quality PARs that effectively
illustrate and assess program performance—both accomplishments
and shortfalls—and the cost of that performance.
The CEAR Program helps raise the quality and
usefulness of performance information through promulgation of report
guidelines, training workshops for report preparers and program
reviewers, an in-depth peer review of each PAR, opportunities to serve
as reviewers, and an annual comprehensive compilation of commendable
practices, examples of creativity and practices in need of
improvement.
Questions about your invitation? Please contact
Susan Fritzlen at sfritzlen@agacgfm.org.
Just 12 Exhibit Booths Left at AGA's 2007
PDC
 Don’t miss your chance to reach top government
financial management leaders… sign up to exhibit at AGA’s
2007 PDC today! Plans are well under way for AGA’s 56th Annual
Professional Development Conference & Exposition, taking place June
24-27, 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee. We invite you to join us as an
exhibitor, sponsor or advertiser to take advantage of this outstanding
marketing opportunity.
The PDC provides the perfect platform to
network with existing clients and new prospects, while enhancing
corporate identification to a highly qualified decision-making
audience. More than 1800 high-level, hard-to-reach government financial
management and accountability professionals will attend this
year’s conference.
Advertise and maximize your visibility at the event. Showcase your
company’s message and reach all conference attendees by placing
an advertisement in the final program. To advertise, contact Marie Force at 800.AGA.7211, ext.
337.
Sponsorship gives you the opportunity to increase your exposure beyond your
exhibit space. The PDC provides you with prime opportunities to network
with existing clients and bring your name to the attention of leading
government executives and decision-makers. Our sponsor benefits enhance
and strengthen your name recognition and bring you closer to the people
you want to reach. To exhibit and/or sponsor, contact Ada Phillips at 800.AGA.7211,
ext. 310.
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