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Continuing Education

President's Executive Order: Reduce Improper Payments and Eliminate Waste
AN AGA TRAINING AUDIO CONFERENCE 
January 27, 2010
2 CPE Hours Available!

AGA, in conjunction with the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT), and the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA), is pleased to announce a new and significant audio conference addressing the President’s recent Executive Order dealing with improper payments.

To increase participation in this event, we have reduced the regular cost of this audio conference by $100. See details below.

On November 23, 2009, President Obama issued an Executive Order that said in part:

When the Federal Government makes payments …., it must make every effort to confirm that the right recipient is receiving the right payment for the right reason at the right time.…. this order adopts a comprehensive set of policies, including transparency and public scrutiny of significant payment errors throughout the Federal Government; a focus on identifying and eliminating the highest improper payments; accountability for reducing improper payments among executive branch agencies and officials; and coordinated Federal, State, and local government action in identifying and eliminating improper payments.”

Hear from “the leaders” on the new requirements of the Executive Order to: 

  • Create an online dashboard of key indicators and statistics on improper payments.

  • Create and publicize a single mechanism for the public to report suspected incidences of waste, fraud, or abuse.
  • Establish more frequent error reduction targets and more frequent error measurement for certain high-priority programs.
  • Employ new internal techniques within agencies to better detect and mitigate improper payments.
  • Designate a current, Senate-confirmed appointee to be accountable to the President for meeting improper payment reduction targets. 
  • Provide the OMB Director a report describing the likely causes of the agency’s failure and actions it will take to meet reduction targets for programs where targets for reducing payment error rates are not met for two years in a row.
  • Increase data-sharing among federal agencies and programs and, where applicable, state and local governments and other stakeholders to improve eligibility verification and pre-payment scrutiny.
  • Mandate quarterly reporting on any high-dollar errors identified by the agency and actions the agency will take to recover the improper payment and to prevent future improper payments.
  • Pursue administrative actions to provide State, local, and other organizations with incentives for reducing improper payments.
  • Seek to enhance contractor accountability by pursuing methods such as subjecting contractors to debarment, suspension, and financial penalties for failing to timely disclose credible evidence of significant overpayments received on government contracts.

To discuss the Executive Order and its implications are Jeanette Franzel, CGFM, CPA, Managing Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, CGFM, CPA, Retired Managing Director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Past AGA National President and currently Executive Director, KPMG Government Institute; George D. Strudgeon, CPA, Audit Director, Human Services Management Specialty Team, Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts; and Daniel I. Werfel, Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

Please join us for two hours of lively discussion about this important and timely topic. In addition to the speakers’ commentary, there will be approximately 20 minutes for Q & A at the end of the program so that the participants can ask the speakers questions and share their own experiences during the show.

Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Time: 2 – 3:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Learning Objectives: To learn about the November 23, 2009 Presidential Executive Order on reducing improper payments and eliminating waste.

Prerequisite: Some awareness of the issue of improper payments

Advance Prep: None required      

CPE: Two credits

Field of Study: Management Advisory Services

Special Discounted Cost: $149 per site (UNLIMITED ATTENDANCE) if you register on or before Friday, January 22, 2010 and $199 thereafter. SPECIAL PROMOTION: Government agencies and AGA Corporate Partner members who register five or more offices will receive a 20 percent discount ($119 per site)

To Register: Registration is now closed.

This audio conference offers important information to almost everyone in the accountability profession. Please share this program announcement with others in your government, chapters, educational institutions and private firms. Remember, there is no limit to attendance per phone site. If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Maria Lucas at 800.242.7211, ext. 308, or mlucas@agacgfm.org. Questions regarding the program should be directed to Raymond Harris, CGFM, at ext. 339 or rharris@agacgfm.org.

 


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