Making
Informed
Decisions Using Performance Management and Reporting
An AGA TRAINING AUDIO CONFERENCE
August 8, 2007
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 increasingly important topic to our audio conference
schedule – Performance Management and Reporting.
Performance management and reporting can and is defined in many
different ways, but at its core, performance reporting allows
government officials to improve service delivery and resource
allocation by disclosing strengths and weaknesses to citizens
and management and making changes based on those
disclosures. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
defines performance reporting as a form of measurement of an
organization’s performance results and the public reporting of
key indicators that communicate decision-useful information
regarding an organization’s actual results achieved in pursuit
of its goals. The bottom line: preparing useful performance
reports can inform stakeholders of the successes and challenges
within government and can assist government officials in making
informed decisions.
Are you a
government official who wants to learn more about performance
management and reporting? Are taxpayers in your community
unaware of the good that government performs? With transparency
and accountability as the watchwords for effective, efficient
and honest government, performance management and reporting
should be on the political agenda of any official to inform
constituents how and on what government is spending tax dollars.
Taxpayers should demand nothing less.
To share
their practical experiences in performance management and
reporting and to learn the latest in the GASB Service Efforts
and Accomplishments Project are three experts: Jay Fountain,
GASB Consultant; Michael Lawson, Director of the ICMA Center for
Performance Measurement; and Michael Matthes, Assistant City
Manager, Des Moines, Iowa.
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 so that the
participants can ask the speakers questions and share their own
experiences.
| Date: |
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 |
| Time: |
2:00 - 3:50 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time |
| Learning Objectives: |
To obtain an understanding of how performance
management and reporting can improve transparency and
accountability |
| Prerequisite: |
Familiarity with performance management and reporting |
| Advance Prep: |
None required |
| CPE: |
Two credits |
| Field of Study: |
Accounting (Governmental) |
| Cost: |
$249 per site (UNLIMITED ATTENDANCE) if you register
on or before Friday, August 3, 2007 and $299 thereafter |
| To Register: |
Click
here to
register online
or
print the registration form and fax to AGA
at 703.684.6933 |
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
1-800-242-7211 ext. 308 or
mlucas@agacgfm.org. Questions regarding the program should
be directed to Raymond Harris at ext. 339 or
rharris@agacgfm.org