SEA: Taking Accountability and Transparency to a New Level
An AGA TRAINING AUDIO CONFERENCE 
March 25, 2009
2 CPE Hours Available! 

AGA is pleased to announce a new audio conference on its Service Efforts and Accomplishments (SEA) Program.  

SEA, Performance Reporting, Performance-Based Budgeting—Did you ever wonder when and why these initiatives began? AGA Past National President Sam McCall, CGFM, CPA, CIA, Tallahassee City Auditor, is finishing his Ph.D. in public administration. His dissertation discusses the history of performance initiatives by governments, the AGA Service Efforts and Accomplishments Report Review Program and the impact that the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s (GASB) 16 suggested criteria has had on the quality of performance reports submitted. McCall will be joined by Ken Smith, PhD., CPA, professor at Willamette University in Oregon, and AGA's academic adviser for the SEA Program, who has been instrumental in creating a website that explains, with examples, each of the 16 suggested criteria. Governments looking to prepare performance reports as well as those entities recently having their report reviewed by AGA will benefit from our new Performance Reporting 2.0.

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

Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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

Learning Objectives: Understand the efforts made by governments in performance reporting and how GASB’s 16 suggested criteria has impacted such reporting

Prerequisite: None required

Advance Prep: None required   

CPE: Two credits

Field of Study: Accounting (Government)

Cost: $249 per site (UNLIMITED ATTENDANCE) if you register on or before Friday, March 20, 2009 and $299 thereafter. SPECIAL PROMOTION: Government agencies and CPAG members who register five or more offices will receive a 20 percent discount ($200 per site)

To Register: 1) Register online 2) Print the registration form or Special Promotion Registration and fax it to 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 800.AGA.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.