How XBRL Can Enable Improved Financial and Performance Based  Reporting AN AGA TRAINING AUDIO CONFERENCE  January 21, 2009 2 CPE Hours Available!

AGA is pleased to announce its latest audio conference on one of its important ongoing research projects that demonstrates the value of government financial and performance reporting.

With new data comes the opportunity to break old paradigms. In the third in a series of audio conferences on the AGA-sponsored research on Performance Based Management (PBM), participants report on the new perspectives brought about by integrated financial and non-financial information. PBM delivers what one pilot test participant calls “integrated awareness”: the big picture information that decision makers need to keep their organizations steering in the right strategic direction. It also provides the data managers need to detect and solve performance problems. All this, plus PBM shows taxpayers both the how and what of their return on investment in government.

To share their expertise and experiences in PBM reporting are Clifton A. Williams, CGFM, CPA, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP; James Brimson, MS, founder of Activity Based Management Institute; Sunil Datt, MBA, PMP, CGFM, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM; and Jim St. Clair, CISM, PMP, Senior Manager, Grant Thornton LLP.

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, January 21, 2009

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

Learning Objectives: Understand the benefits of a new approach to integrating financial and non-financial information, and the issues involved in implementing it

Prerequisite: Familiarity with financial and performance based reporting

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, January 16, 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.