Monday I Tuesday I Wednesday
Saturday, July
10
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
AGA National Executive Committee Meeting
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salons
A & B
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Sunday, July 11
* Events listed with an asterisk are by invitation only.
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Registration Desk Open
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salons
P & Q
8:30 – 11 a.m.
AGA National Board of Directors (NBD) Meeting
Location: Crystal Ballroom –
Salons C & D
Join AGA national officers as they report to the NBD on
2009–2010 program year results and discuss plans for the
2010–2011 program year. All members are welcome to attend.
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
AGA Past National Treasurer (PNT)/Finance & Budget Committee
Luncheon*
Location:
Grand
Ballroom – Salon 13
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
AGA Past National President (PNP) Luncheon*
Location: Grand Ballroom – Salon 14
1 – 3 p.m.
AGA Emerging Leader Roundtable
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salons
P & Q
Take this
opportunity to develop your professional network and learn
firsthand from respected leaders in the financial accountability
profession. The session features a keynote presentation as well
as round-table discussions on critical career topics. Our table
leaders share their insights and answer questions on growing a
professionally successful and personally rewarding career within
federal, state and local government and the private industry.
1 – 5 p.m.
AGA Executive Session
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salons
C & D
Sponsored by E&Y
Spending $787 billion in a hurry is a formidable task. But tracking, reporting, accounting for and auditing $787 billion is far more formidable and difficult. This Executive Session allows invited guests to share information about the challenges posed by the Recovery Act’s implementation and exchange ideas about how to best address them. In doing so, participants provide a real-time assessment of the Recovery Act’s implementation and help define some of the critical issues that must be addressed by policy-makers.
AGA Executive Session Breakout Rooms:
Grand Ballroom – Salons 10 & 11
1 – 2:10 p.m.
AGA Chapter Leadership Meeting—Focus on CGFM
Location: Canary Ballroom – Salons
1 & 2
Become part of
the CGFM Program’s success. Join CGFM leaders to learn about the
program’s accomplishments this year and to share your own
success stories. We discuss state and local recognition of the
CGFM certification, opportunities to earn the designation at AGA
national conferences and the CGFM training program.
1 - 2:10 p.m.
AGA Chapter Leadership Meeting—CCR, SEA, CEAR, PMC & FPC
Location: Canary Ballroom – Salons
3 & 4
Are you
familiar with AGA’s Accountability Programs? AGA has several
programs that address accountability in
government—Citizen-Centric Reporting, Certificate of Achievement
in Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting (state and
local governments), Certificate of Excellence in Accountability
Reporting (federal government), and our two accountability
conferences, the Performance Management Conference and our
newest event, the Federal Performance Conference. If your
chapter is considering establishing an Accountability
Outreach position in its governance structure, attend this
session to learn more. Remember AGA is about Advancing
Government Accountability!
1 – 2:10 p.m.
S100: Using Lean Six Sigma in
Payables and Receivables
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salons
A & B
Selena A.
Hernandez-Haines, MS,
Chief, Process Improvement and Training Branch, Finance
Center, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Paula F.
Bohnwagner, MBA, CGFM, CPA, CDFM, Deputy Chief, Financial
Policy and Systems, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
Join the
discussion on using Lean Six Sigma to analyze business processes
to determine if the process is effective or if there is a better
approach to successfully achieve financial management goals.
FOS:
ACC
Audience: All
1 – 2:10 p.m.
S101: In-Sourcing
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salon
K & L
Martha J. Smith,
Director, DFAS Cleveland, Defense Finance and Accounting
Service, U.S. Department of Defense
Rosie
W. Tinsley, CGFM,
Director, Strategic Business
Integration, Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Moderator: Donna M. Wolfe, MBA, PMP, Accountant,
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, U.S. Department of
Defense
Hear an
overview of the new legislative requirements of the National
Defense Authorization Act, which could result in the DoD
authorizing the hiring of 19,800 civil servants. DFAS staff
provide an update on the recent move of the Retired and
Annuitant Pay Operations back into the DFAS Cleveland from a
contractor, to include strategy, outcomes and use of change
management discipline to support the in-sourcing effort.
FOS: BMO
Audience: All
1 – 2:10 p.m.
S102: Findings of the
2009 Canadian Federal CFO Survey
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salons
M & N
Marcel
Boulianne,
Senior Analyst, Financial Systems Authority, Office of the
Comptroller General of Canada
Moderator: Richard O. Bunce Jr., CGFM, Executive
Director, Virginia Commonwealth University; AGA National
President-Elect Designate and Member, AGA National Executive
Committee
The Office of
the Comptroller General (OCG) of Canada is responsible for
providing functional direction and assurance for financial
management for the federal government of Canada. The e-voting
session of the second annual survey focused on financial
management systems, but during the interviews, CFOs candidly
shared their views on the future of their departmental financial
management systems, attracting and retaining talent for the
financial management community, standardization, and integration
of business process and data while managing in a period of
fiscal restraint.
FOS: AUD
Audience: State & Local
2:30 – 3:40 p.m.
AGA Chapter Development & Assistance Meeting
Location: Canary Ballroom – Salons
1 & 2
Senior Vice Presidents of Regional Services, Regional Vice Presidents, Chapter Presidents, Regional Coordinators for Chapter Development and Assistance, and interested AGA members are invited to discuss efforts to develop new chapters and assist struggling chapters. AGA National Office representatives lead a discussion on expanding and improving chapter operations.
The discussion
also focuses on the regional governance structure, the role that
SVPRS and RVP teams play in making such improvements and the
procedures for starting a new chapter. If you are interested in
starting a new chapter, this session is for you!
2:30 – 3:40 p.m.
AGA Chapter Leadership Meeting—Focus on Communications
Location: Canary Ballroom –
Salons 3 & 4
Join AGA’s communications staff to discuss your chapter newsletter and website. We discuss current chapter communicator needs and review the resources available from the National Office to help chapter communicators better serve their local members. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your chapter communicator colleagues.
**Research
session**
2:30 – 3:40 p.m.
S103: Managerial Cost
Accounting: Providing Useful Information to Program Managers
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salons
A & B
Anna D. Gowans
Miller, MA, MBA, CPA,
Director of Research, AGA
Julia
E. Ranagan, CGFM, CPA,
Assistant Director, Federal Accounting Standards Advisory
Board (FASAB)
Moderator: Lloyd Farmer, Vice President, The MIL
Corporation
This research
highlights 10 case studies of successful MCA implementations.
Learn what has happened since the report was published and the
new research from FASAB.
FOS:
ACCG
Audience:
Federal
2:30 – 3:40 p.m.
S104: FISCAM
Implementation
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salon
K & L
Robert F. Dacey,
JD, CGFM, CPA,
Chief
Accountant, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Moderator: Dianne D. Guensberg, CPA, Assistant
Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office
GAO’s chief
accountant shares information about the Federal Information
System Controls Audit Manual and how the changes were
implemented.
FOS: AUDG
Audience: All
2:30 – 3:40 p.m.
S105: Auditors and
Controllers—Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salons
M & N
Arthur A.
Hayes, JD, MBA, CGFM, CPA, CFE,
Director of State Audit, Office of the Comptroller of the
Treasury, State of Tennessee
Thomas J. Sadowski, MPA, CGFM-Retired, CPA,
Former Director of Accounting, State of Missouri; AGA Past
National President and AGA Past National Treasurer
Ultimately,
auditors and controllers have the same goals in mind—promoting
government accountability. But their specific responsibilities
and how they carry them out can be very different. This session
is a conversation between a state auditor and a former state
controller about how they can work together and when they need
to go their separate ways.
FOS: AUDG
Audience: All
3:50 – 5 p.m.
AGA Chapter Leadership Meeting—Focus on Membership
Location: Canary Ballroom – Salons
1 & 2
All chapter
leaders have a role to play in membership recruitment and
retention. Whether you are an incoming officer or an experienced
leader, there is much to gain from attending this session. This
session focuses on national recruitment and retention
initiatives as well as chapter best practices. We’ll also review
the “basics” and how to access valuable tools and information on
the Members Only website.
3:50 – 5 p.m.
AGA Chapter Leadership Meeting—Focus on Education
Location: Canary Ballroom – Salons
3 & 4
Providing
quality and affordable education to our members and the
government accountability profession is a major goal of AGA at
the national and chapter levels. Join AGA's Director of
Education Joe Jozefczyk to discuss how we can work together to
meet this goal. Learn how to develop and present successful
training and educational events and activities from experienced
chapter leaders.
3:50 – 5 p.m.
S106: Creating a Revised
Statement of Net Cost and Making It Our Most Important Financial
Statement
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salons
A & B
Katherine M. Palmer,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Financial
Policy, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Shirley S. Pratt, CGFM,
Acting Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Deputy Chief
Financial Officer, Office of Finance, U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs
Moderator: Shirley S. Pratt, CGFM
The U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) received an audit finding
around the inability to identify and accumulate information
needed to prepare the SONC. A team of subject-matter experts
reviewed the legacy approach to producing the statement and
determined the root cause of this finding is related to how the
agency defined its lines of business. The team proposed
remediation efforts, which included redefining the agency lines
of business to be in alignment with VA’s major line organization
and consistent funding provided VA appropriation law. The
proposed solution allows for an efficient streamlined,
systematic approach to preparing the SONC and mitigates the
increase risk of error noted in the audit finding.
FOS: BMO
Audience:
All
3:50 – 5 p.m.
S107: U.S. Treasury
Offset Program
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Salon
K & L
Brenda C.
Bolander, CGFM, CPA,
State Comptroller, Office of State Finance, State of
Oklahoma; Co-Chair, PDC 2010 Technical Committee
Horace Tate,
Senior IT Specialist, Debt Program Division, Debt Management
Services, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Moderator: Brenda C. Bolander, CGFM, CPA
This U.S.
Department of the Treasury program affects all state and local
governments that receive federal grants. In this session,
attendees learn how the program has been updated and changed.
FOS: ACCG
Audience: All
5 – 7 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Location: Sago, Sabal & Royal
Sponsored by Teradat
Don't miss the grand opening of the Exhibit Hall. Join us for a reception to kick off the 59th Annual Professional Development Conference & Exposition and welcome you to Orlando. This is your first opportunity to explore exhibits showcasing an exciting marketplace of the latest technologies, services and products. Enjoy hearty hors d’oeuvres. Sip a glass of wine. Catch up with old friends and make new connections at this informal networking event. The conference starts here!