CEAR Program
CEAR Program Announcements
NEW! Federal Agencies Achieve
Historic Milestones in Financial Reporting—U.S.
Office of Management and Budget.
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OFHEO is the Smallest
Agency to Receive the CEAR Award for their FY07 Performance and
Accountability Report
"Government agencies need to create results for American
taxpayers. Too often political appointees emphasize policy and
legislation over performance and management. I am hoping that
the next Administration will build upon the emphasis on
management and performance that has come from President Bush,
the Office of Management and Budget, the Government
Accountability Office and AGA."
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more.
— By
James B. Lockhart , director of the Office of Federal Housing
Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO)
Unprecedented 17 Federal Agencies Receive AGA's Prestigious CEAR Award
AGA is
pleased to recognize the outstanding Fiscal Year 2007
performance and accountability reporting efforts of the
following federal agencies, which are the recipients of the
Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting
(CEAR):
Commodity Futures
Trading Commission 2
Department of Education 4
Department of Energy 3
Department of Housing and Urban Development 2
Department of the Interior
8
Department of Labor 8
Federal Aviation Administration
4
Federal Trade Commission 1
General Services Administration 4
Government Accountability Office 7
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
1
Patent and Trademark Office 6
Peace Corps 1
Securities and Exchange Commission 2
Small Business Administration 2
Social Security Administration 10
*The number in parenthesis after each agency indicates the
number of years, including this year, that the agency has
received the award.
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Meet Your CEAR Board Members
The CEAR
Program Board oversees all aspects of the CEAR Program including
establishing, interpreting and maintaining program eligibility
requirements, developing policies and procedures, and
maintaining technical eligibility requirements for program
reviewers.
Jonathan D. Breul, Partner,
IBM Global Business Services, and
Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business of
Government, IBM
Wendy C. Payne, Executive Director,
FASAB
Robert Dacey, Chief Accountant,
Government Accountability Office
John H. Hummel, CGFM, Chair,
Partner and National Industry Director, KPMG LLP
Sid Kaplan, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Strategic and Performance Planning, U.S.
Department of State
Jennifer Main, Chief Financial
Officer, U.S. Small Business Administration
Harold I. Steinberg, CGFM, CEAR
Technical Consultant, AGA
Danny Werfel, Acting Controller,
Office of Federal Financial Management, U.S. Office of
Management and Budget