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CEAR in the News

• 2008 PDC Concurrent Session Presentations, What's Next with the Performance and Accountability Reports?
  Harold I. Steinberg, CGFM, CPA
  Maurice McTigue, Vice President, Director, Government Accountability Project and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
   

• Government Executive mentioned the May CEAR Award Ceremony in a recent article about the CFO agencies and their tracking of federal funds, July 23, 2008
   

• OFHEO is the Smallest Agency to Receive the CEAR Award for their FY07 Performance and Accountability Report, James B. Lockhart, AGA Weblog, July 2, 2008
   

• OMB Pushes Performance Improvement, Mary Mosquera, Federal Computer Week, Dec. 10, 2007
   
• Bush Orders Agencies to Appoint 'Performance Improvement Officers', Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, Nov. 15, 2007
   
• President Signs Executive Order on Improving Government Program Performance, White House, Nov. 14, 2007
   
• White House to Demand Better Program Performance, Mary Mosquera, Federal Computer Week, Nov. 8, 2007
   
• CFOs, IGs Share Best Practices for Financial Reports, Federal Computer Week, Oct. 16, 2007
   
• The Business of Government Hour, Oct. 13, 2007: John Cox, CFO HUD
   
• 06-378: Congressional Oversight: FAA Case Study Shows How Agency Performance, Budgeting, and Financial Information Could Enhance Oversight  - GAO Report, March 2006
   
• A Report to the 43rd President and 107th Congress: Transitioning to Performance-based Government - Reason Public Policy Institute, Sept. 9, 2005
   
• Federal Program Performance up Slightly, OMB Reports  —Government Executive, Feb. 2, 2006
   
• Agencies Show Modest Gains on Management Score Card —Government Executive, Feb. 2, 2006
   
• GAO: Agency Public Information Centers Should Stress Accuracy  —Jenny Mandel, Government Executive, March 13, 2006
   
• A Government Document Without the Governmentese: OPM Plan Sets Clear Goals —Stephen Barr, The Washington Post, March 9, 2006
   
• Measuring Government Performance - Journal of Government Financial Management, Fall, 2005
   
• Financial Management Performance Indicators Database Created by CFOC - Dec. 29, 2004
   
• AGA Presents 10 CEAR Awards at September 2004 Luncheon - Topics, Sept. 20, 2004
   
• Responsible Reporting at FAA - Federal Times, Sept. 27, 2004
   
• 10 Agencies Cited for Quality Financial Reports - Federal Times, Sept. 6, 2004
   
• AGA Welcomes DoD to CEAR Program - Topics, March 29, 2004
   
• AGA Presents Certificates of Excellence to Seven Federal Agencies - Topics, October 2003
   
• Advancing Government Accountability Through CEAR, SEA - Topics, October 2003
   
• Meeting Change with Change - Federal Times, Sept. 22, 2003
   
• Seven Agencies Lauded for Exceptional Performance Reports - GovExec.com, September 12, 2003
   
• Patricia McGinnis, President and CEO, Council for Excellence in Government, Praises CEAR Program - September 2003
   
• CEAR Program's Influence, Scope Widens in Federal Government - Topics, August 2003
   
• Spotlight on Accountability Reporting - Topics, November 2002
   
• Certificates of Excellence Presented by AGA to Eight Federal Agencies - Topics, November 2002
   
• Eight Agencies Honored for Accountability Reports - GovExec.com, September 16, 2002
   
• Extra Effort Stands out in Reporting Results - Federal Times, September 23, 2002
   
• CEAR Participants Extol Value of AGA's Process in Promoting Federal Accountability - Topics, Fall 2002
   
• How Labor is Getting to Green, Federal Times, Aug. 26, 2002
   
• Accountability Reports Yield Positive Results - Federal Times, January 2000

Resources

• Office of Management and Budget
• Government Performance and Results Act
• Chief Financial Officers Council
• President's Management Agenda
• Defense Reform Initiative
• Federal Inspectors General
• Federal Budget