CEAR Training
AGA’s
Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR) Program®
Presents the Annual Performance and Accountability Report Preparer's
Workshop
This intermediate-level training provides information and tools to teach
you how to prepare the traditional Performance and Accountability Report
(PAR) and the Pilot Program reports. Learn the types of
recommendations to improve the quality of the documents. Don't miss this
valuable workshop and be prepared to sign up to be a CEAR reviewer!
Register by
August 8, 2008.
Date:
August 15, 2008
Time: 9 a.m.
- Noon
Where: U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, D.C.
Speakers:
Jonathan D. Breul, Partner, IBM Global Business Services; John Hummel,
CGFM, CPA, Partner and National Industry Directory, KPMG LLP
Learning Objectives:
To become familiar with the revised OMB Circular A-136, the
document that provides a central point of reference for all
Federal financial reporting.
Prerequisite:
Familiarly with Federal Performance and Accountability Reports
Advance Prep:
None required
CPE: Three
credits
Field of Study:
Management Advisory Services
Cost:
Free for those agencies submitting their report to the
CEAR Program. A small fee for all others.
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Each year, training is scheduled in August for
preparers of Performance and Accountability Reports and in late November
for reviewers of Performance and Accountability Reports.
If you are interested in becoming a CEAR reviewer,
contact Evie Barry at
ebarry@agacgfm.org.
CPE
hours earned through any of AGA’s national educational activities can be
used to fulfill CGFM CPE requirements.
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AGA
is registered with the National Association of State Boards of
Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on
the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have
final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.
Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the
National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700,
Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site:
www.nasba.org.