CEAR Program
CEAR Program Announcements
17 Federal Agencies Receive AGA's Prestigious CEAR Award
AGA is
pleased to recognize the outstanding Fiscal Year 2008
performance and accountability reporting efforts of the
following federal agencies, which are the recipients of the
Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting
(CEAR):
Federal Trade Commission 2
Peace Corps 2
U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission 3
U.S. Department of Education 5
U.S. Department of Energy 4
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 3
U.S. Department of the Interior
9
U.S. Department of Labor 9
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
5
U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency 1
U.S. General Services Administration 5
U.S. Government Accountability Office 8
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 8
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 7
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 3
U.S. Small Business Administration 3
U.S. Social Security Administration 11
*The number in parenthesis after each agency indicates the
number of years, including this year, that the agency has
received the award.
AGA
Examines PAR Pilot Program Results - AGA has issued a report
evaluating a possible alternative to federal Performance and
Accountability Reports (PARs) at the request of the U.S. Office
of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB started a pilot program
in FY 2007 for agencies that wanted to report on their
performance and accountability in a more concise form than the
lengthy PAR. The three reports required by the pilot program are
the Agency Financial Report, the Annual Performance Report and a
Highlights Report. OMB asked AGA to evaluate the Agency
Financial Report of nine pilot program agencies. AGA concluded
that the pilot program has the potential to correct the
weaknesses of the PAR, but that several changes should be made
in the program to meet reporting objectives. The report was
authored by Harold I. Steinberg, CGFM, CPA,
technical consultant for AGA’s Certificate of Excellence in
Accountability Reporting Program.
Read the full report.
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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, Troubled Asset Relief Program
Harold I. Steinberg, CGFM, CEAR
Technical Consultant, AGA
Debra Bond,
Deputy Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management,
U.S. Office of Management and Budget