Highlights
CD Available of Performance Management Audio Conference
If you didn’t participate in the Aug. 20 audio conference, you missed a real treat. Drummond Kahn, CGFM, CIA, Director, Audit Services, Portland, OR; Rebekah Stephens, Planning and Performance Coordinator, Metro Nashville, TN; and Mike Taylor, CPA, CIA, City Auditor, Stockton, CA, focused their remarks on Everything You Wanted to Know about Performance Reporting but Were Afraid to Ask. The spirited case study discussions and questions following the presentations are available to you on CD. Contact Maria Lucas for more information.
Two New Recipients of Certificate of Achievement in Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting
Our latest two award recipients—King County, WA, and King County Department of Natural Resource and Parks—were recognized at the County Council’s Utilities and Parks Committee meeting on Aug. 27. Read more about the awards and access the reports.
"These awards (King County AIMs High and King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks) confirm that we are on the right track in demonstrating accountability and transparency in government," said King County Executive Ron Sims. "Performance measures are one of the best tools government has for assessing our effectiveness in delivering vital public services."
GASB Seeks Comments on SEA Reporting
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued a Request for Response on Suggested Guidelines for Voluntary Reporting of SEA Performance Information. The purpose of this document is to obtain feedback from constituents at an early stage of the board’s project to develop guidelines to assist state and local governments that voluntarily choose to report on their service efforts and accomplishments (SEA). The document can be downloaded free. The deadline for submitting written comments is Oct. 31.
September 2008 • Volume 2, Issue 6
There's Still Time to Register for AGA's Fourth Annual Performance Management Conference
Join your colleagues at AGA’s Fourth Annual PMC, Promoting Government Accountability through Performance Management, set for Oct. 27–28 at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel. If you have not made plans to attend this year’s PMC, worth 14 CPE hours, you will miss:
Robert Attmore, CGFM, Chairman, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Harry Hatry, Urban Institute, and Paul Posner, George Mason University on "We've Come a Long Way, Baby—Forty Years of Performance Management and Reporting "
Robert Shea, Associate Director for Administration and Government Performance, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Ron Sims, County Executive, King County, Washington
Brian Sonntag, State Auditor, State of Washington
This year’s conference includes the traditional state and local track of concurrent sessions, and this year, the technical committee has added a federal track of sessions.
Current Sessions:
- Lessons Learned for the Next Administration
- Activity-Based Costing and Performance Management
- Basic Ingredients for a Successful Performance Management System
- Transforming the Budgeting Process to Deliver Citizen Value
- Performance Management in Reporting Technology
- Employee Engagement in Improving Organization Performance
- So You Want to Get Started—Practical Steps from Preparers
- Citizen-Centric Reporting—You Can Do It!
- What’s New with Performance Reporting Programs?
- What Are Community Indicators and Are They Necessary?
- Integrating Financial and Performance Information
Early registration through Sept. 29, 2008 is $395 for AGA members and $450 for nonmembers. Visit our website for more information.
Lodging—Rooms at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, 515 Madison St., are available at the government rate of $152 plus tax if you register by Oct. 3. Call 800.546.9184 and mention the "AGA PMC" to receive the government rate.
Two Sponsorship Opportunities Available—Interested in participating as a sponsor at the PMC? Contact Evie Barry.
Training Session Offered After Performance Management Conference
If you are attending the PMC in Seattle in October, you might be interested in participating in a training session on Wednesday, Oct. 29: A New Service Model: Auditor Roles in Government Performance Measurement.
Richard Tracy, former Director of Audit Services, Portland, OR, will lead the training on using an organized framework to determine which specific practices provide the best opportunities for adding new value. The training, worth 4 CPE hours, is designed to show how government auditors can increase their value by taking on new roles and practices aimed at improving performance measurement and management. Cost is $50. Seating is limited. Contact Evie Barry for more information.
Other AGA links
Register for AGA's Third Internal Control & Fraud Conference, Sept. 23–24, 2008, Phoenix, AZ
Register for AGA's Fourth Annual Performance Management Conference, Oct. 27–28, 2008, Seattle, WA
Bring New AGA-Sponsored Training Courses to Your Organization
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