About The Service Efforts and Accomplishments (SEA) Reporting
Program
Stimulate state and
local governments to issue reports on performance, assist governments to
strengthen their reports on performance and recognize those reports that
meet certain requirements with the Certificate of Achievement.
The purpose of the
SEA program is to evaluate how well the government reports its
performance to management, governing bodies, citizen taxpayer groups and
the citizens. The review is not intended to evaluate the quality of the
government or its performance. Rather the focus is entirely on the
report's usefulness to decision makers, management, citizen taxpayer
groups and citizens who have or want a stake in the effectiveness of the
government's services. Governments are encouraged to use the GASB's 16
suggested criteria as the framework for creating a report - these
criteria equip the report preparers with elements that make a
comprehensive, useful, readable report for effective communication.
The review process
has three major components:
1. The
review team - composed of 3 individuals who possess knowledge and
experience in state and local government performance reporting.
2. The guidelines
- based on GASB's 16 suggested criteria, these guidelines provide the
framework for preparing a report and the basis for the review of the
report.
3.
The communication from AGA to the government - predicated on
recommendations from the review team, these comments assist the preparer
in making adjustments to produce a more readable and useful report.
The real value is
participating in the program and being able to benefit from the
self-improvement that can result from developing a performance report
that receives public recognition for producing a truly useful report but
also being a leader in communicating to its citizens. If not us, then
who?
Interested in learning more about reporting
on performance? Why not participate as a reviewer of a report?