Highlights
 Calendar of Upcoming Events
It’s Renewal Time:
2006-2007 Corporate
Partner renewals were mailed in February. Please renew by April 15,
2006 to avoid interruption in benefits. Thanks!
Save the Date—
Corporate Partner Business
Meeting Set for June 19 in Conjunction with AGA’s PDC in San Diego
AGA Welcomes Its Newest CPAG Members—VISTA,
Cotton & Company, SAS and Oversight Systems—57 Partners Strong!
Career Center: Post a Resume, Post a Job, Find a Job
CPAG Dinner Spaces Available for
April and May
These monthly dinners are an exclusive opportunity for AGA Corporate
Partners to come together in an informal setting and meet with
high-level government accountability professionals, such as federal
agency chief financial officers.
April 11, 2006—Space Available!
Speaker: Steven App, CFO, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Click here to register.
May 16, 2006—Space Available!
Speaker: Sandra Pack, Assistant Secretary for Management and CFO, U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Click here to register.
As a reminder, each event lasts for three hours:
6:15–9:15 p.m. One important thing to remember—NO selling is allowed
at these events. The dinners are held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in
Arlington (Pentagon City Mall). The cost is $150 per participant,
which covers cocktails, dinner and valet parking.
Please complete the Dinner Reservation Form and
submit to sfritzlen@agacgfm.org. Each dinner is
limited to 16 Corporate Partners—only one per Corporate Partner
organization. Selections for each dinner are based on a first-come,
first-served basis AND based on previous attendance at dinners.
Research Program Update
AGA’s CPAG Research Program creates research projects of value to
governments, industry and the AGA membership. Two major types of
research are conducted under the program: sponsored and cooperative,
with cooperative tending to have a shorter (90-day) timeframe, and
sponsored being of a longer, continuing nature.
Here’s an update:
Completed Projects
Ongoing Projects
Gain Maximum Exposure and
Build Your Brand Through Journal
Advertorials
AGA offers a special advertising opportunity for
Corporate Partners only. The Journal of Government Financial
Management is pleased to offer The Journal Advertorial Program
designed to showcase AGA Corporate Partners and their success
stories.
Find more information or, contact AGA’s Director of
Communications, Marie Force, or
800.AGA.7211, ext. 337.
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April 2006, Volume
4, Issue 1
AGA and CPAG—What a
Difference Another Year Makes!
Thank you for your outstanding support of AGA and
its mission of advancing government accountability. Over the past year,
AGA has made tremendous strides as the thought leader for government
financial management due in large part to its Corporate Partners. I look
forward to continuing our partnership into the future.
I was thrilled by the overwhelming success of our
recent National Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. We
anticipated a crowd of 500, and broke attendance records with close
to 700 participants. The record-setting attendance was a testament
to the outstanding technical program, which brought together our
Corporate Partners with federal, state and local government leaders.
The Professional Development Conference & Exposition
(PDC) is scheduled for June 18-21 in San Diego, and all indicators
point to another record-breaker. If you haven’t made plans to
participate, I urge you to do so now.
AGA’s technical contributions to the profession have
come a long way in just a few short years. We have published three
research reports and eight other projects are under way. Our
Corporate Partners play a critical role in these research efforts.
And we know our partners appreciate being part of an organization
that responds to all relevant standards, rules, regulations and
pronouncements promulgated by various standard-setting bodies and
other organizations.
This year we’ll continue to provide you with
exclusive opportunities—including our ongoing dinner and breakfast
events—to network with government leaders. I encourage you to also
take advantage of the corporate partner discounts for advertising,
exhibiting and registrations at AGA events.
I’ve never been more excited about where AGA is
headed, but we cannot do this important work alone. Our valued
Corporate Partners provide the support AGA needs to advance
government accountability at all levels. We deeply appreciate your
support, and look forward to serving you in the coming years.
Sincerely,
Relmond Van Daniker, DBA, CPA
Executive Director
NEW CPAG Breakfast
Meet the Financial Management Policy-Makers—Breakfast
Series
Comptroller General of the United
States David M. Walker will headline the April 19, 2006 CPAG
Breakfast. This event will follow the same format as the December 7
breakfast featuring Dr. Linda Combs, Controller, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The breakfast will start with
networking from 7:30 to 8 a.m., followed by opening remarks from
Walker, followed by Q&A moderated by AGA Executive Director Relmond
Van Daniker, then questions from the audience. It will conclude at
9:30 a.m.
Each Corporate Partner organization is allotted two
registrations to the breakfast at the fee of $100 per person. In
addition to CPAG members, government leaders will be in attendance.
We expect to have close to 150 in attendance.
Event Details:
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
The National Press Club
Ballroom – 13th Floor
529 14th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
Metro Stop: Metro Center
Please complete the
registration form and/or contact Susan Fritzlen at sfritzlen@agacgfm.org if you have any
questions.
Black Tie Event Celebrates
Excellence
This year's Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting
(CEAR) Program Awards Banquet is set for
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at the National Press Club in Washington,
D.C. Each Corporate Partner organization has been extended two
invitations to participate in this exciting event. Invitations were
sent to the main contact for each Corporate Partner organization.
AGA presents the CEAR to federal agencies that meet
the highest standards in producing their Performance and
Accountability Reports (PARs), which must clearly communicate
results and demonstrate accountability. Award-winning PARs
effectively illustrate and assess program performance—both
accomplishments and shortfalls—and the cost of that performance.
The CEAR Program helps raise the quality and
usefulness of performance information through promulgation of report
guidelines, training workshops for report preparers and program
reviewers, an in-depth peer review of each PAR, opportunities to
serve as reviewers, and an annual comprehensive compilation of
commendable practices, examples of creativity and practices in need
of improvement.
Each Corporate Partner organization has been extended
two invitations to participate in this exciting event. Invitations
were sent to the main contact for each Corporate Partner
organization.
ONLY 12 BOOTHS LEFT—Don’t Miss Your
Chance to Reach Top Government Financial Management Leaders… Sign up
to Exhibit at AGA’s 2006 PDC Today!
 Plans are well
under way for AGA’s 55th Annual Professional Development Conference
& Exposition, set for June 18-21, 2006 in San Diego, CA. We invite
you to join us as an exhibitor, sponsor or advertiser to take
advantage of this outstanding marketing opportunity.
The PDC provides the perfect platform to network with
existing clients and new prospects, while enhancing corporate
identification to a highly qualified decision-making audience. More
than 1,800 high-level, hard-to-reach government financial management
and accountability professionals will attend this year’s conference.
Advertise and
maximize your visibility at the event. Showcase your company’s
message and reach all conference attendees by placing an
advertisement in the final program. To advertise, contact Marie
Force at mforce@agacgfm.org
and/or 800.AGA.7211, ext. 337.
Sponsorship
gives you the opportunity to increase your exposure beyond your
exhibit space. The PDC provides you with prime opportunities to
network with existing clients and bring your name to the attention
of leading government executives and decision-makers. Our sponsor
benefits enhance and strengthen your name recognition and bring you
closer to the people you want to reach. To exhibit and/or sponsor,
contact Ada Phillips at
aphillips@agacgfm.org and/or
703.684.6931.
CGFM Helps PwC's Federal Practice
Better Serve its Government Clients
 “Stale, old and dated,” was how Carter Pate described his
knowledge of federal financial management when he was asked to
reinvigorate the U.S. federal practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, but that was before he teamed up with AGA to earn his CGFM.
Pate, a managing partner in Dallas, moved to Washington, D.C. in
July 2004 after more than 20 years on the commercial side. Although
he is a nationally known business restructuring expert, author,
former CEO and chairman of several public companies and founding
partner of his own national consulting firm, Pate still worried he
was rusty on the specifics of governmental accounting. Pate asked
around, looking for the best course of study to improve his skills.
A number of government finance professionals suggested earning the
CGFM credential. “It was exactly what I was looking for,” Pate said.
Read the entire article.
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