Highlights
 Career Center: Post a Resume, Post a Job, Find a Job
Calendar of
Upcoming Events
Networking Events—New
Dinners Announced
Feb. 5, 2008—Rendell
Jones
CFO,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Dinner Reservation Form
March 4, 2008—Steve
Isakowitz, CFO, U.S. Department of Energy
Dinner Reservation Form
April 8, 2008—Nina
Hatfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Business Management and Wildland
Fire, U.S. Department of the Interior
Dinner Reservation Form
May 6, 2008—Charles
Johnson, CFO, U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services
Dinner Reservation Form
The dinners are set for 6:15 – 9:15
p.m. at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Arlington, VA (Pentagon City Mall).
The cost is $160 per participant, which covers cocktails, dinner and
valet parking. One important thing to remember—there is
NO selling at these events. If you are interested in
participating in a dinner, please complete the attached Dinner
Reservation Form and submit it to Susan Fritzlen. Each dinner is
limited to 18 Corporate Partners—one per Corporate
Partner organization. Selections for each dinner are on a
first-come, first-served basis AND previous attendance
at dinners. Once the attendees are selected from the returned
Reservation Forms, we will notify those who are confirmed for a seat
and those who are placed on the waiting list.
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.
Get to Know Your Fellow
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improve the efficiency of data access and reporting from transactional
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applications. With Noetix, securely managing and delivering operational
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Loren Osborn
Regional Manager, Government
Federal Solutions
Noetix Corporation
Toll-free: 866.4NOETIX
government@noetix.com
www.noetix.com
Corporate Partner
Advisory Group Leadership
Chair
Hank Steininger, CGFM
Managing Partner, Global Public Sector,
Grant Thornton LLP
hsteininger@gt.com
703.837.4410
Vice Chair
John Cherbini, CGFM
KPMG LLP
jcherbini@kpmg.com
202.533.4339
Executive Director
Relmond Van Daniker, DBA, CPA
rvandaniker@agacgfm.org
703.684.6931, ext. 312
Deputy Executive Director of
Programs
Susan Fritzlen
sfritzlen@agacgfm.org
703.684.6931, ext 314
Director of Research
Anna D. Gowans Miller, MBA, CPA
amiller@agacgfm.org
703.684.6931, ext 313
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January
2008 , Volume 6, Issue 1
AGA Wishes
You a Safe and Happy New
Year
On behalf of AGA and its
leadership, we thank you for your organization’s continued
support of the Association. AGA is making a BIG
difference and our Corporate Partners provide so much of the support we
need to advance government accountability at all levels. We look
forward to working with you in 2008.
A Warm Welcome to Our Newest Corporate
Partners—73 Partners Strong!
NEW! AGA Forum:
Emerging Issues in Government Financial
Management—Limited Spots
Available
AGA’s Emerging Issues
Committee will hold its first forum, set for 1:30 – 5 p.m. Feb.
20 at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in
Washington, D.C. A reception will follow, 5 – 6:30
p.m.
Sessions will focus on business transformation,
risk management and cost management and will be led by panels of
high-level, experienced and motivated speakers from federal, state and
local branches of government. Each Corporate Partner
organization is invited to send one individual to participate in the
complimentary forum.
Forum Agenda
Corporate Partner Registration
Form
For more information, please contact Susan
Fritzlen.
AGA's Sixth Annual
National Leadership Conference—February 21 – 22,
2008
 AGA’s National Leadership Conference is
rapidly approaching. It is set for Feb. 21 – 22 at the Ronald
Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. We
are extremely pleased to have sold out the Exhibit Hall and have
limited sponsorships left. If you haven’t yet signed up, please
contact Ada
Phillips.
The conference theme is “Dynamic
Leadership for Changing Times,” and the program is filled with
dynamic sessions to help all financial managers deal with the
challenges of working in a rapidly changing government environment.
Speakers include:
- Admiral Thad W.
Allen, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
- Lisa Casias, CPA, Deputy
Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Zack E. Gaddy, CGFM,
Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, U.S. Department of
Defense
- John J. Radford, CGFM, CIA,
CFE, State Controller, State of Oregon
- Robert Shea, Counselor to
the Deputy Director for Management, U.S. Office of Management and
Budget and
- Daniel I. Werfel, Deputy
Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, U.S. Office of
Management and Budget
Remember, as an AGA Corporate Partner, your
staff is eligible to receive member registration rates for the
conference.
Research
Update
View the latest news! If
you would like to sponsor a research project and/or have a good idea
for a project, we would like to hear from you. Please contact Anna Miller, AGA’s Director
of Research.
AGA Audio
Conferences
NEW! An Exclusive
Training Offer to Corporate Partners
AGA is pleased to announce a special offer to Corporate Partners
with multiple offices that will enhance your organization’s
education program and save money.
Register five or more of your offices for any
of the upcoming audio conferences and you will receive a 20 percent
discount off the early registration price offered by the AGA. That's
right, pay only $200 per site instead of the current registration price
of $249. And remember, attendance is unlimited and 2 CPE hours are
available for each participant. You cannot find a more cost-effective
way of providing staff training with little or no travel involved.
Register now.
For questions regarding these programs, contact
Raymond Harris, CGFM, director
of Chapter Operations, at 800.AGA.7211, ext. 339. Questions regarding
registration should be directed to Maria Lucas, meetings specialist,
ext. 308.
Audio Conference Schedule
Attend a Special Open
Enrollment Session of AGA's New Single Audit Course
(A-133)
In June 2007, the Audit Committee
of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) and
the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency
(ECIE) issued a report to OMB on the results of
its National Single Audit Sampling Project. After reviewing a
statistical sample of 208 Single Audits, they found that more than half
of the reports in the sample were either unacceptable or “of
limited reliability.” The report made the following
recommendations:
- Revise and improve single audit criteria,
standards and guidance.
- Establish minimum standards for
comprehensive training on performing single audits.
- Review and enhance the processes to address
unacceptable audits.
AGA has developed a course that addresses the
inadequacies found in the report and is offering an opportunity to sign
up today. We are hosting two special open enrollment sessions on March
18–19 and 20–21, 2008. We invite individuals and groups to
attend these sessions. Tuition for this program is $500 for members and
$625 for nonmembers. You will earn 16 hours of CPE upon completion of
this program. To learn more about this opportunity, contact Julie Sanders at 800.AGA.7211
ext. 309.
Looking for a
Comprehensive Training Program to Enhance your Organization? AGA Can
Help
AGA is committed to assisting government financial
management professionals with quality
training. We provide the following training
courses:
- Single Audits (A-133)
- Federal Financial Management
- Fiscal Anatomy of a State or Local
Government Program
- Ethical Decision-Making
- Internal Controls for
Auditors—Assessing Risk and control in Government Audits
- Internal Controls for Managers and
Staff—Running an Effective Government Organization
- Internal Controls in the Federal
government—Understanding A-123
- Fraud Detection and Prevention
- Contract Auditing
- Transitional Leadership
- Ethics in the Workplace
- Compliance to the Yellow Book
Take a look at our 5 Cs to training:
Content
AGA-sponsored courses are developed and taught by experts in
their fields of study. Each class is evaluated and recommended updates
are made to provide the most current and relevant content available.
Cost
Most of our courses are one-day courses and are priced at $3,750 for
up to 20 participants. The tuition includes class materials, instructor
compensation, travel and lodging. This equates to 8 CPEs for just $185
per participant. Please note 20 is the recommended class size to
maximize instructor interactions. We are able to increase this number
based on your organization’s needs.
Convenience
We bring the training to you. This means no employee travel and
you select the time and location of training.
Customization
If your organization has a specific need or is interested in
other training areas, we can still help. AGA can make modifications to
an existing program or design a course best suited to your staff
needs.
Collaboration
We understand you may not have a training room or enough
employees to conduct your own training session. AGA can also coordinate
sessions with other organizations.
To learn more about these courses or discuss
your training needs, please contact Joe Jozefczyk, AGA director of
Education at 800.AGA.7211, ext.307.
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