Journal Editorial Calendar
2010
Spring 2010—The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act One Year Later:
Did It Work?
One year after the Obama Administration passed sweeping legislation
designed to jump-start the staggering American economy, we’ll look
at whether it worked, where all the money went and how it was
accounted for by federal, state and local governments. Writing
Deadline: December 1, 2009
Summer 2010—State and Local Government
A look at the economic condition of state and local governments as
well as the mark-to-market issue affecting all governments.
Mark-to-market accounting sets the value of the financial assets
reported on the balance sheet to what they would realistically fetch
if sold in the marketplace. Specifically, recognizing that
mark-to-market accounting relies heavily on the market as the final
arbiter of asset values, given the market liquidity crisis and
plunging or frozen asset values, we welcome articles discussing the
mark-to-market issue affecting all governments. We’re also
interested in articles about “off’ the books” assets and liabilities
held by state and local governments. Writing Deadline: March 1,
2010
Fall 2010—AGA @ 60
AGA celebrates its 60th anniversary on September 14, 2010. We’ll
take a look at the decade since we marked our golden anniversary and
make predictions about what’s ahead for the Association. Writing
Deadline: June 1, 2010
Winter 2010—The 20th Anniversary of the CFO Act of 1990
Twenty years ago, landmark legislation changed the landscape of
federal financial management by installing a chief financial officer
at the 24 largest federal agencies. Since then CFOs have been
instituted in most of the other smaller federal agencies and have
become a critical players in agency management. We’ll take a look at
the Act and the impact it has had across government. Writing
Deadline: September 1, 2010
For more
information about the coverage planned for each issue, contact the
Journal editor at
mforce@agacgfm.org.