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.