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Highlights
Integrating Cost and Performance in Financial
Reporting Topic of June 18
Audio Conference
AGA, in conjunction with the National Association of State Auditors,
Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) and the Association of Local
Government Auditors (ALGA), is pleased to announce an increasingly
important topic to our audio conference schedule—using process
based reports to improve managerial decision-making.
To share their expertise and experiences in process
based accounting and improving financial reporting are Clifton
A. Williams, CGFM, CPA, partner, Grant Thornton LLP, and
James Brimson, MS, founder of Activity Based
Management Institute.
Please join us for two hours of lively discussion,
from 2 - 3:50 p.m., that includes 20 minutes for Q & A. Cost: $249
per site (UNLIMITED ATTENDANCE) if you register by June
13 and $299 thereafter. SPECIAL PROMOTION: Register five or
more offices from your government agency or CPAG firm and receive a 20
percent discount.
Register online, print the registration form and fax it to
703.684.6933 or
print the Special Promotion Registration form
and fax it to 703.684.6933.
If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Maria Lucas at 800.AGA.7211, ext.
308. Questions regarding the program should be directed to Raymond Harris at ext. 339.
AGA Announces Audio Conference Schedule for
2008–2009 Program Year
Training Opportunities
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Mortimer A. Dittenhofer
Dissertation Award Application Deadline is Approaching
The Academy for Government Accountability has established the
Mortimer A. Dittenhofer Dissertation Award to provide up to $12,500 to
support research of selected doctoral candidates whose dissertation is
focusing on the field of government financial management or
accountability or auditing. Deadline for
submission of the RFP is June 13, 2008.
Member News
Gregory Bussink, CGFM,
CPA, and Denise Wu, CGFM, CPA, both
members of AGA's Montgomery/Prince George's County Chapter, have been
admitted as partners at Clifton Gunderson. Bussink is a leader in the
Mid-Atlantic Client Service Center's commercial and government
practices. He has more than 15 years of audit and accounting
experience, specializing in state, local and federal government
agencies, government contractors and nonprofits. Wu, who is chapter
president, joined the firm's Calverton, MD, office in 1997 as a federal
contract manager. She has more than 17 years of audit and accounting
experience, specializing in federal agencies. "Our Clifton
Gunderson employees must have the vision and drive to succeed to be
named partners of the firm," said CEO Carl George. "Greg and
Denise have all of these qualities and we congratulate them on this
achievement."
Save the Dates for Upcoming AGA
Conferences
Professional Development
Conference
July 27–30, 2008
"Building on the Dream: Shaping a Culture of
Accountability,"
Marriott Atlanta Marquis, Atlanta, GA
National Internal Control and Fraud
Conference
Sept. 22–23, 2008
Wyndham Phoenix Hotel, AZ
National
Performance Management Conference
Oct. 27–28, 2008
Seattle, WA
National Leadership Conference
Feb. 19–20, 2009
Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, D.C.
Professional Development
Conference
June 21–24, 2009
New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA
July 11–14, 2010
Orlando World Center Marriott, Orlando, FL
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Volume 48: Issue 11, June 9, 2008
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AGA Announces 2007–2008 National
Award Recipients
AGA is pleased to recognize the
contributions and accomplishments of the following individuals and
chapters:
Robert W. King Memorial Award
Established in honor of the Association’s founding
president, this award is conferred in the form of a gold medallion to
an Association member for distinguished service of such significance
that it has greatly enhanced the Association’s national prestige
and stature.
 Sam M.
McCall, CGFM, CPA, CIA, CGAP, AGA’s Tallahassee
Chapter; City Auditor, City of Tallahassee, FL; AGA Past National
President
In recognition of Mr. McCall’s sustained dedication and
leadership to AGA in helping carry out goals to advance government
accountability, promote professional certification programs, encourage
and assist in establishing education and research programs, and improve
the transparency of government operations to its citizens. He has
enhanced the prestige of AGA by serving on the Comptroller General of
the United States Advisory Council on Government Auditing and its
independence subcommittee, the Governmental Accounting Standards
Advisory Council and other professional organizations. Mr. McCall also
played a significant role in producing Tallahassee’s first
Citizen-Centric Report.
View the entire list of award recipients.
Reminder! Reminder! AGA Member Needs
Assessment Survey—Help Us to Help You!
 Please be sure to complete the AGA Member Needs
Assessment Survey that was emailed to all members on May 29.
There’s a lot to know about your interests and needs, what you
are looking for in a professional association, and the many ways we can
respond to what you really need the most.
All submissions go directly to Industry Insights, an independent
research firm who is administering the survey on behalf of AGA. All
responses are completely confidential and will be reported only in
composite.
It will take about 15 minutes to click through the questions, but
it will provide AGA with valuable information.
Another invitation to take the survey will be e-mailed to AGA
members later this week. Together we can bring the Association to even
greater heights! Thanks for continuing to be an important part of the
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 The Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel is now
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If you still need to book a room for the AGA’s Professional
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This is a free service for all PDC attendees. We look forward to
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Click on the dates below to view the conference
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This Week on the AGA Blog
Bookmark the AGA Blog at http://aga.typepad.com/aga/.
This week’s guests are:
Monday: Edward W. Stepnick, CPA,
retired federal auditor, on "Federal Auditing a Half-Century Ago:
Some Personal Recollections"
Tuesday: Martin Ives, CGFM, CPA, CIA,
distinguished professor of public administration at New York
University’s R. F. Wagner Graduate School of Public
Administration, on “Monitoring Government-Wide Financial
Condition Risk”
Wednesday: John Radford, CGFM,
State Controller, State of Oregon, on
“Financial Management Discipline”
Thursday: Meredith Williams, CGFM,
Executive Director, Colorado Public Employees’
Retirement Association and AGA Past National President, on
"Retirement Security—Getting It Right"
Friday: Diane Rogers, The
Economist Mom, on "Making Fiscal Responsibility a Populist
Issue"
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Correction
An item in the June 2 issue of AGA Today listed an
incorrect e-mail address.
Send an e-mail to: us-fpwordbook@kpmg.com to
order printed copies of The KPMG Word Book, a just-published directory
of federal financial management and IT acronyms, regulations and terms.
Suggestions for additional entries for subsequent editions can be sent
to the same address.
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