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Highlights AGA Announces Audio Conference Schedule for 2008–2009 Program Year Proposal to Redefine “Retired”
Members, CGFMs on NBD Agenda The current definition of retired members is “individuals who have retired from and are no longer substantially working in the government financial management community” (Article IV Membership Section 6). The same definition has been used for CGFM retired status. The proposed new definition is “individuals who have permanently retired from and are not working in the field of financial management.” Read more. Save
the Dates for Upcoming AGA Conferences National Internal Control and Fraud
Conference National Leadership Conference Professional Development
Conference July 11–14, 2010 Member News Bob Peterson, a past president of AGA's Philadelphia Chapter and AGA's Trenton Chapter and current Philadelphia Chapter webmaster a regional audit manager in the Mid-Atlantic Region of Defense Contract Audit Agency, won the Gold Medal as Manager of the Year in the Philadelphia Federal Executive Board's awards ceremony attended by more than 1,100 people on Thursday, May 8. The following AGA members were elected to leadership positions with the National State Auditors Association (NSAA): Russell W. Hinton, CGFM, CPA, Georgia’s State Auditor and a member of AGA’s Atlanta Chapter, was elected president; Debra K. Davenport, CGFM, Auditor General of the State of Arizona and a member of AGA’s Phoenix Chapter, was elected President-Elect; Walter J. Kucharski, Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia, was elected Secretary-Treasurer. Elected to NSAA’s executive committee were Lynn Canton, Deputy Controller, Office of the New York State Comptroller, and a member of AGA’s New York Capital Chapter, and John G. Morgan, Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, and a member of the Nashville Chapter. Academy Chooses New Chairman AGA Advertising
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L. Fair, CGFM I would like to congratulate the hundreds of volunteers who believe in this great organization and work tirelessly to improve the government accountability profession. I would like to thank the members of the National Executive Committee who provide their varied backgrounds and experiences to help AGA prepare for the future. Finally, I would like to thank all the staff of AGA. I have never met a more dedicated and professional staff. I applied for nomination as National President to give something back to my profession, but I ended up receiving much more than I gave. Thank you for the privilege to serve, and I hope to see you next month at the PDC. Rick TOPICS is Brought to You by
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‘Citizen-Centric’ Approach to Financial
Reporting The Citizen-Centric Report, recommended by AGA, is a four-page document produced annually, that clearly expresses the state of government finances in a way that avoids complex, technical detail and presents information in a visually appealing, clear and straightforward format. South Carolina’s report follows the suggested format, with the first page laying out community information, the second, a performance report on key missions and service, the third cost and revenue information and the fourth, a look forward to the year ahead. Read more. This Week on the AGA
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