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I was very
pleased to accept the gavel as your National President at the recent
PDC, and I'm humbled to be included among the many giants of our
profession who have held the AGA gavel before me. As some of you have
already heard me say over the last year as President-Elect,
I am Excited to Serve! And I want
you to get excited too because we have lots
of good reasons to get excited. We need your help, and every ounce of
energy you put into AGA comes back to benefit
you in real, tangible ways! Before I go any
further, I want to thank my predecessor, Immediate Past National
President Sam M. McCall, CGFM, for his outstanding leadership over the
last year.
Sam epitomizes the phrase, “a scholar, and a gentleman,”
and I’m truly honored to have the opportunity to continue the
great work he did last year. 
Cost
Accounting Standards and Financial Management of Government Contracts
– course begins Aug 10 
Join us
for AGA’s Second Annual National Performance Management
Conference (PMC)—a-one-of-a kind event focusing on state and
local government performance reporting.
Sponsor
AGA's Government Financial Manager (GFM) training program! Worth 48 CPE
hours, this unique onsite program provides a foundation in all areas of
government financial management and deals with all levels of
government—federal, state and local. It also helps candidates
prepare for all three CGFM Examinations.
AGA is
pleased to introduce Joseph E. Jozefczyk as its new
director of Education. Jozefczyk retired in May 2003 after more than 30
years with the U.S. General Accounting Office (now the Government
Accountability Office). His last position with GAO was an assistant
director with the Tax Policy and Administration group, but he had also
served as a Human Resource and Operations director for a 450-plus
member operating division. Jozefczyk and his staff of 12 were
responsible for recruiting, hiring, counseling, appraisals, training,
audit assignments and more. Away from the office, he is
an avid runner and tennis player. He is certified by
the U.S. Professional Tennis Association as a developmental coach
and coaches at a local Virginia high school . He and his wife
Colleen have a grown son and daughter. They live in Burke, VA.
“What a great team we have here at AGA,” Jozefczyk said.
“I hope to be able to add to that tradition.”