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Highlights AGA Internal Control & Fraud Conference: Early
Registration Deadline Quickly Approaching! With the theme, "Combating Fraud & Minimizing Risk," this event focuses on management's responsibility for ensuring a good system of internal controls and the role of accountability professionals in minimizing the risk of fraud, waste and abuse. Earn 14 CPE hours, discuss the latest discovery techniques, learn how different levels of government are cooperating, exchange ideas and share best practices with colleagues and friends. The early registration deadline of August 17 is quickly approaching. Save $100 by registering in advance. After August 17, fees will increase to $550 for AGA members and $650 for nonmembers. Registration couldn't be easier. You can register online or print the registration form to register by fax or mail. Join us in Atlanta and show your commitment to a more accountable future-register today!
Performance Management and Reporting
Audio Conference Set for Wednesday To share their practical experiences and to learn the latest in the GASB Service Efforts and Accomplishments Project will be Jay Fountain, CGFM, CPA, CMA, GASB Consultant; Michael Lawson, Director, ICMA Center for Performance Measurement; and Michael Matthes, MPA, Assistant City Manager, Des Moines, Iowa. Cost is $299 (unlimited attendance). Register online. Academy for Government Accountability's
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Fair, CGFM It is indeed a pleasure to serve as AGA’s 58th National President. I have been a member of AGA for 30 years and know its value. AGA is the only professional organization where individuals interested is government accountability can meet with folks with similar interests at all three levels of government. That is why I am promoting “Intergovernmental Cooperation” during my tenure as President. Governments at all levels are facing similar financial challenges. The cost of providing the services that our constituents have come to expect are growing much faster than our revenues. Social Security, health care, education and retiree benefits are all programs that threaten the very financial health of our cities, counties, states and even the federal government. In many cases the threat is not immediate, but it surely exists and will certainly impact future generations of Americans. AGA provides the perfect forum to identify possible solutions and promote their implementation. There are 15,000 of us who have real interests in these issues and the talent to do something about it, but only if we work together. These problems are not specific to any one level of government, but affect us all. It is imperative that we work as one to find solutions and not merely shift the problem to a different level of government. I look forward to working with you all during this next year, and I thank you for caring enough about our profession to be involved. Rick Make Plans to Attend
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Certification Provides ‘Big Picture’ She now has a better understanding of how all the pieces fit together, thanks to the CGFM Program. Brookshire, a 27-year-old member of AGA’s Washington, D.C Chapter, said that during the SEC’s strategic planning process, staff is looking five years ahead. During development of the PAR, they’re looking backward. “Now that I can see what happens in the middle, I can go to the right people and understand what they’ve been doing for the last six to eight months.” Read more. Member News Clifton Gunderson Partner Bill Oliver, CGFM, CPA, CFE, a member of AGA's Baltimore Chapter, was named the chairman of the board of directors for the United Way of Central Maryland on July 1, 2007. He has been a United Way volunteer for more than 20 years and has served on the board since 1997. Longtime Nashville Chapter member James Hoy Stephenson, CGFM, 68, passed away on July 19. He started his career as a chemist, but in 1972 he accepted employment with the State of Tennessee, becoming an AGA member in 1978. He retired in 1999. |
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Enhance your skills
and gain a deeper understanding of fraud, ethics and internal controls
by attending the Internal Control & Fraud Conference, to be held
September 10-11, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.
For those of you
who had the opportunity to attend AGA's 56th Annual Professional
Development Conference & Exposition in Nashville, I hope you enjoyed it
as much as I did. For those who were unable to attend, you missed a
great event. More than 1800 attended this year’s educational event and
the topics and speakers were the best ever!
Maximize your
visibility, make new contacts and solidify relationships with current
customers. AGA conferences provide you with prime opportunities to
network with existing clients and bring your message to the attention of
leading government executives and decision-makers.
Supporting the
Business of Government
As someone involved in
strategic planning at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
Malena Brookshire understood the early phases of the budgeting process.
The end result was also familiar to her as a key player in producing the
agency’s Performance and Accountability Report. It was the broad range of
activities in between that she wanted to learn more about.