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Highlights Upcoming Audio Conferences Sept. 29—Improving Program Performance & Accountability Through Cooperative Audit Resolution 2010-2011 Audio Conference Schedule Recovery Board Presents an
Intergovernmental Dialogue on ARRA in Sacramento Featured speakers include Recovery Board Executive Director H. Glen Walker and representatives from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Government Accountability Office. State and local officials, including Nevada Controller Kim Wallin, CMA, CFM, CPA, and other spokespeople from the region, are slated to speak. In addition, representatives of the U.S. Departments of Transportation, Education, and Housing and Urban Development will host breakout sessions to discuss issues of particular relevance to their departments. The discussion will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel Sacramento, 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento, CA 95815. Registration is free and open to federal, state, or local government employees involved with ARRA implementation, oversight, reporting or compliance. Lunch will be provided.
Remembering AGA Past National President Nathan
Cutler, CGFM He was a teacher and lecturer at a number of universities and served as vice mayor and commissioner of the city of Hallandale for eight years, president of the Broward County Crime Commission, president of his condominium association and officer on many boards and committees. Read more. Member News Risk Management Summit Scheduled for September The summit, worth 16 CPE hours, combines keynote presentations with breakout sessions covering real-world examples from industry and government. The theme is, “Transforming Government Through Enterprise Risk Management.” Keynote speakers include Acting Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, CGFM, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Christine Schwab, vice president and chief risk officer, Dominion Resources Services Co.; and Stacy Carlson, speech writer to former Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr. and author, You, Me and the U.S. Economy. The summit is jointly sponsored by George Mason University’s School of Management, the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Executives Risk Management Steering Group and FederalERM.com. For more details and registration information, visit the summit website. Call for National Awards
Nominations AGA Announces San Diego as Site for PDC 2012 Future PDC Dates 2012: July 28–Aug. 1 2013: TBD 2014: July 13–16 Network with AGA Online Anytime
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Volume 50: Issue 14, August 9, 2010 TOPICS is Brought to You by AGA Corporate Partner
Grant Thornton
From the National President, Lisa Casias, CPA  I
can’t believe it’s already been almost a month since I accepted the gavel from
Immediate Past National President Billy Morehead, Ph.D., CGFM, CPA, in Orlando.
If you attended the Professional Development Conference & Exposition, you heard
me tell Billy that he’d left me with very big shoes to fill because he was such
an enthusiastic and energetic National President. AGA owes him a debt of
gratitude for the thousands of miles he logged to visit with chapters and
members as well as the thousands of CPE hours he provided during his travels.
As I prepared for my year as National President, I spent a lot of time thinking about the many changes that are occurring in our country, in our profession and within AGA. With that in mind, I chose “Embracing Change: Working Together to Advance the Profession and AGA” as my theme for this year. Over the course of this program year, AGA will embark on the first comprehensive strategic planning process since 2003. We’ve retained a contractor to help us through this process and have held preliminary discussions as well as focus group sessions during the recent PDC. It’s very important that we engage the AGA members in this process to ensure that the Association’s strategic focus is one that serves the needs of our membership and stakeholders. During the month of August, you will receive our member survey that will include questions to assist in formulating the strategic plan. I encourage each one of you to complete and return the survey. Watch this column over the next few months for updates on our strategic planning process. —Read more.
TOPICS is Brought to You by AGA Corporate Partner Real Asset Management
International Agenda Available for AGA’s Fraud Conference in
September Hear from leaders in government and private industry discuss the latest discovery techniques and lessons learned from various schemes; how poor internal controls can lead to fraud, waste and abuse; and how different levels of government are cooperating to improve services to citizens. The conference will also cover cyber crime, suspension and debarment actions for poorly performing contractors, improper payments, municipal market enforcement and regulatory reforms, mortgage and bank fraud, Medicaid investigations, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and GAO oversight activities. Speakers include:
Register online or download the registration form. TOPICS is Brought to You
by Thomson Reuters
What Drives You?—The AGA Member-Get-A-Member Program
Can Benefit You Do you have a helpful tip that will help other AGA members in their own outreach efforts? If so, please e-mail Rodneikka Scott. AGA Needs YOU! People often say they don’t volunteer because no one asked them to. AGA is asking. Volunteer today and share your knowledge and experience. Here Are Six Easy Ways to Get Started: 1. Become an Association leader through service on a
committee, focus group or within your chapter. Audio Conference Set On Cooperative Audit
Resolution During this audio conference, you will learn about a proven process to prevent and resolve audit and oversight findings. AGA recently released the Cooperative Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative (CAROI) Guide. The guide explains how to use the CAROI process to identify the underlying cause of findings and to chart a course for program improvement. Learn how Pennsylvania used the process in the mid-1990s to resolve more than 100 audit findings, including some that were already in litigation. CAROI focuses on improving communication and on developing a sense of trust among government officials, rather than depending on an impersonal letter-writing process. It can be implemented during any phase of the grants cycle and can be initiated by officials at any level of government. It includes government officials from many disciplines, including program officials, financial managers, legal staff and other officials who are knowledgeable about a specific program. This session will review the CAROI process and explain how the tools provided in AGA’s guide can be used to improve program performance and accountability. Audio conference speakers are John Childs, MPA, chief financial officer, Ohio Department of Education; Charles Laster, deputy director of School Support and Technology Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education; Rich Rasa, CGFM, director, Local Advisory and Assistance, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Education Department; and Helena Sims, director of Intergovernmental Relations, AGA. Cost is $249 per site (UNLIMITED ATTENDANCE) if you register on or before Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 and $299 thereafter. SPECIAL PROMOTION: Government agencies and AGA Corporate Partner members who register five or more offices will receive a 20 percent discount ($200 per site) To Register: 1) Register online 2) Print the registration form or Special Promotion Registration 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, CGFM, at ext. 339. Members Are Invited to Accept the Challenge of AGA
National and Regional Leadership
Term Qualifications and Eligibility Submissions Please note that since the committee often receives more than one nomination per position, not every nominee will be selected. Candidates for elective office are reminded that the National Bylaws do not permit campaigning for elective office. Additionally, only ONE nomination per candidate is necessary and candidates should not solicit additional nominations. Also, the committee will not recognize endorsements of candidates. For More Information Take advantage of this opportunity to shape the future of your Association! National Community Service Project Held Outside of New Orleans, With More Locations to Come By: AGA Past National President Jeff Hart, CGFM, CFE AGA Senior Vice President Peggy Javery, CGFM, of the New Orleans Chapter, Senior Vice President Karl Boettcher, MBA, CGFM, and Rashad Holloway of AGA’s Baltimore Chapter, joined me after the Orlando PDC for our Sixth National AGA Community Service Project, and the first one outside of New Orleans. As many of you know, we have had five AGA National Community Service Projects over the last four years, working with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans. The day after last year’s PDC in New Orleans, 50 AGA folks joined us to build houses in the Ninth Ward. This year, we hoped to do something similar in Orlando. However, the Orlando Habitat operation was only able to handle a few of us, as their operation is much smaller than in New Orleans. So the four of us worked at the Habitat “Restore” home improvement outlet, which raises money to help fund their home-building operations. With temperatures in the mid-90s, we were all grateful to be working inside with air conditioning this time around. We cleaned out a store room, put price tags on items, stocked shelves, rearranged the store’s lighting display area, and hung additional light fixtures. While enjoying lunch together, we talked about the plans for next year in Atlanta. I have already spoken with the Habitat chapter there, and they are prepared for as many as 120 AGA volunteers on July 14, 2011, the day after the Atlanta PDC. I have also already spoken with former President Jimmy Carter’s office about inviting him to participate with us in what will be our Seventh National Community Service Project (our sixth project is still scheduled for May 3–6, 2011 back in New Orleans). I also have coordinated with Executive Director Relmond Van Daniker, DBA, CPA, on my plans to invite President Carter to speak to us at the Atlanta PDC. I also plan to reserve the Carter Presidential Library for a yet-to-be-determined AGA event during the PDC. Read more.
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