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Partner Grant Thornton Global Public Sector delivers financial, technology and performance management solutions to federal, state and local government clients, and international organizations. Call us to see if we can help your agency manage its resources more efficiently and effectively at 703.637.2750. From the National President As I hope you've heard by now, this year I’ve chosen the theme, Creating Exceptional Value for Government Accountability Professionals, and I’d like to talk more about how, based on our shared passion for government accountability, we’ll continue to create value for you, the AGA member, for your employer and for the American people. I've said we are going to be guided by our core AGA values of Service, Accountability, Integrity and Leadership. This month, I'd like to focus on our first AGA strategic value—Service. We’re going to find new and better ways to serve you, and our mission. We're going to start by carefully reviewing all the valuable input that almost 2,000 of you provided in our recent AGA member survey. I intend that a similar survey will be conducted annually, so that we can continue to provide exceptional value and report on our progress. Thanks to each of you that took your time to tell us what you think, especially those of you who also provided narrative responses! You gave us lots of information that will allow AGA to ensure we are the world-class organization we aim to be. You told us that education and networking are two of the most important things you value in AGA. While those of you that attend our national conferences told us you love them, the vast majority of you get your AGA educational services and networking through your local chapter. That means we need to do everything we can to ensure that your chapter is positioned to deliver the highest quality events possible. Read more about President Hart's plans for the coming year. AGA Issues White Paper on Top Issues in
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AGA's
Academy for Government Accountability has awarded its first Mortimer A.
Dittenhofer Dissertation Research Awards. Patricia
Patrick, from Pennsylvania State University in Harrisburg, and
Annette Pridgen of the University of Mississippi
received $2,500 and $12,500, respectively. Patrick is completing her
Ph.D. in public administration. Her dissertation is titled, The
Determinants of Organizational Innovation: A Study of GASB 34 in
Pennsylvania. She hopes to receive her degree in the summer of
2007. Pridgen is seeking a Ph.D. in accountancy from the E.H. Patterson
School of Accountancy. She has just begun her dissertation research on,
Analyzing Government Financial Condition. She expects to
complete it in late 2007. They received their award on Monday, Aug. 7,
2006, from Dr. Dittenhofer at the American Accounting Association's
Government and Non-Profit Sector Luncheon in Washington, D.C. The
Dittenhofer Dissertation Awards are named after Mortimer
Dittenhofer, Ph.D., CGFM, CIA, a retired professor of
accounting at Florida International University who dedicated his career
to bringing transparency and accountability to government financial
management. 
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