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By Marshall Kofler, Legislative and Public Affairs

The Financial Management Service represented the U.S. Government as co-host, along with Canada, at the 20th International Colloquium on Financial Management for National Governments on October 7-10, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA. The colloquium's goal is to provide a forum for countries to share ideas on common financial management challenges facing national governments. Other representatives of the U.S. Government included attendees from the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Bureau of Public Debt. .

Key issues for this year's colloquium were fiscal sustainability of social entitlement programs; developments in the financial markets; e-government; Direct Express debit card program; and a range of other financial reporting and management issues.

Listed to the right are International Colloquium partner countries and organizations.

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