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Today on the AGA Blog:
So, You Want
a Federal Job...—Angela
Bailey, Deputy Associate Director, Center for
Talent and Capacity Policy, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management.
Read more.
Obama's Budget Knife
Yields Modest Trims —Lori Montgomery and Amy Goldstein,
The Washington Post.
Read more.
Intense Financial Pressure Led to Increase in Fraud —ACFE.
Read more.
Upcoming Professional Development
Conference (PDC) Session Topics Now Available Online—
View the various educational sessions that are in store for you
as a conference attendee.
Learn
more.
Register Now for An AGA Audio Conference!
May 13 -
Ethics in the Workplace
View
the 2009-2010 Audio Conference
Schedule.
NEW!
AGA's
FMSB Comments on Recovery Act Guidance in the Federal Register—In
the Financial Management Standard Board’s (FMSB) opinion, both
the states and the federal agencies will be interested in these
data elements and the reporting that follows. A serious concern
for the states is who will pay for the work required to modify
reporting systems to comply.
Read more.
AGA
Research Report:
Performance-Based
Management
- Public officials can speed up and
enhance government reforms and transparency through
performance-based management (PBM) right now with modest changes
to existing information systems.
Read the report.
AGA
Issues Comprehensive Education Catalog
Looking for information about CPE? Want to bring onsite training
to your staff? Thinking about attending an AGA national
conference this year? Ready to take advantage of online CPE
offerings? You've come to the right place! AGA's New Education
Catalog summarizes our wide range of CPE offerings in one,
easy-to-read publication.
Download
your copy! Contact
Bekka Gerhmann with
questions or to receive printed copies of the catalog.
AGA
Research Report:
Grants
Management: How XBRL Can Help: Grants are a major conduit
whereby the federal government provides funds to states and
other recipients. The situation today is difficult for
recipients because they have to manage multiple requirements,
often for very similar grant programs, and there is no
streamlined process for reporting the progress to the federal
agency or agencies.
Read the report.
Attention
Government Employers!
AGA’s NEW Group Membership Can Lead to Significant
Cost Savings on Your Staff’s Training and
Development!
Click here to learn more.
Searching
for a New Credit Card?
Apply
now for the new MBNA AGA
Platinum Plus MasterCard Credit Card.
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here to learn more.
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NEW!
Edward DeSeve to Headline AGA Leadership Breakfast: June 4,
2009, 7:30 a.m., Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.—Edward DeSeve,
Special
Advisor to the
President, Assistant to the Vice President and
Special Advisor to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Director for Implementation of the Recovery Act
will discuss the progress and challenges government financial
managers are facing with the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act.
AGA’s Leadership
Breakfasts bring private sector and government executives
together to exchange information, solve issues and build
partnership and trust.
Reserve Your Free Spot Today!
Government Executive Registration Form |
Corporate Partner Registration Form
Questions? Contact
Susan Fritzlen.
NEW!
Edward DeSeve to Discuss 'Making the Recovery Work' on May 19
AGA Radio Show—Join
AGA Executive Director, Relmond Van Daniker, and WFED's Jane
Norris as they interview Edward DeSeve,
Special
Advisor to the President, Assistant to the Vice President and
Special Advisor to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Director for Implementation of the Recovery Act. The
show airs on WFED AM 1500 and online.
Tune
in.
AGA's
Emerging Leaders Featured on YouTube Video
— Take a minute
to listen to several AGA emerging leaders offer their insights
and observations about AGA's recent National Leadership
Conference (NLC) experience from their perspective.
View
now.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY! Sign
up for
AGA's Intensive Review Course and take the CGFM
Examinations before the Professional Development Conference. The
Intensive Review Course will take place on June 18-19, 2009. The
CGFM Examinations will be offered by appointment only on June
20-21, 2009. The cost of the course is only $249 for qualified
participants, and it offers 18 CPE hours. Special Bonus: the
CGFM Examinations are offered at no cost to course attendees. Click
here for registration, eligibility and examination
information.
Names of Active CGFMs Published on AGA
Website
—We
are happy to recognize the
accomplishment of achieving
the CGFM designation by proudly displaying a list of the active
CGFMs on AGA website.
Click here
for more information.
Take the AGA/Grant Thornton LLP Online Survey on Government
Financial Issues
—
This online survey is being conducted both in the U.S. through
AGA and in Canada through the Institute for Financial
Management. Topics include financial reporting, dealing with
tough financial times and top concerns of financial
professionals. Give us your ideas for improving government
financial management in the 14th annual CFO Survey.
Click here to take part in this anonymous survey.
AGA Research Report:
Procuring Audit Services in Government: A Practical Guide to
Making
the Right Decision
—This
research paper, which is written as a guide, seeks to clarify
for the non-auditor exactly what an audit entails, the
professional standards followed, who can perform an audit, the
value derived from an audit, and the standards and oversight to
which government auditors and independent public accountants
(hereafter referred to as CPA firms) are subject to when
performing government audits.
Read
more.
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