Association of Government Accountants

Kevin asks for best practices on calculating per unit costs. Any tips? https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/how-to-calculate-per-unit-cost

Today, December 15th, our AGA-Guam Chapter is having our annual Christmas Party for members!
Our chapter also helps the Salvation Army (Bell Ringing) and a local Homeless Food Server (Kusinan Kamilan Karidat).
What is YOUR chapter doing for the holidays?

AGA’s Intergovernmental Partnership Receives Excellence Award from Inspectors General Council – The Partnership created a guide designed to improve program performance through a collaborative process called the Cooperative Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative (CAROI) for any level of government. Check it out: http://www.agacgfm.org/news/downloads/CI…[Read more]

OMB & DOD are putting on a Performance symposium – we are raffling off 2 free tix on GovLoop – comment here to win – https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/free-tix-how-is-your-agency

Immediate need for Staff Auditors with DOD experience in the Norfolk / Hampton Roads area.

MorganFranklin is an award winning professional services firm, recently recognized by Consulting Magazine as one of the Best Small Firms to Work For in the US. We are
currently looking for experienced professionals that possess a strong federal auditing…[Read more]

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR opening!

Do you have a background in Government Finance and want to work in the Environmental Field? I have an exciting opportunity for someone to work for the State of Arizona at our sister agency which finances the construction, rehabilitation and/or improvement of drinking water, wastewater, wastewater reclamation, as well…[Read more]

Thanks for having me!
Wish to notably thank AGA’s Lynn Hoffman and Evie Barry for letting me be a SEA report reviewer!

hi, just joined b/c I liked the blog post shared by Joseph above, and I like the idea of accountability going well beyond finance. I’ve got a client that writes a blog at http://www.bettergov.us and we talk about some of the same issues.

NEW Blog!
“What Is Needed to Build a Transparent, High Performance Gov’t”
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/what-is-needed-to-build-a

Great question just posed over in the Inspector General’s Office group:
Transparency vs. Blunt Honesty

Hello. I have been invited to speak at the local Kansas City chapter of the Association of Governmental Accountants (AGA) on Performance Measures during their Spring workshop. Though I have been involved in creating and collecting performance measures, I have not actually spoken on the subject.

Any resources, books, articles, etc., that you are…[Read more]

Hi, Genio.

I wanted to share a response from a current CGFM:

“As I read the comments posted about the CGFM designation, I felt compelled to write. As a federal employee who holds a CGFM and a CPA, I want to comment on the value of AGA’s certification. Despite its infancy, the CGFM certification is as creditable or equal to a CPA for those…[Read more]

Director disapproved this training for the second time and agreed that this certification was not as creditable or equal to a CPA. I asked if I could pay for the training and not take leave, she disapproved that as well.

I said that I would just take leave and pay for the classes on my own.

Director dissuaded me from doing that and encouraged me…[Read more]

What’s your take on the federal budget preview?

How is it affecting your agency?
https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/federal-budget-preview

Cool post on government performance at DOD Bus Transf Office…http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100110/ADOP06/1100302/-1/

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