Association of Government Accountants
Relmond Van Daniker - Executive Director, AGA
One of the keys to keeping government accountable to the taxpayer are the efforts of accountants and other federal financial managers. This week, the Association of Government Accountants hands out its Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting during a gala awards banquet at the National Press Club. AGA Executive Director Relmond Van Daniker talks about the 17 federal agencies that won the award, how federal financial managers need to improve relations with their state counterparts, and what he would say about financial accountability to the next President of the United States.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Thursday, September 27, 2007
FederalNewsRadio - Ask the CFO - Mark Carney (CFTC)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Mark Carney - Chief Financial Officer
The commodities futures market impacts what you pay for a loaf of bread, how much you pay at the pump and even the interest on your kid's college loan. And the number of contracts traded on the market has essentially tripled since 1976. Only, the CFTC's budget allows for fewer full-time employees now than it did then. As a result, Carney says his office has been taking a close look at where the agency's money is spent and whether the results justify the expenditures. The CFTC has also moved to a new financial management system, part of a process that helped it become one of eleven agencies to win the 2007 Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR) from the Association of Government Accountants.
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Mark Carney - Chief Financial Officer
The commodities futures market impacts what you pay for a loaf of bread, how much you pay at the pump and even the interest on your kid's college loan. And the number of contracts traded on the market has essentially tripled since 1976. Only, the CFTC's budget allows for fewer full-time employees now than it did then. As a result, Carney says his office has been taking a close look at where the agency's money is spent and whether the results justify the expenditures. The CFTC has also moved to a new financial management system, part of a process that helped it become one of eleven agencies to win the 2007 Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR) from the Association of Government Accountants.
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Friday, May 18, 2007
Upcoming Events - May 23, 2007
The Association of Government Accountants (AGA)
Dinner and awards ceremony in honor of eleven federal agencies that have been awarded the 2007 Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting.
The recipients include: the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; the Housing and Urban Development Department; the Interior Department; the General Services Administration; the Government Accountability Office; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; the Patent and Trademark Office; the Securities and Exchange Commission; the Small Business Administration; and the Social Security Administration.
[Note: There will be a media availability following the event.]
Participants: Clay Johnson III, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget; U.S. Comptroller General David Walker of the Government Accountability Office; Linda Combs, comptroller of the Office of Management and Budget; and Redmond Van Danker, executive director of the AGA
Location: National Press Club, 14th and F Sts., NW, 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.. 6 p.m. (May 23, 2007)
Contact: Jennifer Curtis, 703-562-0770, jcurtin@agacgfm.org; [http://www.agacgfm.org]
Federal Accounting Standards
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FAR. Page 39318)
Meeting to discuss their conceptual framework, social insurance, application of the liability definition, the federal entity, natural resources, inter-entity costs, technical agenda, and any other topics as needed. May 23-24.
Location: Government Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, room 7C13, Washington, D.C..
9 a.m. (May 23, 2007)
Contact: Wendy Comes, 202-512-7350
Dinner and awards ceremony in honor of eleven federal agencies that have been awarded the 2007 Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting.
The recipients include: the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; the Housing and Urban Development Department; the Interior Department; the General Services Administration; the Government Accountability Office; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; the Patent and Trademark Office; the Securities and Exchange Commission; the Small Business Administration; and the Social Security Administration.
[Note: There will be a media availability following the event.]
Participants: Clay Johnson III, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget; U.S. Comptroller General David Walker of the Government Accountability Office; Linda Combs, comptroller of the Office of Management and Budget; and Redmond Van Danker, executive director of the AGA
Location: National Press Club, 14th and F Sts., NW, 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.. 6 p.m. (May 23, 2007)
Contact: Jennifer Curtis, 703-562-0770, jcurtin@agacgfm.org; [http://www.agacgfm.org]
Federal Accounting Standards
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FAR. Page 39318)
Meeting to discuss their conceptual framework, social insurance, application of the liability definition, the federal entity, natural resources, inter-entity costs, technical agenda, and any other topics as needed. May 23-24.
Location: Government Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, room 7C13, Washington, D.C..
9 a.m. (May 23, 2007)
Contact: Wendy Comes, 202-512-7350
Monday, May 14, 2007
Unprecedented Eleven Federal Agencies to Receive AGA's Prestigious CEAR Award
AGA is pleased to recognize the outstanding Fiscal Year 2006 performance and accountability reporting efforts of the following federal agencies, which are the recipients of the Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR):
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- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1)
- U.S. Department of the Interior (7)
- U.S. Department of Labor (7)
- U.S. General Services Administration (3)
- U.S. Government Accountability Office (6)
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (6)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (5)
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1)
- U.S. Small Business Administration (1)
- U.S. Social Security Administration (9)
*The number in parenthesis after each agency indicates the number of years, including this year, that the agency has received the award.
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