Looking For Training? Check out the New AGA Education and Training Brochure

The brochure includes onsite, audio, conferences and online offerings to help you and your staff's education and training needs. Check out one of the courses currently being offered:

Grants Management: This course provides a general overview of grants management, including preparation, review and submittal of proposals; negotiation and acceptance of grants; post-award financial and administrative management; closeout and audit; and relevant compliance issues. Click here to learn more and get detailed information.

The 18 other on-site courses include lectures, group discussion and exercises and class problem-solving. They can be customized to meet your needs and participants are awarded CPEs based on the length of each course.

For course pricing and additional information about course content, please contact Bekka Gehrmann, Education Manager, 800.AGA.7211, at ext. 309.

CGFM CPE Requirements Updated

December 2008 - the CGFM Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Requirements have been updated. While there have not been any major changes to the CPE policies, a number of provisions were clarified, modified or updated. Here is the summary of main updates (with references to the specific sections of the CPE Requirements document):

• Section 2-clarified the applicability of CPE requirements to all active CGFMs and the fact that there is no minimum number of hours required each year.
  
• Section 3-updated the section on retired status to reflect the recent changes to the retired status definition.
  
• Section 4-clarified circumstances warranting an exception.
  
• Sections 7 and 12-addressed the topic of taxation.
  
• Section 9-added clarification on criteria used to determine if programs qualify for CPE hours.
  
• Section 10-provided additional guidance on internal training programs; added additional examples of applicable activities such as web-based programs and audio conferences.
  
• Section 11-included specific questions to ask when making the determination of applicability of the hours.
  
• Section 12-updated the examples of topics and subjects list.
  
• Section 13-clarified applicability of basic or elementary courses and repeated courses or presentations.
  
• Section 14-explained the calculation of partial hours and updated the calculation of hours for self-study programs.
  
• Section 15-specified how CPE hours are awarded for course development.
  
• Section 16-updated the acceptable CPE documentation guidelines.