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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

FederalNewsRadio - Federal CFO Insights - Barry Hudson (PTO)

Finance Transformation

Barry Hudson - Chief Financial Officer
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Chief financial officers (CFOs) are being forced to rethink their roles and transform the organization's finance function. The dilemma: balancing the more traditional finance reporting role with that of a strategist focused on contributing value to the overall organization.

How are leading CFOs successfully managing these roles?

Discussion Highlights:

  • Four faces of the CFO
  • Steward
  • Operator
  • Strategist
  • Catalyst

Challenges facing today's CFO

  • Internal controls
  • Efficiency and cost
  • Strategy articulation
  • Performance measurement

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

FederalNewsRadio - CFO Insights - Barry Hudson (PTO)

The Many Faces of a Federal CFO

Barry Hudson - Chief Financial Officer

Barry Hudson joins Christopher Young to discuss the many faces of a Federal CFO and how they are transforming their organizations from the traditional stewardship role to more of a strategist and catalyst in their respective Agencies.

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Monday, January 14, 2008

More CIO execs to leave USDA

The exodus from the Agriculture Department continues with Jerry Williams, deputy chief information officer, and Chris Niedermayer, associate CIO for information and technology management, announcing they are leaving in February.

Williams will move to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where he has conditionally accepted a position to be director of financial improvement under Chief Financial Officer Janice Lambert, he said. Niedermayer will go to the Patent and Trademark Office, where as program manager, he will lead the transformation of information technology governance processes for the agency’s IT investments under CIO David Freeland, he said.

-Mary Mosquera, FCW.com
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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

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):
  • 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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