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Table of Contents
About AGA.......................1
2008–2009 Progress..........2
AGA’s Finances................3
What’s Next......................4
Mission
The Association
of Government About AGA
Accountants (AGA) How AGA Operates
AGA operates under a national-chapter partnership with its 100 chapters located
serves government
throughout the U.S., Guam, Japan, Puerto Rico and Saipan. AGA is governed by a
accountability National Board of Directors (NBD), which includes regional leaders and chapter
professionals by presidents. AGA’s 16-member National Executive Committee (NEC) acts for the
NBD, meeting quarterly to discuss strategic issues. The day-to-day operation of
providing quality the Association is handled by the National Office, headquartered in Alexandria,
education, fostering VA, with 28 employees reporting to an executive director who reports to the AGA
National President. More than 800 volunteer members serve the Association through
professional committees, boards and chapters.
development and
Who We Are
certification, and AGA’s 15,235 members are employed by state and local governments (44 percent), the
federal government (30 percent), and the private sector (15 percent). The remainder is
supporting standards
made up of students, retirees and academicians. The membership crosses most fields
and research to and disciplines, including accounting, auditing, budgeting, contract management,
advance government finance, grants management
Membership Year May 1 – April 30 2007 2008 2009 and systems. AGA members
accountability. Number of current members 14,668 15,047 15,235 are students and entry-
Overall membership retention rate 86% 86% 85% level employees, mid-level
Number of new members 2,106 2,414 2,564 professionals, senior executives
Number of AGA chapters 90 94 100 and elected officials.
Here Are Some of the Ways We Raising AGA’s Visibility as the more effective performance reports.
Addressed Our 2009 Challenges: ‘Thought Leader’ in the Profession AGA will need to continue to
Teamwork and thought leadership AGA has provided its members determine new and innovative ways
remained the keys to AGA’s success with the latest information and to reach citizens with information
in the 2009 program year. AGA has resources on issues that affect the about their governments and will
made bold steps to expand our brand, accountability profession, specifically commission a second national survey
to attract and retain our membership the $787 billion American Recovery to capture citizen input.
and to offer programs, educational and Reinvestment Act. AGA has
opportunities and guidance to offered leadership breakfasts, audio Automating the Certified
advance government accountability: conferences, radio shows, blog essays, Government Financial Manager
a detailed list of resources on our (CGFM) Program Operations
• Developed 19 courses that are website, and three courses to help Increasing the number of entities
taught on-site and entered partner- our members track and account for that recognize the CGFM is an
ships with four companies to offer the funds with full transparency. ongoing long-term goal, and AGA
low-cost online courses. AGA will need to continue to provide is continuing efforts on many fronts
leadership in this area. to increase the number of certified
• Developed a new section of AGA’s professionals. Interest in the CGFM
website, “Keeping Track of the Providing Leadership in the Area of is high, and AGA’s Intensive Review
Recovery Act” to provide the latest Intergovernmental Cooperation Courses are consistently sold out. As
resources on the stimulus effort. By publishing risk assessment and the CGFM Program grows, so does
monitoring tools, a wide range of the administrative workload and the
resource documents and making amount of paperwork. AGA needs
• Launched “Your Money, Your concrete recommendations, AGA’s to ensure it has adequate resources
Government” on Federal News Partnership for Intergovernmental to handle the increased volume of
Radio featuring seven discussions Management and Accountability applications, exams and reactivations.
with leading government finance is already increasing cooperation One of the challenges is automating
leaders. among governments. To the possible more components of the certification
exclusion of other projects, the process and streamlining the
• Created an AGA presence on two attention of government leaders is database operations.
social networking platforms, likely to be focused on the demands
Facebook and LinkedIn. of implementing the American Strengthening Chapters/Expanding
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
Membership to Young Professionals
• Launched a Certificate of Excel- 2009. Strong chapters help AGA not only
lence Awards Program for out- retain existing members, but recruit
standing citizen-centric reports Raising Public Awareness of new ones through education and
produced by governments. Issues Relating to Government training programs, community
Accountability and Transparency service events and networking
• Established a new technical The number of governmental entities opportunities. AGA must monitor
assistance website for preparers embracing AGA’s Citizen-Centric and nurture new chapters to ensure
and reviewers of Service Efforts Reporting format by providing their success. AGA is also using
and Accomplishments Reports. financial information in an easy-to- LinkedIn and Facebook as outreach
read, four-page document continues mechanisms, particularly to attract
to grow. Additionally, through AGA’s young professionals, as suggested
performance reporting programs by AGA’s Emerging Leaders Focus
at the state/local and federal levels, Group.
AGA helps governments produce
We would like to hear from you! Do you like this report? Do you believe it should include
different or additional information? Please contact AGA Deputy Executive Director of
Programs Susan Fritzlen at sfritzlen@agacgfm.org or 800.AGA.7211.