11th Annual AGA DC / GWSCPA Conference
Tackling Financial Management Challenges in Extraordinary Times
May 15-16, 2012
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (Pavilion Ballroom)
1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC
Highlights
Please join fellow colleagues at the 11th Annual AGA-DC Chapter / GWSCPA Educational Conference on May 15-16, 2012 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington DC. This year's conference, Tackling FInancial Management Challenges in Extraordinary Times will address how financial management professionals are "doing more with less" in the face of historic budget cuts and financial issues.
Suggested Aggendees
Government financial management professionals, accounting, audit, and other professionals who deal with government financial management professionals.
Draft Agenda:
The agenda is still being finalized but what follows is a preview of topics we plan to offer conference registrants:
- Danny Werfel, Controller, OMB, Office of Federal Financial Management - Opening Remarks & OMB Update
- Aimee Hollenhorst, CPA - Ethics Training that will focus on the latest changes in the Commonwealth of Virginia but will also address ethical dilemmas from a broader perspective. The course is designed to meet the annual ethics requirements for Virginia CPAs (and provides 2 hours of ethics CPE for Maryland and District of Columbia CPAs)
- Wendy Payne, Executive Director, FASAB - Standards: What More is in the Works? Attendees will learn how the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board is tackling standards setting in extraordinary times. The speaker will review how the Board's priorities are impacted by currect conditions and discuss new projects on risk, leasing, and investments. An update regarding recent proposals regarding PP&E accounting as well as funds from dedicated collections will be provided as well.
- Gale Stone, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit-Financial Systems and Operations Audits, SSA - Overview of SSA OIG initiatives for meeting the requirements of the Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act. This session will highlight initiatives of the SSA OIG as the IG Community liasion and as the auditor of the estimated $25 billion in improper payments at the Society Security Administration.
- Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office - Day 2 Opening Remarks and GAO Update
- CFO Career Council - Perspectives from current and former CFOs regarding their journey, experiences and the career choices they made. They will sahre the leassons they have learned and the way they manage to achieve mission success in the Federal CFO world of Congress, OMB, contractors and the bureaucracy
- And additional topics sucs as "Cutting Costs to Drive Efficiency", "Shared Services - A New Perspective", "The OIG Panel", and many more!
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