aga corporate partner advisory group (cpag) update 76 partners strong!

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AGA Corporate Partner Advisory Group (CPAG) Update

76 Partners Strong!

May 7, 2009

www.agacgfm.org

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Meeting Agenda

I. CPAG Business Meeting

CPAG Mission and Role in AGA

Events and Activities

Research Projects Update

Get Involved

II. CPAG Presentations

A Message from AGA’s National President

AGA Update from AGA’s Executive Director

Get to Know Your Fellow Corporate Partner

Guest Speaker with Q&A

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I. CPAG Business Meeting

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CPAG – Mission Statement

The mission of the CPAG is to bring industry and government executives together to exchange information, support professional development, improve communications and understanding, solve issues and build partnership and trust, thereby enhancing AGA's focus on advancing government accountability.

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CPAG Leadership

ChairmanHank Steininger, CGFM, CPAManaging Partner, Global Public Sector, Grant Thornton LLP

Vice ChairmanJohn Cherbini, CGFM, CPAPartner, KPMG LLP

Relmond Van Daniker, DBA, CPAAGA Executive Director

Susan FritzlenAGA Deputy Executive Director of Programs

Anna D. Gowans Miller, MBA, CPAAGA Director of Research

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Professional Membership Roster May 2009 (42)Accenture

Acuity Consulting Inc – NEW!

Altum

American Appraisal Associates

Bank of America

BearingPoint

Booz Allen Hamilton

BroadPoint Technologies

CACI

CGI Federal

Clifton Gunderson LLP

Cognos an IBM Company

CSC

Deloitte.

Delta Solutions & Technologies

Ernst & Young

Federal Management Systems Inc

Graduate School USDA

Grant Thornton LLP

IBM

Kearney & Company

KPMG LLP

LMI

Management Concepts

MasterCard

Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.

Microsoft

Miracle Systems LLC

MorganFranklin

Oracle

Potomac Forum Ltd.

PwC LLP

Reznick Group

SAP

Savantage

T. Curtis & Company

Teradata

Unisys

VISA

Watkins Meegan Govt Svcs LLC

Williams Adley & Co LLP

WithumSmith+Brown

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Sustaining Membership Roster May 2009 (34)ACL Services

AOC Solutions

Approva

Allmond and Company – NEW!

Audimation

Catapult Consultants LLC

CCH

Cherry Bekaert & Holland

Cotton and Company

Crowe Horwath

Daston Corp

Dynamic Access Systems

EAM Inc, Mosley & Assoc

Gleim Publications Inc

Grantium

GreenTree Group

Integrated Business Consulting - NEW!

Key & Associates

Lionel Henderson & Co Inc

Mandex Inc

MIL Corporation

Noetix Corporation

Oversight Systems

Pragmatics

SAS

SofTec Solutions

SPSS

STG Inc

TeraThink – NEW!

The Network

Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio & Assoc.

Thomson Reuters

Vanguard Advisors LLC

VISTA

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CPAG Role in AGA

Corporate commitment to AGA's mission

Thought leadership

Professional staff resources

Financial support for programs, research and events

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CPAG Events and Activities

Monthly Access Dinners

December 9th – Doug Webster (Dept of Labor)

January 6th – Clay Johnson (OMB)

February 10th – Sheila Conley (Dept of HHS)

March 10th – Lee Lofthus (Dept of Justice)

April 7th – Lisa Casias (Dept of Commerce)

May 5th – Danny Werfel (OMB)

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CPAG Events and Activities

Major Events

National Leadership Conference February 19 – 20, 2009 - Washington, D.C.

Professional Development Conference June 21 – 24, 2009 – New Orleans, LA

Internal Control & Fraud Conference September 16 – 17, 2009 – Washington, D.C.

National Performance Management Conference November 5 – 6, 2009 – Seattle, WA

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CPAG Events and Activities

Special Events

Forum on Emerging Issues - February 18, 2009 – Washington, D.C.

CPAG Red Carpet Reception – February 19, 2009 – Washington, D.C.

CPAG Breakfast featuring Gene Dodaro – April 8, 2009 – Washington, D.C.

CEAR Awards Black Tie Dinner May 20, 2009 – Washington, D.C. – 2 spots per Corporate Partner

NEW! CPAG Breakfast featuring Ed DeSeve – June 4, 2009 – Washington, D.C.

All Hands Meetings - Quarterly

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CPAG Research Projects

Most Recently Completed Projects

• Performance Based Management - #20 Sponsor: Cooperative Project with Grant Thornton, IBM and SAS

• Procuring Audit Services in Government - #19 Sponsor: Kearney & Company

• Grants Management: How XBRL Can Help - #18

Sponsor: BearingPoint

• Characteristics of Effective Audit Committees in Federal, State and Local Governments - #17

Sponsor: KPMG LLP

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CPAG Research Projects

Most Recently Completed Projects (cont’d)

• XBRL and Public Sector Financial Reporting: Standardized Business Reporting: The Oregon CAFR Project - #16 Sponsor: PwC

• SAS 70 Reports: Are They Useful and Can They Be Improved? - #15 Sponsor: Ernst & Young

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CPAG Research ProjectsCurrent Projects

• Annual CFO Survey Sponsor: Grant Thornton LLP

• Trends in Technology – 2009 Update Sponsor: CSC

• How Managerial Cost Accounting Can be Useful to Program Managers and Decision Makers – Success Stories Sponsor: MIL Corporation

• Managing Risk in Times of Crisis: Accounting and Control Considerations for Recovery Act Programs Sponsor: Kearney & Company

• Use of Performance Management Techniques in State an d Local Governments Sponsor: Crowe

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CPAG Research Benefits of Sponsorship• Article is published in AGA’s Journal of Government

Financial Management

• Press and Research releases

• Bulk copies printed and distributed - VIP mailing and at AGA events

• Bulk copies to sponsor

• PDC technical session

• Audio conference subject matter

• Report posted to AGA’s website

• Potential collaboration on books, white papers

• Report electronically distributed to members via Topics e-newsletter

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Get Involved! Get Out of the Program What You Put Into It

Participate in Events

Volunteer for Conference Committees

Get involved with local AGA chapters

Participate in Research

Stay Current with Topics, AGA Today, CPAG News and Email Updates

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II. CPAG Presentations

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Message from the National President

Samuel T. Mok, CGFM, CIA

AGA National President

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AGA Update

Relmond Van Daniker, DBA, CPAExecutive Director

Advancing Government Accountability

• Service – Citizen-Centric Reporting

• Accountability

• Certification

• Education and Research

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Get To Know Your Fellow Corporate Partner

Integrated Business Consulting LLC

• Tim Spadafore – Vice President

TeraThink

• Doug Davidson – Vice President

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CPAG Guest Speaker

Jennifer Main

Chief Financial Officer, Office of Financial Stability

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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AGA Online

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