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AGA and Citizen Centric Reporting. General title. Vision – premier association for advancing government accountability

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  1. AGA and Citizen Centric Reporting General title

  2. Vision – premier association for advancing government accountability • Mission - AGA serves government accountability professionals by providing quality education, fostering professional development and certification, and supporting standards and research to advance government accountability. General paragraph

  3. AGA Demographics Employers General paragraph Members by Profession Employers

  4. AGA Focus Areas • Accountability • Certification • Education and Research • Citizen Centric General title

  5. Citizen Centric Reporting • Citizens have a right to an understanding of how governments are spending their money and if it is being efficient and effective. • Current reporting is too cumbersome for the average citizen. • How can AGA contribute to a solution? It is our responsibility as financial managers! General title

  6. Citizen Centric Reporting • Four Page Citizen Focused Report • Taskforce members develop Content Guidelines and draft prototype report • League of Women Voters Support • Sloan Foundation Grant Support General title

  7. Constructing A Report Doesn’t take a Super Human Effort! • Resources Available: • Content Guidelines • Design Guidelines • Media and Communications Templates • Completed Reports General paragraph

  8. Content Guidelines – What to Include • Page 1 • Strategic Objectives - What we’re required to do • Demographic information • Page 2 • Notable Accomplishments - top services • Performance metrics (non-financial) for services • Page 3 • Revenues and Expenses - pie charts • Page 4 • What’s Next? Future Challenges? • Infrastructure items General paragraph

  9. Page 1 Example: General paragraph What are we required to do? How the government is setup Population, Per capita income, # of gov’t workers

  10. Page 2 Example: Ask what performance metrics do you want to see included? General paragraph Report on 3 - 4 key services (non-financial outcomes) - Compare to previous years Go to website for more information

  11. Page 3 Example: Costs/Revenues for servicing citizens General paragraph Use Pie Charts - compare to previous years Complete financial information can be found on website Include similar statement – re: audit

  12. Page 4 Example: Report on 3 - 4 major challenges facing community General paragraph Include similar statement - feedback Include contact name

  13. Completed Reports • AGA • Columbus Metropolitan Library • City of Carmel, Indiana • City of Lawrence, Indiana • State of Indiana • Maricopa County, Arizona • City of Portland, Oregon • State of Oregon • City of Saco, Maine • Washington D.C. General paragraph

  14. Completed Reports • Village of Los Lunas, New Mexico • TN Comptroller of the Treasury • Office of Management Services, Comptroller of the Treasury, State of Tennessee • City of Virginia Beach, Virginia • Saint Louis County, Minnesota • State of Nevada • City of Tallahassee, Florida • U.S. Coast Guard General paragraph

  15. Others Working On A Report • U.S. Department of Defense • Denali Commission • City of Phoenix, Arizona • Albany, New York • State of Arizona • City of Schenectady, New York • Strong Interest from Many Others • Your Government Here! General paragraph

  16. “On the plane back from Nashville, I read AGA's Citizen-Centric report.  I was impressed and enjoyed reading it.  It was the quickest and easiest to read and most informative and comprehensive presentation of AGA that I have ever seen.” Harold I. Steinberg, CGFM, CPA AGA Member for 33 Years General paragraph

  17. “One thought that occurred to me is that the gold standard for accountability reporting ought to be citizen-centric.  If you are doing anything else that is great but report to your citizens at a base level and give them the path to more info if that is what you have and they want. The great thing about a citizen-centric report is you can just about publish July 1 because you don’t have to do a superhuman effort to put a report together and wait for auditors.” Thomas J. Sadowski, CGFM, CPA AGA Past National President and Past National Treasurer AGA Member for 31 Years General paragraph

  18. General chart Please let us know what you think about this initiative! Contact Susan Fritzlen at sfritzlen@agacgfm.org and/or 1.800.242.7211. www.agacgfm.org

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