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There's Still Time to Register for AGA's Fourth Annual Performance Management Conference

Join your colleagues at AGA's Fourth Annual PMC, Promoting Government Accountability through Performance Management, set for Oct. 27-28 at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel. If you have not made plans to attend this year's PMC, worth 14 CPE hours, you will miss:

Robert Attmore, CGFM, Chairman, Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Harry Hatry, Urban Institute, and Paul Posner, George Mason University on "We've Come a Long Way, Baby--Forty Years of Performance Management and Reporting"
Robert Shea, Associate Director for Administration and Government Performance, U.S. Office of Management and Budget Ron Sims, County Executive, King County, Washington
Brian Sonntag, State Auditor, State of Washington

This year's conference includes the traditional state and local track of concurrent sessions, and the technical committee has added a federal track of sessions.

Current Sessions:

Lessons Learned for the Next Administration
Activity-Based Costing and Performance Management
Basic Ingredients for a Successful Performance Management System
Transforming the Budgeting Process to Deliver Citizen Value
Performance Management in Reporting Technology
Employee Engagement in Improving Organization Performance
So You Want to Get Started--Practical Steps from Preparers
Citizen-Centric Reporting--You Can Do It!
What's New with Performance Reporting Programs?
What Are Community Indicators and Are They Necessary?
Integrating Financial and Performance Information

Early registration through Sept. 29, 2008 is $395 for AGA members and $450 for nonmembers. Visit our website for more information.

Lodging--Rooms at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, 515 Madison St., are available at the government rate of $152 plus tax if you register by Oct. 3. Call 800.546.9184 and mention the "AGA PMC" to receive the government rate.

Two Sponsorship Opportunities Available--Interested in participating as a sponsor at the PMC? Contact Evie Barry.

Training Session Offered After Performance Management Conference

If you are attending the PMC in Seattle in October, you might be interested in participating in a training session on Wednesday, Oct. 29: A New Service Model: Auditor Roles in Government Performance Measurement. Richard Tracy, former Director of Audit Services, Portland, OR, will lead the training on using an organized framework to determine which specific practices provide the best opportunities for adding new value. The training, worth 4 CPE hours, is designed to show how government auditors can increase their value by taking on new roles and practices aimed at improving performance measurement and management. Cost is $50. Seating is limited. Contact Evie Barry for more information.