AGA Corporate Partner
Advisory Group (CPAG)
Update
76 Partners Strong!
May 7, 2009
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Meeting Agenda
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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
Chairman
Hank Steininger, CGFM, CPA
Managing Partner, Global Public Sector, Grant Thornton LLP
Vice Chairman
John Cherbini, CGFM, CPA
Partner, KPMG LLP
Relmond Van Daniker, DBA, CPA
AGA Executive Director
Susan Fritzlen
AGA Deputy Executive Director of Programs
Anna D. Gowans Miller, MBA, CPA
AGA Director of Research
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Professional Membership Roster
May 2009 (42)
Accenture
KPMG LLP
Acuity Consulting Inc – NEW!
LMI
Altum
Management Concepts
American Appraisal Associates
MasterCard
Bank of America
Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
BearingPoint
Microsoft
Booz Allen Hamilton
Miracle Systems LLC
BroadPoint Technologies
MorganFranklin
CACI
Oracle
CGI Federal
Potomac Forum Ltd.
Clifton Gunderson LLP
PwC LLP
Cognos an IBM Company
Reznick Group
CSC
SAP
Deloitte.
Savantage
Delta Solutions & Technologies
T. Curtis & Company
Ernst & Young
Teradata
Federal Management Systems Inc
Unisys
Graduate School USDA
VISA
Grant Thornton LLP
Watkins Meegan Govt Svcs LLC
IBM
Williams Adley & Co LLP
Kearney & Company
WithumSmith+Brown
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Sustaining Membership Roster
May 2009 (34)
ACL Services
Lionel Henderson & Co Inc
AOC Solutions
Mandex Inc
Approva
MIL Corporation
Allmond and Company – NEW!
Noetix Corporation
Audimation
Oversight Systems
Catapult Consultants LLC
Pragmatics
CCH
SAS
Cherry Bekaert & Holland
SofTec Solutions
Cotton and Company
SPSS
Crowe Horwath
STG Inc
Daston Corp
TeraThink – NEW!
Dynamic Access Systems
The Network
EAM Inc, Mosley & Assoc
Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio & Assoc.
Gleim Publications Inc
Thomson Reuters
Grantium
Vanguard Advisors LLC
GreenTree Group
VISTA
Integrated Business Consulting - NEW!
Key & Associates
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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 Projects
Current 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
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Sponsor: Crowe
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, CPA
Executive 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
www.agacgfm.org
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