Highlights
AGA In Review - A look at the 2007 Program Year      The AGA Ledger May 08      Annual Ethics Seminar - May 14th      May Audio Conference - In Conjunction with the Annual Ethics Seminar - May 14th      Perspectives on Performance - Contains an article on Ankeny, Iowa Performance Report

AGA Purpose:

AGA serves professionals in the government financial management community by providing quality education, fostering professional development and certification, and supporting standards and research to advance government accountability.

The purpose of the Association and Chapter is to be a professional organization dedicated to the advancement of government financial management. The Association shall serve its members by providing or sponsoring appropriate educational programs, encouraging professional development, influencing governmental financial management policies and practices and serving as an advocate for the profession. The Association shall serve government officials and the public by sponsoring efforts to ensure full and fair accountability for all public monies and by providing a variety of pro bono services throughout the United States and its territories that support that end.

OBJECTIVES:
The Association and Chapter shall have the following objectives with regard to government financial managers including others associated with government accounting:

(a) Primarily to instruct, train and inform government financial managers in the fields of accounting, auditing, budgeting, systems, and financial management. This continuing education process will provide for the professional development of government financial managers so that they may better serve the public.

(b) To encourage and provide educational events for the interchange of ideas among financial managers in government service and among government and non-government financial managers.

(c) To contribute to the advancement of financial management principles and standards and through educational events promote appropriate utilization of financial management methods and techniques to improve management control and accountability to the public.

(d) To bring together professional financial managers in the government and the community for educational and other constructive endeavors.

(e) To promote the observance of professional standards and ethics in the accomplishment of government financial management activities.

(f) To recognize the unique skills and knowledge required of professionals who specialize in government financial management by sponsoring a professional certification program.


Code of Ethics:

PURPOSE:
In order to foster the highest professional standards and behavior, and exemplary service to all levels of government, the AGA Code of Ethics has been developed as guidance for the members of the Association, certified government financial managers (CGFMs), and for the information of their employers. AGA members and/or CGFMs are expected to abide by the Association's Code of Ethics and the Chapter has adopted the AGA Code of Ethics.