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Today's News
Chapter
Newsletter - The Working Papers
LATEST ISSUE:
January
2012
Prosecuting Government Fraud -
Jeffrey Nedrow, Assistant United States Attorney
GASB News Release
Call for Chapter Leadership
Nomination
Why earn CGFM?
ARCHIVES:
November/December 2011
AGA National President's Message
Member Spotlight - Tad Tsukada
AGA Past National President Sam
McCall Appointed to FASAB
Community Service Event
GASB Proposes Financial Projections for
Assessing Economic Conditions of Government
August/October 2011
Major Surprises in Bay Area
Economy - Tracy Herrick, Chief
Economist Emeritus, Avid Bank
AGA Silicon Valley Chapter
Received National Awards
AGA Compensation Survey Result
GASB Proposes Major Improvements
for Pension Reporting
Painting with Numbers - Randall
Bolten, MBA
Yellow Book Update - Sefton
Boyars. CGFM, CPA
December 2010
Zero to Breakthrough! Living a
Breakthrough Life
Chapter Plan
Member's Spotlight
Member's Promotion
September 2010
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Financial Reporting to State
Controller's Office: Compliance, Requirements & Common Deficiencies -
Michael Adams, State Controller's Office
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President's Message - David
Bullock,
CPA
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A Look Ahead the Next 10 Years
- William Morehead, Ph.D., CGFM, CPA
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Seven Keys to Leadership - Pat
Williams, Senior Vice President, Orlando Magic
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Calling for Nominations
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Outgoing Message from Regional
VP - Alex Guiang, CGFM
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Silicon Valley Chapter -
Recipient of Two National Awards
March 2010
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Cash
Management and Investing Public Funds - Arn Andrews, City of San Jose
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Controller's Corner -
Thomas J. Sadowski, CGFM, CPA
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Chapter Membership
Drive
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Membership Renewal
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Dream. Learn.
Achieve... And Get Ready for AGA's 59th Professional Development
Conference, 7/11-7/14, 2010, Orlando, Florida
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CGFM Sample Questions
- Governmental Environment Examination
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Ten Good Reasons to
Join AGA
February 2010 Issue
January 2010 Issue:
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The Value of
Service Efforts and Accomplishments Report and Citizen Centric Report -
Lynda
Flores Brouchoud, City Auditor, Palo Alto, CA
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Now That The Audit is Over, The Hard Work Begins - Andrew Lewis, CGFM, CPA
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From :Good to Great" and from "Great to Demise" - The Blog That Is! -
William Morehead, Ph. D., CGFM, CPA
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GASB Issued Statement No. 57 and 58,
OPEB Measurements by Agent Employers and Agent Multiple-Employer Plans,
and Accounting and Financial Reporting for Chapter 9 Bankruptcies,
respectively
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CGFM
Examination Sample Questions - Government Environment

December 2009 Issue:
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Meeting topic:
Ethics in Government -
William (Billy) A.
Morehead, Ph.D., CGFM, CPA
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A look at Early Career National Survey
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Audits by GAO will Compromise Fed
Independence
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New Criteria for AGA's Annual
Newsletter and Web Site Contests
September
2009 Issue:
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Meeting topic:
Ethics in Government - Jerry Gandara, JD, MBA
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AGA National
President's Message -
William A. (Billy) Morehead, Ph.D., CGFM, CPA, CPM
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Remembering GASB
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Relmond P. Van Daniker, DBA, CPA,
AGA Executive Director
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Silicon Valley Chapter Received Platinum Award, 1st Place Newsletter and 1st
Place Web Site Award
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Standards-Setters' Changes & Challenges -
Tom L. Allen, CPA
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Finance Case Challenge
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City of Palo Alto
- SEA Award Recipient, first in the Nation to receive the Circle of
Excellence Award
June 2009
Issue:
Meeting
topic:
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) - Guidance,
Compliance and Reporting
- David Bullock, CPA, Partner, Macias Gini &
O'Connell, LLP
Silicon Valley Chapter
receives National Awards
Silicon Valley Chapter
Board Vacancies
Accounting Model Creates
Systemic Risks - By Sheila Weinberg, CEO, Institute for Truth Accounting
GASB News - Pension
Accounting and Financial Reporting
New member of GASB - David
E. Sundstrom
May 2009 Issue:
Fighting Fraud in Today's Technology - Kathryne
Daniels, CTP - SVP, Bank of America
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (ARRA) - First Quarterly Report of the US Vice President
AGA's 58th Annual Professional Development
Conference, New Orleans - How to register
Active CGFM Holders Published in the Web
AGA Weblog - Hey citizen... We want you - By: Rebekah
Stephens
GASB news release - GASB 56
Chapter membership drive
April 2009 Issue:
AGA
SILICON VALLEY CHAPTER OFFERS $500 CGFM SCHOLARSHIP
AGA Weblog:
Whether You're Ready or
Not, We're Millennial-Bound: Recruiting and Motivating Today's
Millennial Generation - Andrew C. Lewis, CGFM, CPA
Governmental Accounting Standards Board News Release - GASB 54 and 55
Federal Accounting
Corner:
Reporting Prior-Year Adjustments on the Statements of Net Cost and Changes
in Net Position -
Simcha Kuritzky, CGFM,
CPA
Governmental Agencies: Anonymous Hotlines and Open Records - Business
Controls, Inc
March 2009 Issue:
February 2009 Issue:
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Meeting topic:
Hot Line Best
Practices, Detecting and Deterring Fraud, Waste and Abuse - Jack Kirivong,
National Accounts Director, Business Controls, Inc.
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Bailouts, Transparency,
and Is the Easier Bunny Next? - Joseph L. Kull, CGFM, CPA
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The Accountability
Challenge: A Defining Moment - David M. Zavada, CPA
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Snapshots at
Professional Development Meetings - January 2009
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CGFM Training
Scholarship Available to chapter members
January 2009 Issue:
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Meeting topic: Data
Analysis: Audit and Accounting Tool in Improving Internal Control - Bill
Perone, CIA
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CGFM Training Courses -
San Francisco, CA
Cheering on Obama as He Cuts Spending, Stimulates
Economy
- Anna Lafferre, Director of the Center for Government Performance
$500 CGFM Scholarship
Offered
Chapter member earns
CGFM Designation
CGFM of the Year Award,
Accepting Nomination
GASB News Release -
Postemployment Benefits and Service Efforts Accomplishments Reporting
December
2008 Issue:
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Meeting topic: Making a Transitional Triumph
from Manager to Leader - Karen Walker-Tunao,
Resiliency & Results
Expert
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Talent Management: How to
Compete and Win the War for Talent - By William Kilmartin, CGFM, and Breck
Marshall, CGFM
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7th AGA Leadership Conference,
Washington DC
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Member's Corner: Humanitarian
Aid - Impact Laos, Bill Brown
November 2008 Issue:
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Meeting topic: Best Practices in Data
Analytics - Claudine Hu, Account Executive, ACL Services, Inc
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Why Certification Matters. Why CGFM. -
By John Radford, CGFM,
CIA, CFE, Oregon State Controller
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CGFM Review Training is
coming to Northern California
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Interviewing: The Power
of Two - By Sefton Boyars, CPA, CGFM
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Increasing Transparency in
State and Local Government Purchasing - By Stephen B. Gordon, Ph.D., CPPO,
FNIGP
October 2008 Issue:
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Meeting topic: Effective Supervision,
Learning from our Mistakes - Robert Gray, CGFM, CIA, CFE
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A True Financial Markets Meltdown or Simply an
Accounting Problem? -
Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, CGFM, CPA, CFE
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City of Stockton Honored with National
Accountability Award
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September 2008 Professional
Development Meeting Recap of Property Tax 101
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Quiz - Government Financial Management
September 2008 Issue:
Why the Difference? Government-wide Versus
Fund Statements -
By: Bruce W. Chase, Ph.D., CPA, Robert L.
Taylor, Ph.D., and Robert H. Phillips, Ph.D.
Norwich University and Rutgers University offer CGFM Program
Transfer of accounting and financial reporting guidance from AICPA to GASB
National Executive Committee and California Leadership
Around 2,000 attended AGA's 57th Annual Professional Development in
Atlanta - July 27 to July 30, 2008
July 2008 Issue:
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Meeting topic: Sox
Implementation in Government - Jerry G. Mikolajczyk, CIA, CGA
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Meet the Chapter Executive
Board
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Keys to Success in any
Profession - Julia Ranagan, CGFM, CPA
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Community Service - KTEH TV
Membership Drive
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National Awards Recipient -
Gold-All Star Chapter Award, 1st Place Newsletter Award and 1st Place Web
Site Award
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Accounting and Auditing:
Its Art, Innovativeness and Creativity
April 2008 Issue:
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Meeting topic: Ethics and Public Accountability
- Mayor Jose Esteves, City of Milpitas
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Consequences of Inadequate Staffing - John D. Webster, CGFM, CPA
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GASB Issues an Exposure Draft seeking input on proposed changes to
Concepts Statement No. 2, Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting
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AGA
Membership Drive and Renewal
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CGFM Proclamation - Photos
March 2008 Issue:
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CGFM Proclamation Month - California, Santa
Clara County, Milpitas, Sunnyvale
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CGFM of the Year Award - Sharon W. Erickson
CGFM, CIA
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CGFM Message from AGA National President -
Rick Fair, CGFM, CPA
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Meeting topic: Tax Updates -
Roger Oakland, CPA, Franchise Tax Board
February 2008 Issue:
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Property Market Condition - Lawrence Stone,
Santa Clara County Assessor
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Guide to obtaining CGFM Certification
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Membership Drive
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Sacramento Chapter News -
Angie Lowi-Teng, State Controller's Office
January 2008 Issue
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Meeting topic: Where in the World is
Accounting Convergence - William O'Brien, CPA
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CGFM News - Guam Chapter
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FASAB - Accrual Basis Financial
Statements
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GASB 52, Land and Other Real Estate Held as
Investments by Endowments
October 2007 Issue
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Meeting topic: Risk Management, Governance and
Compliance Technology - Ken Marshal, Ernst & Young
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FASAB - Reporting Gains and Losses from
Changes in Assumptions and Selecting Discount Rates and Valuation Dates
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GASB - Performance Reporting
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CGFM Gets Boost in Tennessee
September 2007 Issue
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Meeting topic: Statement on Auditing
Standards - SAS 112 - David Bullock, CPA
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Meet the Chapter Executive Board
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GASB 51 - Accounting and Financial
Reporting for Intangible Assets
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National Awards Recipient - Platinum Chapter
Award, 1st Place Newsletter Award and 1st Place Web Site Award
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