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March 2010

• Cash Management and Investing Public Funds - Arn Andrews, City of San Jose

• Controller's Corner - Thomas J. Sadowski, CGFM, CPA

• Chapter Membership Drive

• Membership Renewal

• Dream. Learn. Achieve... And Get Ready for AGA's 59th Professional Development Conference, 7/11-7/14, 2010, Orlando, Florida

• CGFM Sample Questions - Governmental Environment Examination

• Ten Good Reasons to Join AGA

February 2010 Issue

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – Fraud Detection and Investigation - Byron McGinley, Special Agent, DCIS

• City of Palo Alto Released its First Citizen Centric Report

• Silicon Valley Chapter Membership Drive

• Call for Silicon Valley Chapter Leadership

• CGFM Examination Sample Questions - Governmental Accounting, Financial Reporting and Budgeting Examination

January 2010 Issue:

• The Value of Service Efforts and Accomplishments Report and Citizen Centric Report - Lynda Flores Brouchoud, City Auditor, Palo Alto, CA

• Now That The Audit is Over, The Hard Work Begins - Andrew Lewis, CGFM, CPA

• From :Good to Great" and from "Great to Demise" - The Blog That Is! - William Morehead, Ph. D., CGFM, CPA

• 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

• CGFM Examination Sample Questions - Government Environment

December 2009 Issue:

• Meeting topic: Ethics in Government - William (Billy) A. Morehead, Ph.D., CGFM, CPA

• A look at Early Career National Survey

• Audits by GAO will Compromise Fed Independence

• New Criteria for AGA's Annual Newsletter and Web Site Contests

September 2009 Issue:

• Meeting topic: Ethics in Government - Jerry Gandara, JD, MBA

• AGA National President's Message - William A. (Billy) Morehead, Ph.D., CGFM, CPA, CPM

• Remembering GASB - Relmond P. Van Daniker, DBA, CPA, AGA Executive Director

• Silicon Valley Chapter Received Platinum Award, 1st Place Newsletter and 1st Place Web Site Award

• Standards-Setters' Changes & Challenges - Tom L. Allen, CPA

• Finance Case Challenge

• City of Palo Alto - SEA Award Recipient, first in the Nation to receive the Circle of Excellence Award

• 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:

• Meeting topic: 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:

• Meeting topic: Generational Diversity (Gen X - Y) in the Workplace: From Collision to Collaboration - Kelly Spivey, MPA

• 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:

• Meeting topic: Data Analysis: Audit and Accounting Tool in Improving Internal Control - Bill Perone, CIA

• 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:

• Meeting topic: Property Tax - Overview and apportionment Process - Vinod Sharma, CPA

• 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: