LETTER TO MS. AUDREY DYSLAND FROM F. W. M. JANNEY

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• Publication Date: January 11, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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Ms. Audrey Dysland, President
Association of Government
Accountants of Washington
P. 0. Box 423
Washington, D. C. 20044
Dear Ms. Dysland:
Thank you for your letter to the Director, dated
28 December 1976, inviting a nomination from this Agency
for the 18th Annual Awards Program for Outstanding
Achievement in the Improvement of Financial Management
in Government Service.
After a thorough review of possible candidates, it
has been determined that we will not submit a nominee this
year. We appreciate your invitation to participate in
this program and would welcome the opportunity to consider
a deserving candidate in the future.
Sincerely,
F. W. M. Janney
Director of Personnel
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ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS OF WASHINGTON
Formerly FGAA
Founded September 14, 1950
P.O. BOX 423
WASHINGTON, D. C., 20044
DEC 2 8 1976
The Honorable George Bush
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
The Washington Chapter of the Association of Government
Accountants is announcing its 18th Annual Awards Program for
Outstanding Achievement in the Improvement of Financial
Management in Government Service. Through this awards
program, AGA, the professional accountants' organization in
the Government, seeks to stimulate interest in Government
service and improvements in Government financial management.
It is again a pleasure for me to request your organization's
cooperation in identifying Government employees who have
made outstanding contributions during Calendar Year 1976 and
we welcome nominations from your agency. The nominations
should be sent to Kent H. Crowther, Chairman, Awards Committee,
Washington Chapter, Association of Government Accountants,
Post Office Box 423, Washington, D. C. 20044. Your existing
awards program may be used, of course, in making nominations
for these awards. The awards will be presented publicly at
the regular meeting of the AGA in Washington, May 12, 1977.
Nominations are due by February 28, 1977, and late
submissions will be considered by the Awards Committee only
if extenuating circumstances in the judgment of the committee
caused excusable delay. Brochures which describe the program
and set forth criteria for nominations are enclosed. It is
requested that these brochures be given the widest possible
dissemination in your organization. Any questions concerning
the program may be sent to the above address or discussed
with Mr. Crowther (202/275-4033).
The cooperation we have received in the past from your
office is appreciated, and we look forward to receiving
those nominations which you feel qualify for the described
awards.
Sincerely yours,
Audrey Dysland
President
AN ORGANIZATION DEVrT~'IL~g1~N~A'~/?~/~~NAD~k~?(T~2[~ JU007-4 STATES GOVERNMENT
Monthly Meetings-Second Thursday Each Month-September Through May
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ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President ......................... Audrey Dysland
President Elect .................... Susuma Uyeda
Treasurer ........................ William Patriarca
Secretary ............................ Jean Bowles
Gaylord Anderson Jean Kerr
Ellie Clark John Lordan
Kent Crowther Ted Meredith
Ralph Dunavant Bob Meyer
Sue Fields Thomas Mundell
ANNOUNCING
THE 18th ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM
FOR
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
IN THE
IMPROVEMENT Of FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
IN THE
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
1976
SPONSORED BY
ASSOCIATION OF
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS
WASHINGTON CHAPTER
All nominations must be in the hands of the
Committee by February 28, 1977, Mailing ad-
dress as follows:
Kent H. Crowther, Chairman, Awards Commit-
tee, P.O. Box 423, Washington, D.C. 20044
 1. PURFGE. The purpose of the Associ- Approved
ation of Government Accountants Awards
Program is to accord special recognition
of outstanding achievement in developing
and improving financial management in
the Government Service.
2. TYPE OF AWARD. The awards will be
honorary in recognition of creative ef-
forts and important contributions toward
government financial management objec-
tives. Recognition will be given by the
awarding of scrolls to outstanding indi-
viduals, or groups, who meet the stand-
ards stated in these rules and guidelines.
3. SELECTION. From those nominated
by the government agencies, selections
for the awards will be made by the
Awards Committee and approved by the
Executive Committee.
4. ELIGIBILITY. A. Any person in the
Washington Metropolitan Area who was
employed in the Government Service at
the time the work being recognized was
performed will be eligible for considera-
tion for an Award. B. The individual must
have a record of exceptional competence,
integrity and devotion to his field of en-
deavor and his achievement must consti-
tute a notably outstanding contribution to
financial administration, accomplished. or
completed in Calendar Year 1976.
5. AREA OF AWARDS. Nominations for
awards are requested (see item 7) in the
area of financial management as deter-
mined by the Awards Committee. This
area may include, but is not limited to
such activities as:
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Accounting systems
Auditing
Budgeting
Accounting operations
Programming
Financial reporting
Automatic data processing
Financial management training
Performance and productivity
counting
6. GUIDELINES AND EXAMPLES OF
ACHIEVEMENT TO BE CONSIDERED. In
selecting candidates for nomination,
agencies should consider accomplish-
ments made to implement legislation de-
signed to improve financial management
planning and control techniques and
which, through better use of information,
have resulted in more efficient and eco-
nomical operations. Examples:
a. Developed a single integrated fi-
nancial management system, based on
a framework of planning and control
by activity and area of responsibility,
and utilizing costs as a basis of control
at operating levels in tandem with fund
management and control only at ap-
propriately higher levels.
b. Conducted a complete functional
analysis of agency operations, result-
ing in an approved activity account
structure, by organization unit, for
common use in budget formulation,
presentation, and execution; and iden-
tification of related quantitative data
for regular use in projection and per-
formance evaluation.
c. Developed and documented an ac-
crual accounting system in conjunc-
tion with or in contemplation of inter-
nal cost-based budgeting, designed to
serve tough effective reports the in-
formational needs of an existing or
planned integrated financial manage-
ment system.
d. Developed and initiated a com-
prehensive system for the overall audit
of major agency-wide programs.
e. Initiated or developed an automatic
data processing system to meet the
agency's financial and statistical re-
porting needs.
f. Developed a comprehensive finan-
cial management training program.
g. Conducted a comprehensive finan-
cial management study which resulted
in the establishment of more efficient
and effective management.
7. NOMINATIONS. Each nomination
should be supported by a written justifi-
cation which should cite specific exam-
ples and details. The supporting data
should be limited to facts, insofar as pos-
sible, rather than opinions or conclusions
and should not exceed two typewritten
pages. The nomination should include
the nominee's name, position, title and
grade, organizational location, residence
or post office address, education, de-
grees received and any other pertinent
information. Agencies should identify
awards made under their existing awards
program as a basis for selecting
nominees.
8. PRESENTATION. The awards will be
presented publicly at the regular meeting
of the AGA of Washington, May 12, 1977.
The award winners will be guests of
honor. As much publicity as possible will
be given award winners.
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