1. General title AGA and Citizen Centric Reporting

2. General paragraph Vision – premier association for advancing government accountability Mission - AGA serves government accountability professionals by providing quality education, fostering professional development and certification, and supporting standards and research to advance government accountability.

3. General paragraph AGA Demographics Employers Members by Profession

4. General title AGA Focus Areas Accountability Certification Education and Research Citizen Centric

5. General title Citizen Centric Reporting Citizens have a right to an understanding of how governments are spending their money and if it is being efficient and effective. Current reporting is too cumbersome for the average citizen. How can AGA contribute to a solution? It is our responsibility as financial managers!

6. General title Citizen Centric Reporting Four Page Citizen Focused Report Taskforce members develop Content Guidelines and draft prototype report League of Women Voters Support Sloan Foundation Grant Support

7. General paragraph Resources Available: Content Guidelines Design Guidelines Media and Communications Templates Completed Reports Constructing A Report Doesn’t take a Super Human Effort!

8. General paragraph Page 1 o Strategic Objectives - What we’re required to do o Demographic information Page 2 o Notable Accomplishments - top services o Performance metrics (non-financial) for services Page 3 o Revenues and Expenses - pie charts Page 4 o What’s Next? Future Challenges? o Infrastructure items Content Guidelines – What to Include

9. General paragraph Page 1 Example: What are we required to do? Population, Per capita income, # of gov’t workers How the government is setup

10. General paragraph Page 2 Example: Ask what performance metrics do you want to see included? Report on 3 - 4 key services (non-financial outcomes) - Compare to previous years Go to website for more information

11. General paragraph Page 3 Example: Include similar statement – re: audit Use Pie Charts - compare to previous years Complete financial information can be found on website Costs/Revenues for servicing citizens

12. General paragraph Page 4 Example: Include similar statement - feedback Report on 3 - 4 major challenges facing community Include contact name

13. General paragraph Completed Reports AGA Columbus Metropolitan Library City of Carmel, Indiana City of Lawrence, Indiana State of Indiana Maricopa County, Arizona City of Portland, Oregon State of Oregon City of Saco, Maine Washington D.C.

14. General paragraph Completed Reports Village of Los Lunas, New Mexico TN Comptroller of the Treasury Office of Management Services, Comptroller of the Treasury, State of Tennessee City of Virginia Beach, Virginia Saint Louis County, Minnesota State of Nevada City of Tallahassee, Florida U.S. Coast Guard

15. General paragraph Others Working On A Report U.S. Department of Defense Denali Commission City of Phoenix, Arizona Albany, New York State of Arizona City of Schenectady, New York Strong Interest from Many Others Your Government Here!

16. General paragraph “On the plane back from Nashville, I read AGA's Citizen-Centric report. I was impressed and enjoyed reading it. It was the quickest and easiest to read and most informative and comprehensive presentation of AGA that I have ever seen.” Harold I. Steinberg, CGFM, CPA AGA Member for 33 Years

17. General paragraph “One thought that occurred to me is that the gold standard for accountability reporting ought to be citizen-centric. If you are doing anything else that is great but report to your citizens at a base level and give them the path to more info if that is what you have and they want. The great thing about a citizen-centric report is you can just about publish July 1 because you don’t have to do a superhuman effort to put a report together and wait for auditors.” Thomas J. Sadowski, CGFM, CPA AGA Past National President and Past National Treasurer AGA Member for 31 Years

18. General chart www.agacgfm.org Please let us know what you think about this initiative! Contact Susan Fritzlen at sfritzlen@agacgfm.org and/or 1.800.242.7211.