The General Accounting Office is pleased to announce an audio conference that will be presented by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) addressing Update and Implications of DATA (Digital Accountability & Transparency) Act “Beyond the Beltway?”.  Building and maintaining public trust and confidence is one of the most important goals for all those that work for and with government agencies. USASpending.gov was a tremendous first step after the 2009 financial crisis, to capture federal spending information for the American taxpayer – and provide accountability and transparency for protecting public funds from fraud and abuse. The DATA ACT builds upon this foundation, to ensure enhanced availability, accuracy, and usefulness of federal spending information to help ensure government program effectiveness and mission accomplishment, which contributes to building public trust and confidence in government.

This web conference will present

• Brief recap on current status of DATA ACT, including intentions of Congress in passing Pub.L.113-101Efforts underway to improve Federal spending information, across all business areas, to include financial data standards government-wide (Federal, State, Local);
• Impact to Department of Defense, especially in procurement (initial pilot area)
• Implications at State and Local levels – the ripple effect
• What’s happening in the Financial Services/Regulatory community?

Speakers

• Christina Ho, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Accounting Policy and Financial Transparency – U. S. Department of the Treasury
• Hudson Hollister, Executive Director – Data Transparency Coalition
• LeAntha Sumpter, Deputy Director, Program Development and Implementation, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense

Learning Objective

Understand current approaches and actions underway, and their implications, to improve availability, accuracy, and usefulness of Federal spending information of the DATA Act. Transparency of information is across all business areas [acquisition/procurement, financial, human capital, logistics, IT, etc]. Of particular interest is the State and Local communities [trickle down affect] and the Department of Defense’s operationalizing of the requirement, given they are 50% of the Federal Government’s annual discretionary spending.

CPE:  Two credit hours
Field of Study:  Accounting (Governmental)
Date:  Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Time:  11:00 – 1:00 p.m. Arizona Time

AGA is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.  State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.  Therefore, please check with your State Board of Accountancy if you have any questions regarding the CPE eligibility of this course.

This audio conference offers important information to almost everyone in the accountability profession. Please share this program announcement with others in your agency. Please be advised that this presentation may have limited interest and applicability to some State agencies.  It is being offered to all State agencies as an opportunity for their employees to gain Continuing Professional Education (CPE) at no cost.  Attendance is voluntary. 

Location

Department of Administration
General Accounting Office
100 N 15th Avenue Suite 302 

Please remember to bring your State of Arizona badge to gain access through security.

**You may bring your lunch if you wish. Currently the ADOA Building does not have a cafeteria. 

Parking information

Please park on the lot north of the parking garage or the northeast corner of 15th Avenue and Adams. There are two disabled parking spaces in the visitor section of the garage and three disabled parking spaces in the northeast surface lot. These spaces are NOT restricted by the "2 Hour Visitor Parking" signs. 

Registration Information

Space is limited, so reserve your place early 

To Register

1. Visit YES.
2. Sign in with your User Name (your Employee ID Number) and your Password.
3. Click on Employee Training under the “Home” tab in the leftmost column.
4. Click on Registration by Category under the “Employee Training” tab.
5. Click on GAO Training & Events, under “Categories”.
6. Click on the course GAO060315, under "Courses".
7. Click on session number 603, under "To Register, Select a Session".

For error messages when registering, please contact [email protected] for assistance.