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PARKERSBURG – To recognize the Certified Government Financial Manager program and its accomplishments, Association of Government Accountants at the national level has declared the month of March of each year as “CGFM Month.”
The Mid-Ohio Valley AGA chapter is also declaring March 2014 as CGFM Month.
The city of Parkersburg mayor’s office has issued MOV AGA a “CGFM Month Proclamation.”
Representing the MOV AGA to receive the proclamation from Mayor Bob Newell were Resa Vavra, Michelle Yanok, Teresa Miller and Alex Evans.
The CGFM certification represents excellence in the skills needed for the broad area of government financial management and prepares government financial managers to be accountability professionals, according to a press release.
The Association of Government Accountants is a 15,000-member professional association devoted to meeting the continuing professional education needs of financial managers at all levels of government, the private sector and academia.
Since 1950, the Association of Government Accountants has been dedicated to the enhancement of public financial management. AGA serves the professional interests of financial managers, from local, state and federal governments, as well as public accounting firms, responsible for using billions of dollars and other non-monetary resources every day.
For more than 60 years, AGA has been addressing the issues and challenges facing government financial managers, a press release states. West Virginia has been instrumental in the growth of AGA and its promotion of better government financial management as well as the development and promotion of the CGFM.
The three W.Va. chapters of the association represent more than 150 members dedicated to improving financial management in federal, state and local government in West Virginia, a press release said. The Association of Government Accountants has chapters in Charleston and Beckley.
AGA is committed to government accountability, officials said, and the rigorous testing and education requirements to earn and maintain the CGFM designation.
The proclamation, which reads in part, that the CGFM provides a means of demonstrating professionalism and competency and that chapter members are making significant advances in professional ability and in service to the citizens of West Virginia by mastering increasingly technical and complex requirements.
For more information on the CGFM certification log onto www.agacgfm.org/CGFM-Certification/Overview.aspx