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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 as “CGFM Month.”
The Mid-Ohio Valley AGA chapter is also declaring March as CGFM Month. The Parkersburg Mayor’s Office issued MOV AGA a “CGFM Month Proclamation.”
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 – and remains today – an educational organization dedicated to the enhancement of public financial management, a press release states.
AGA serves the professional interests of financial managers, from local, state and federal governments, as well as public accounting firms, responsible for effectively 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. 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, according to a press release.
The three West Virginia chapters of the association represent more than 150 members dedicated to improving financial management in federal, state and local government in West Virginia. The Association of Government Accountants has chapters in the Mid-Ohio Valley, Charleston and Beckley. AGA is committed to government accountability, the organization noted, 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 both in professional ability and in service to the citizens of West Virginia by mastering increasingly technical and complex requirements.
“Government financial professionals achieving AGA’s CGFM certification objectively demonstrate knowledge and competence in the field of government financial management. CGFMs serve the public interest with ethical behavior. CGFMs commit to meet AGA’s Code of Ethics,” the organization said.
For more information on the CGFM certification log onto agacgfm.org/CGFM-Certification/Overview.aspx