Innovation and Resilience

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1 109th Aual Coferece Iovatio ad Resiliece May 31 Jue 3, 2015 Philadelphia, Pesylvaia Register early ad save!

2 2 A Must-Atted Evet Joi fellow fiace professioals to gai practical advice ad lear effective techiques to meet the cotiuig challeges facig the public ad private sector. Top reasos to atted Mix ad match techical sessios to best fit your fiacial maagemet traiig eeds. Sessios cover topics o accoutig, auditig, ad fiacial reportig; budgetig; capital plaig ad ecoomic developmet; debt maagemet; fiacial maagemet; pesio ad beefit admiistratio; ad treasury ad ivestmet maagemet; Precoferece semiars o topics vitally importat to fiace officers; A uparalleled opportuity to ear cotiuig professioal educatio (CPE) credits; Geeral sessios featurig atioally recogized speakers o topics of iterest to public fiace professioals; A exhibit hall offerig a wealth of practical solutios to a broad rage of professioal challeges; ad Social evets that create a uique opportuity to build relatioships ad etwork with peers from across the coutry ad aroud the world. Select from precoferece semiars, cocurret sessios, ad discussio groups to customize your ow educatioal curriculum. Participate i half-day precoferece semiars begiig the afteroo of Friday, May 29, 2015, through Saturday, May 30, Precoferece semiars will take place at the Pesylvaia Covetio Ceter, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pesylvaia Cocurret sessios will begi at 1:30 p.m. o Suday, May 31, 2015, ad coclude at 12:10 p.m. o Wedesday, Jue 3, The sessios will be held at the Pesylvaia Covetio Ceter, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pesylvaia

3 3 Table of Cotets Coferece Overview...4 Program Precoferece Semiars Welcome Receptio ad Closig Evet...9 Registratio...10 Logistics...11 Where to Stay i Philadelphia...12 GFOA Official Hotels ad Area Map...13 Tours ad About Philadelphia...14 More GFOA Iformatio...15 GFOA Coferece Registratio Form...Isert Hotel Reservatio Form...Isert Joi the GFOA ad take advatage of membership discout savigs o this year s coferece registratio fee. Already a member? Ecourage your colleagues to joi whether they re i the public or private sector: add members to your govermet s existig membership or itroduce your peers who are iterested i public fiace but practicig i the private sector to joi as a associate member. Go to to read about GFOA member beefits ad to dowload a membership applicatio today! First-time aual coferece attedee scholarships The GFOA strives to provide leadership to the govermet fiace professio through educatio, research, ad best practices. Nowhere are these efforts more apparet tha at the GFOA aual coferece. To keep with our commitmet, the GFOA Executive Board is pleased to aouce: 50 scholarships will be awarded per state or provice i the amout of the full-coferece registratio fee to first-time coferece attedees who are GFOA active govermet members. We ecourage you to take advatage of this opportuity. To lear more about this opportuity ad to apply, please firstaualcoferece@gfoa.org.

4 4 Coferece Overview Coferece Overview Thousads of public fiace professioals gather each year for this three-day coferece to share ideas, develop techical ad maagerial skills, view ew products, ad etwork with peers. I order to meet the eeds of our coferece attedees, we did ot icrease registratio fees this year. (For more iformatio, go to page 10. The fee amouts are listed o the coferece registratio form isert.) Take advatage of the followig uparalleled opportuities at the GFOA aual coferece: precoferece semiars offered o Friday ad Saturday cocurret sessios from Suday through Wedesday welcome receptio o Suday ight geeral sessios o Moday ad Tuesday morigs closig evet o Tuesday ight discussio groups held throughout the coferece Precoferece semiars, coferece sessios, ad exhibits will be held at the Pesylvaia Covetio Ceter. Watch for the latest details o all coferece evets. Program The aual coferece presets geeral sessios o Moday ad Tuesday morigs that feature recogized leaders i the govermet fiace professio ad offers cocurret sessios that address topical issues i govermet fiace. Our coferece attracts attedees who strive to improve curret practices ad who see iovatio as the key to high performace govermet. They brig a willigess to share ideas ad experieces as well as a readiess to broade their thikig. Cocurret Sessios Create your ow curriculum from amog cocurret sessios over three days. Sessios will cover the followig fields of study: accoutig, auditig, ad fiacial reportig budgetig capital plaig ad ecoomic developmet debt maagemet fiacial maagemet pesio ad beefit admiistratio treasury ad ivestmet maagemet

5 5 Program Atted the GFOA Coferece GFOA s coferece program will feature a broad rage of sessios coverig all aspects of state ad local govermet fiace, with somethig for everyoe! Speakers will iclude leadig public-sector practitioers; experts from the auditig, bakig, cosultig, ad techology idustries; ad leadig academics ad researchers at the forefrot of the public fiace professio. Curret Developmets The GFOA s aual coferece offers a uiquely practical way to keep up with all the most recet developmets i public fiace, whether it be the latest i the world of govermetal accoutig ad fiacial reportig (proposed ew guidace o other postemploymet beefits ad leases, meetig the audit challege created by the latest pesio stadards, complyig with OMB s ew Super Circular ); what s ew out of Washigto (Affordable Care Act ramificatios); or advaces ad other developmets i budgetig (resiliecy/ sustaiability, lea applicatios), cash maagemet, debt ad ecoomic developmet, ad employee beefits. CPE Credits It is possible to ear up to 21 cotiuig professioal educatio (CPE) credits at the GFOA s aual coferece. Additioal CPE credits ca be eared by attedig oe or more of the GFOA s precoferece semiars. The GFOA is registered with the Natioal Associatio of State Boards of Accoutacy (NASBA) as a sposor of cotiuig professioal educatio o the Natioal Registry of CPE Sposors. State boards of accoutacy have fial authority o the acceptace of idividual courses for CPE credit. Complaits regardig registered sposors may be submitted to the Natioal Registry of CPE Sposors through its website: Natioal Registry of CPE Sposors 150 Fourth Aveue North Suite 700 Nashville, TN Cotiued

6 6 Techical Sessios Fiace officers are called upo to be techical experts, strategic thikers, resource maagers, project leaders, ad catalysts for chage ad improvemet. Beig effective i so may complex but crucial roles requires skills ad experiece, as well as traiig that is ot easily accessible. These sessios will assist fiace officers i improvig their skill set ad learig ew techiques i accoutig, auditig, ad fiacial reportig (IT-related iteral cotrol, improved iteral auditig, fraud detectio techiques); budgetig ad forecastig (grats maagemet, program budgetig); capital fiacig (asset maagemet, debt admiistratio); treasury ivestmet maagemet (ivestmet policies, reveue collectios); ad pesio admiistratio. Leadership Developmet Fiace officers are icreasigly regarded as orgaizatioal leaders. GFOA s coferece is a place to fie tue your existig leadership skills ad make yourself more valuable to your orgaizatio. Sessios are desiged for both experieced leaders ad those lookig to advace i their career (coflict maagemet, team leadership, improved commuicatio skills). Networkig GFOA s coferece also offers multiple opportuities to coect ad etwork with peers from your ow area as well as from across the Uited States ad Caada. Those opportuities will iclude focused etworkig sessios o specific topics ad the uique challeges faced by very large ad very small govermets. Watch for detailed sessio iformatio

7 7 Precoferece Semiars The GFOA s precoferece semiars provide the opportuity for attedees to get i-depth traiig o topics vitally importat to fiace officers. Come to Philadelphia a day or two early ad multiply the beefits you ll get by sigig up for these added traiig offerigs. Precoferece sessios will be held at the Pesylvaia Covetio Ceter 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pesylvaia Takig a afteroo sessio o Friday or Saturday? A afteroo sack will be available i your sessio room. Takig a morig sessio o Saturday? A cotietal breakfast will be available i your sessio room. Takig both a morig ad afteroo sessio o Saturday? Ejoy a cotietal breakfast ad afteroo sack i your sessio room, as well as a grab-ad-go luch. Friday, May 29, 2015 Best Practice Treds i Public-Sector Procuremet 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 4 CPE Credits New techology, process improvemet, ad focus o outcomes have eabled may orgaizatios to evolve their procuremet fuctio. This semiar will cover ew best practices i purchasig based o the Priciples ad Practices of Public Sector Procuremet ( resources developed by the Natioal Istitute of Govermetal Purchasig. Speakers will discuss how to itegrate the best practices ito high-performig fiace orgaizatios to create policies ad processes aroud lease-purchase decisio makig, the evaluatio process, performace-based cotractig, cooperative cotracts, outsourcig, ad more. Strategic Plaig 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 4 CPE Credits The strategic plaig process is importat to idetifyig priorities, settig overall goals, defiig key actios, ad commuicatig to stakeholders. Oce created, the strategic pla the becomes the foudatio for may other activities, such as budgetig ad fiacial plaig. It is importat, therefore, that the strategic pla be realistic, relevat, ad coected to or aliged with other plaig processes. Whe doe correctly, strategic plaig ca be a ivaluable tool for the fiace officer. This semiar will cover how to develop ad facilitate a effective strategic plaig process that ca be used to guide decisio makig. Attedees will lear practical techiques, icludig how to ivolve the correct stakeholders, properly evaluate opportuities ad risks, develop goals, ad track results. Cotiued

8 8 Precoferece Semiars Saturday, May 30, 2015 Evolutio of Fiacial Trasparecy 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 4 CPE Credits To be effective, fiacial trasparecy eeds to reach a wide audiece ad provide useful iformatio to the public about the ways resources are used ad decisios are made. This kid of iformatio typically requires a govermet to go beyod postig its CAFR or budget documet olie to iclude creative use of olie tools, strategic commuicatios, ad other iovative public outreach methods. A more iformed public ca help provide govermet with may beefits from greater public participatio ad egagemet, to improved trust, to eablig collaboratio to help solve challeges. Atted this semiar to hear case studies, lessos leared, tips, ad effective strategies from leadig practitioers who have developed iovative methods of takig a ofte complex subject matter to a wide audiece. Topics discussed will iclude how to uderstad your audiece, how to reach differet segmets of the populatio, how much it costs to be trasparet, how to get started, ad if it is possible to be too trasparet. Ifrastructure Fiace 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 4 CPE Credits State ad local govermets eed large ivestmets i ifrastructure to maitai ad replace agig (ad i may cases outdated) roads, bridges, tuels, utility lies, ad ports, ad to build ew assets to meet future demads. This semiar will provide guidace o how to prepare for ad maage a effective capital fiacig fuctio focused o ifrastructure. Topics covered will iclude capital plaig, determiig retur o ivestmet for capital expeditures, capital fiace strategies, the curret capital fiace eviromet, how to leverage public-private parterships, ad use of alterative fudig strategies. Security i a IT Eviromet 1:00 5:00 p.m. 4 CPE Credits As IT applicatios icreasigly utilize the cloud ad orgaizatios rely more heavily o the web to deliver services, fiace officers must be aware of the associated security cocers. This semiar is desiged to help govermets differetiate myth from reality whe makig decisios ad maagig the busiess side of IT security related to fiace. Speakers will discuss how to develop security policies, develop a overall IT risk maagemet framework, implemet procedures to address commo vulerabilities, ad moitor or audit the effectiveess of the security strategy.

9 9 Welcome Receptio Suday, May 31, :00 8:00 pm The Frakli Istitute 222 North 20th Street Philadelphia, PA All attedees ad guests are welcome! Philadelphia s #1 atteded museum As a GFOA coferece attedee, we ivite you to experiece oe of Philadelphia s top tourist attractios i a exclusive after-hours evet. Fouded i hoor of America s first scietist, Bejami Frakli, The Frakli Istitute is oe of America s oldest ad premier ceters of sciece educatio. While the museum will remai closed to the geeral public, GFOA coferece attedees ad their guests will receive complimetary geeral admissio to the museum ad access to the may iteractive exhibitios icludig: Your Brai a 18-foot-tall web of firig euros The Giat Heart a 2-story-tall Giat Heart Sports Challege lear the physics, biomechaics, ad material sciece of your favorite sports Frakli Air Show feel the force for flight ad prepare for takeoff Shuttle service will be provided for guests stayig i GFOA s official hotel block. Light refreshmets featurig a Taste of Philly ad beverages will be served prior to your eveig dier plas. Closig Evet Tuesday, Jue 2, :00 10:30 pm Pesylvaia Covetio Ceter 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA Come joi us for a ight of food, fu, ad etertaimet! After several days of eergetic sessios ad ivigoratig discussios, we ivite you to relax ad ejoy the eveig before headig back to your hometow. The GFOA is puttig together a evet full of good food ad lively music to top off your coferece experiece. Keep watch o GFOA s website for the special musical guest to be aouced. The Pesylvaia Covetio Ceter is withi walkig distace or a short shuttle ride provided from hotels withi GFOA s official housig block. Ticket price icludes buffet dier, beverages, ad etertaimet. Adults: $40.00 i advace ($50.00 o-site after May 29, 2015) Childre/tees uder 18: $15.00 i advace ($20.00 o-site after May 29, 2015) Childre uder 5: complimetary

10 10 Registratio Registratio Fees Iclude Cocurret sessios o Suday Wedesday Welcome receptio o Suday ight for delegates ad guests Geeral sessios o Moday ad Tuesday morigs Lucheos for delegates o Moday ad Tuesday Discussio groups held throughout the coferece Importat Actio Dates First discout deadlie February 17, 2015 Secod discout deadlie April 7, 2015 Full registratio fee required April 8, 2015 Cofirmatios A copy of the cofirmatio ad ivoice will be set as a PDF attachmet via from traiig@gfoa.org. Please add this address to your allowed seders list. Registratio Fee Discouts Take advatage of the followig discouts. This is a great way to save whe sedig juior staff i your office. Receive a 10 percet discout o your coferece registratio fee if Register olie at or fill out the form i this brochure ad mail or fax it to the GFOA, fax: (312) , or sca the completed registratio form ad it to coferece@gfoa.org. Phoe registratios caot be accepted. Check the registratio discout dates ad save moey by registerig early. three or more people from your jurisdictio register together (registratios must be submitted together). This discout does ot apply to precoferece semiars. Qualify for the early registratio fee discouts. Paymet must be received by the deadlie dates listed i this brochure. Joi the GFOA today ad receive $25 off the coferece registratio fee with a paid ew membership. Guest Registratio There is o registratio fee for guests or childre, but they must be preregistered. Guests will be admitted to the Suday Welcome Receptio ad durig desigated hours of the exhibit hall. Coferece sessios ad the lucheos o Moday ad Tuesday are ot ope to guests ad childre. Substitutios (Govermet etities oly) A oe-for-oe substitutio of a omember for a active member is allowed. If your orgaizatio has a curret GFOA member o the staff who is ot attedig coferece, a omember may atted i his or her place at the lower member rate. Please provide the ame or the membership umber of the GFOA member. Cacellatio ad Refud Policy April 17, 2015 No fee for cacellatios received before this date. April 18, 2015 Cacellatios postmarked betwee April 18 May 11 will be refuded, less a 25 percet service fee. May 12, 2015 Cacellatios postmarked after May 12 but by May 26 will be refuded, less a 50 percet service fee. May 26, 2015 No refuds will be issued this date forward.

11 11 Logistics Airlie Discout Codes There are more tha 1,000 daily ostop flights to Philadelphia. The followig airlies service the Philadelphia Iteratioal Airport. Air Caada Air Tra Alaska America/US Air British Delta Frotier Southwest Spirit Uited Virgi The GFOA has arraged for additioal discouts with the followig airlies: Meetig ID NMKCP Whe bookig olie, select Meetig Evet Code ad eter the Meetig ID i the box provided o the advaced search flight page. Z-code ZTMJ Agreemet code To book travel olie, eter the Z Code ad Agreemet Code (eg. ZTMJ117459) i the offer code box. Amtrak Trai Acela Express Acela Express offers hourly service dowtow to dowtow durig peak morig ad afteroo rush hours betwee New York, Washigto, DC, Baltimore, ad Philadelphia. Public Trasportatio Southeaster Pesylvaia Trasportatio Authority (SEPTA) mass trasit travels from the Philadelphia Iteratioal Airport to Ceter City. The ride is approximately 25 miutes ad leaves at 30-miute itervals. A oe-way fare is $7.00. Retal Car Phoe Hertz.com CV# 04SJ0003 Taxi Services Taxi services ca be accessed at the Philadelphia Iteratioal Airport. All taxi rates are based per trip, ot per perso. There is a $28.50 flat rate from the airport to the Cetral Philadelphia area. This area ecompasses: Fairmout Aveue (most Norther poit), South Street (most Souther poit), Delaware River (most easter poit), ad Uiversity City/38th Street (most Wester poit). Ay destiatio that falls withi these boudaries is eligible for the Ceter City flat rate. All taxis accept credit cards. For additioal iformatio, cotact the Groud Trasportatio hotlie at Shuttle Service Express Airport Shuttle $9.00 per perso (shared ride) Weather From the aual Cherry Blossom Festival kickig off every sprig to the hudreds of outdoor cafes through the summer moths, there's always somethig to do i Philadelphia. Average May-Jue Temperatures: High 73, Low 53

12 12 Where to Stay i Philadelphia Reserve your room i GFOA s official hotel block ad you ll have a great opportuity to etwork with other coferece attedees outside the covetio ceter. The official coferece hotels are withi walkig distace of the covetio ceter. (Courtesy shuttles will be offered as a additioal optio from select hotels.) The GFOA will provide roud-trip courtesy shuttles betwee all GFOA official hotels ad the Suday ight welcome receptio. Guarateeig Your Room Reservatio Experiet is the Official Housig Provider for the GFOA 109th Aual Coferece. The GFOA has worked diligetly with the hotels i Philadelphia to establish room blocks for attedees ad exhibitors. Improper solicitatio of hotel reservatios from ay compay or housig provider other tha Experiet is ot approved by the GFOA. Reservatios made by uaffiliated orgaizatios may appear to be for lower rates, however, they may be illegitimate, have ureasoable cacellatio or chage pealties, or be completely o-refudable. Please be aware of, ad report ay uauthorized solicitatio to the GFOA. Reservatios will be processed o a first-come, first served basis. A hotel is assiged i order of your preferece, as available, or closest to evet if ot available. You ca expect to receive a cofirmatio withi two busiess days of bookig your room reservatio. If you have ot received your ackowledgemet by Wedesday, April 29, 2015, please cotact the GFOA Housig Departmet at GFOA@experiet-ic.com or (iteratioal callers ). A major credit card umber valid util Jue 2015 or later or a check for oe ight s room ad tax (add 15.5% tax) is required to secure a reservatio. Credit cards are for guaratee oly ad are ot charged to hold reservatios. A charge of oe ight s room ad tax will be charged or forfeited o reservatios that do ot arrive (o-show) ad were ot cacelled before 72 hours of arrival. Early departures after check-i are subject to pealty fees set by hotel. Checks must be received by April 29, 2015, ad must be made payable to Experiet/GFOA Housig. Reservatios idicatig a deposit guaratee, for which o check has bee submitted, are subject to cacellatio. Please base the amout of the check o the rate at the hotel of your first preferece. Note: Istitutioal purchase orders are NOT accepted. Cacellatios withi 72 hours of arrival will forfeit oe ight s room ad tax. Refuds to those who guarateed accommodatios with a check deposit will be mailed after the ed of the evet. Housig Policies The lowest available room rates at evet hotels have bee specially egotiated. Other bookig chaels are cotiuously moitored to track dow rival rates. Iteret: Use Experiet s olie system to simplify your group/block bookig ad reserve your rooms i real-time with a immediate cofirmatio. Log o to ad look for the housig lik. Phoe: 8:00 am 5:00 pm CST, Mo - Fri (Domestic) (Iteratioal callers) Mail: Reserve by mail: Experiet/GFOA Housig 5202 Presidet s Court Frederick, MD Fax: GFOA@experiet-ic.com Chages ad Cacellatios Cacellatios withi 72 hours of arrival will be charged oe ight s room ad tax. Room Requests Use the grid o the eclosed housig reservatio form to idicate your room type(s) ad umber of rooms you are requestig per ight. Eter your hotel choices i order of preferece. For more space, attach a additioal page, or log o to where you ca easily make your group bookig through Experiet s olie system. Please idicate ay special eeds.

13 13 GFOA Official Hotels ad Area Map Limited Hotel Govermet Rate Group Rate Sigle/Double Sigle/Double 1. Philadelphia Marriott Dowtow -- $232/$ Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Dowtow -- $222/$ Doubletree by Hilto Hotel Philadelphia Ceter City -- $189/$ Embassy Suites Philadelphia Ceter City -- $179/$ Four Poits by Sherato Philadelphia Ceter City $ Hampto I Philadelphia Ceter City $155 $ Hilto Garde I Philadelphia Ceter City $ Holiday I Express Philadelphia Midtow -- $155/$ Home2 Suites Philadelphia Ceter City $ Le Meridie Philadelphia $171 $ Loews Philadelphia Hotel -- $204/$ Radisso Blue Warwick Hotel -- $ Sherato Philadelphia Dowtow $ Sofitel Philadelphia -- $ Soesta Hotel Philadelphia -- $155 Rates are per room per ight. A 15.5% state ad city tax will be added to the room rate. Taxes are subject to chage. All hotels are withi a 10- to 15-miute walk to the covetio ceter. The GFOA will provide courtesy roud-trip shuttle service from the followig hotels to the covetio ceter: Doubletree by Hilto Hotel Philadelphia Ceter City, Embassy Suites Philadelphia Ceter City, Holiday I Express Philadelphia Midtow, Radisso Blue Warwick Hotel, Sherato Philadelphia Dowtow, Sofitel Philadelphia, ad Soesta Hotel Philadelphia.

14 14 Tours Whether it is beig home to the atio s first Capital, beig home to the Cotietal Army durig a turig poit i the Revolutioary War, or beig home to oe of the world s largest gardes, Philadelphia is a city steeped i rich history, culture, arts, ad etertaimet. Come ad experiece the Best of Philly o a fu ad memorable tour which is sure to be oe step ahead of the rest! Tours will be offered o Saturday through Tuesday ad will iclude: Historic Philadelphia: Birthplace of a Natio River to River Eveig River to River Logwood Gardes Eveig Cadlelight Stroll Valley Forge Pesylvaia Dutch A Taste of Philly Rights ad Wrogs Philadelphia i High Style For more iformatio or to reserve a spot, visit or at ifo@cetipedetourspa.com. Osite registratio will be available; however, space is limited. About Philadelphia Welcome to Philadelphia, where big-city excitemet meets eighborhood charm. The secod-largest city o the East Coast, Philadelphia is at the ceter of the Northeast Corridor ad withi a day s drive of 40 percet of the U.S. populatio. Made famous as the birthplace of life, liberty ad the pursuit of happiess, the city s stregth is i the culturally diverse eighborhoods that merge to create a uique ad dyamic destiatio. Liste to the souds of Philadelphia o the Aveue of the Arts at the ew Kimmel Ceter for the Performig Arts. Taste the distictiveess of world-reowed chefs creatios at restaurats located o Rittehouse Row or i Old City. Relive history at America s most historic square mile, Idepedece Mall, home to the Liberty Bell, Idepedece Hall, ad the Natioal Costitutio Ceter. Feel the pulse of the city through tourig its eighborhoods such as South Philadelphia s 125-year-old Italia Market or the stately historic homes o Delacey Street i Old City. Philadelphia is also home to the world s largest ladscaped urba park, Fairmot Park. Withi Fairmot s 9,200 acres of widig creeks, gree meadows, ad 100 miles of rustic trails are early America masios, historic ladmarks, outdoor sculptures, ad ope-air theatres. Also located withi Fairmot Park is America s first zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo. More tha 1,300 aimals from aroud the world, picturesque Victoria gardes, outstadig art, ad historical architecture set the scee for a rewardig visit to the zoo. For more iformatio about Philadelphia, go to

15 15 More GFOA Iformatio About the GFOA For over a cetury, the GFOA has bee dedicated to ehacig the professioal maagemet of govermets for the public beefit. The associatio s more tha 18,000 members rely upo the GFOA to provide timely iformatio, practical educatioal opportuities, high quality professioal publicatios, ad the latest iformatio o best practices. Membership Stay curret with developmets ad treds i the govermet fiace professio by uitig with GFOA s membership. Go to to lear more about membership beefits ad to dowload a applicatio ad fee schedule. JOIN NOW ad receive $25 OFF your coferece registratio fee with a paid ew membership! Add the ew membership fee directly to the eclosed coferece registratio form. The, fax or mail us the membership applicatio that is posted o Questios? membership@gfoa.org. Awards for Recogitio The GFOA has established several highly regarded awards programs to ecourage ad assist state ad local govermets of all types ad sizes to improve the quality of their fiacial maagemet ad to recogize their achievemet: Iovatios i public fiace Awards for Excellece i Govermet Fiace (AwardsforExcellece@gfoa.org) Budgetig Distiguished Budget Presetatio Awards Program (budgetawards@gfoa.org) Fiacial reportig Award Program for Small Govermet Cash Basis Reports (cashbasis@gfoa.org) Caadia Award for Fiacial Reportig (cafr@gfoa.org) Certificate of Achievemet for Excellece i Fiacial Reportig (cafrprogram@gfoa.org) Popular Aual Fiacial Reportig Award (pafr@gfoa.org) Help improve your govermet s fiacial maagemet become a participat or reviewer today! Custom Research ad Cosultig Services Is your govermet faced with a questio or challegig issue? The GFOA has coducted customized, cotracted research projects o a variety of topics, from health-care cost cotaimet, to zero-based budgetig, to use of short-term debt fiacig for capital projects. To discuss a specific questio or topic with the GFOA, research@gfoa.org. GFOA s Research ad Cosultig Ceter has provided advisory services to hudreds of local, couty, ad state govermets; public utilities; school districts; trasit authorities ad other special districts. GFOA cosultig services focus o busiess process improvemet, log-term fiacial plaig, budgetig, ad plaig ad procuremet assistace for techology projects icludig eeds aalysis, RFP developmet, requiremets defiitio, system selectio, ad cotract egotiatios for fiacial maagemet, huma resource, payroll, ad other admiistrative systems. For more iformatio, please cotact cosultig@gfoa.org. Federal Govermet Relatios The GFOA works to keep members iformed o federal legislatio, regulatios, judicial actios, ad policies that affect public fiace fuctios ad to represet the iterests of GFOA i Washigto, DC. The GFOA collects, aalyzes, ad dissemiates iformatio to GFOA members ad provides policymakers with iformatio o GFOA positios. To lear more or make suggestios about the GFOA s Washigto activities, FederalLiaiso@gfoa.org. Publicatios Whether you are ew to the fiace professio or a career vetera, you ll fid publicatios at every level to fit your maagemet eeds. Visit for GFOA s latest publicatios ad to dowload a order form. You may place your order olie at GFOA s e-store. Iterested i receivig quatity discouts? publicatios@gfoa.org. Traiig Opportuities The GFOA provides professioal developmet traiig opportuities to state ad local govermet fiace practitioers. I additio to the aual coferece, traiig courses are preseted as basic, itermediate, advaced, update, or overview ad rage i legth from oe day to week-log immersio courses. Take part i CPE-accredited group-live courses or ejoy the coveiece of traiig at your desktop with our group Iteret-based semiars ad live-streamig courses. Watch for excitig ew traiig aoucemets ad details. Questios? traiig@gfoa.org.

16 Register Early GFOA Philadelphia Checklist q Register for coferece q Register for precoferece semiars q Purchase your tickets to GFOA s Closig Evet q Reserve your hotel room from GFOA s official block of rooms q Make your travel arragemets Govermet Fiace Officers Associatio 203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2700 Chicago, Illiois Noprofit U.S. Postage PAID Chicago, IL Permit No AND SAVE!