Audio Conferences

To sign-up to attend a specific audio conference contact rachel.swartz@dfas.mil or diana.sponseller@dfas.mil

Particiaption in these conerences is free to Chapter members

» November 12 – The role that Soft Internal Controls plays in an organization.

View "soft controls" in a way that goes beyond current accepted models.
Hear why soft controls are a required component of effective management
and what has made them so difficult to implement. Learn how certain
research on employee motivation suggests using soft controls to
recognize opportunities to improve organization performance. Discover
why "soft controls" may be a misnomer and explore the concept of
"behavioral controls" as a better way to detect and prevent the
opportunity for fraud to occur.
 
Presenters:

Mark B. Mitchell, MBA, CGFM, CIA,
Audit Director, New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority, and Michael L. Piazza, MBA, Director of Program Development and Training for the Institute of Internal Controls.

» December 10 – 21st Century Financial Managers: New Mix of Skills and Education Levels

2009

» January 21 – How XBRL Can Enable Improved Financial and Performance Reporting

» February 11 – Fraud

» March 11 – Internal Controls

» April 8 – Auditing

Chapter News

***** OHIO VS. MICHIGAN CHALLENGE *****

WE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED!

POC: Kortney Whiteman
Kortney.whiteman@dfas.mil
614-693-0553
3C-108

The AGA Ohio/Michigan Regional Vice president, Lori Mikesell, has
challenged the AGA chapters in Ohio and Michigan to a food challenge.
The chapters from the two states are competing to see which state can
raise the most pounds of food to support their local food pantries.

This challenge coincides with the OHIO STATE VS. MICHIGAN football
rivalry being held Saturday, November 22.

The food challenge will run Saturday, November 1 through Friday,
November 21. The winner will be declared Monday, November 24.

Drop Off Locations:
Beth Winsor             2B-225
Kortney Whiteman        3C-108 (NOTE: location just recently
changed)
Fon Holloway            2A-013 (please call 3-6607 before dropping off)

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Chapter Newsletter

The latest issue of The Federal Focus is now available online. Please be certain to check it out.

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New Members

During the past several months the following people have joined our chapter:

Marion Brown -DFAS---- Sponsor: Lyndsey Foell
David Bush -DFAS------- Sponsor: Ben Novotny, CGFM
Carla Derespiris -DFAS---Sponsor: Lyndsey Foell
Terri Hilton -DFAS------- Sponsor: Keeley Hankinson
Jenna Joyce -DFAS------ Sponsor: Lyndsey Foell
Steven Kraus -DFAS----- Sponsor: James Cox
Iris Quezada -DFAS------ Sponsor: Yoely Perez
Lindsay Schifano -DFAS-- Sponsor: Lyndsey Foell
Kim Spain -DFAS---------Sponsor: Robert Bentz
Marcus Vance -DFAS---- Sponsor: Lyndsey Foell
Victor Wallace -DFAS---- Sponsor: Jennifer Hurles

Please be sure to give them a warm welcome to the AGA and the Greater Columbus Chapter the next time you see them.

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See our introductory material for new members

Click on the link below to see =>

New Member Brochures-2008

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Our Chapter Committee goals/plans for the year.

To see their proposals Click here.

If you have suggestions regarding the plans please contact the respective committee members.

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