Sunday, June 9, 2024 - Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) will host its 118th Annual Conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. All times are local ET.
When: June 9–12, 2024
Where: Orlando, FL
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The Alliance for Smarter School Spending Fall Meeting is a group of 100-plus school districts working on implementing GFOA's Best Practices in School Budgeting. The Alliance first met in 2015 and includes a diverse group of districts from across the United States. The annual meeting of the Alliance includes senior staff from academic and finance learning, sharing and networking with their peers from other districts to improve their budgeting and planning processes. Topics covered at... Details
When: October 17–18, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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Accountants and auditors new to the public sector must immediately face the daunting challenge of familiarizing themselves with the highly specialized rules, guidelines, and practices applicable to state and local governments. This intensive four-day workshop, intended for those who already possess at least a basic knowledge of private-sector accounting, combines lecture, discussion, and exercises to help newcomers make this difficult, but essential,... Details
When: April 15–18, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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Accountants and auditors new to the public sector must immediately face the daunting challenge of familiarizing themselves with the highly specialized rules, guidelines, and practices applicable to state and local governments. This intensive four-day workshop, intended for those who already possess at least a basic knowledge of private-sector accounting, combines lecture, discussion, and exercises to help newcomers make this difficult, but essential,... Details
When: July 8–11, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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Accountants and auditors new to the public sector must immediately face the daunting challenge of familiarizing themselves with the highly specialized rules, guidelines, and practices applicable to state and local governments. This intensive four-day workshop, intended for those who already possess at least a basic knowledge of private-sector accounting, combines lecture, discussion, and exercises to help newcomers make this difficult, but essential,... Details
When: August 26–29, 2024
Where: Sacramento, CA
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Virtually all state and local governments use capital assets, some of which are essentially unique to the public sector. Properly accounting for these different assets can pose a real ongoing challenge for accounting and auditing professionals. The training will furnish participants with the basic information needed to properly account for capital assets and report them in financial statements prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles... Details
When: May 15, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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The program is designed to familiarize participants with the format and contents of an annual comprehensive financial report (ACFR) prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and GFOA’s Certificate of Achievement award program criteria. Attendees will examine in detail each section of an ACFR, in order to understand the required format and necessary information to be included in each. Each training module will focus on specific sections of an ACFR and ... Details
When: September 18–19, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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The program is designed to familiarize participants with the format and contents of an annual comprehensive financial report (ACFR) prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and GFOA’s Certificate of Achievement award program criteria. Attendees will examine in detail each section of an ACFR, in order to understand the required format and necessary information to be included in each. Each training module will focus on specific sections of an ACFR and ... Details
When: December 17–18, 2024
Where: San Antonio, TX
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This seminar is designed to provide participants with a solid working knowledge of specialized accounting and financial reporting used by state and local governments for selected topics through lecture, discussion, and exercises.
When: April 10–11, 2024
Where: Minneapolis, MN
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This seminar is designed to provide participants with a solid working knowledge of specialized accounting and financial reporting used by state and local governments for selected topics through lecture, discussion, and exercises.
When: August 14–15, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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This seminar is designed to provide participants with a solid working knowledge of specialized accounting and financial reporting used by state and local governments for selected topics through lecture, discussion, and exercises.
When: December 11–12, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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The course will take a comprehensive look at the common investment instruments, including the accounting and required note disclosures for financial reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The materials will familiarize the participants with a variety of investment instruments, the purpose and the risks associated with each type of instrument, the process for valuing an investment, and the relevant accounting and note... Details
When: May 14, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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GFOA is partnering with the Utah GFOA to provide a three-day training event in Provo, UT. Attendees are able to select from days focused on accounting, grants management, and budgeting. Attend one or more sessions to receive an update on best practices, trends, and recent developments in each area. Classes will be taught by GFOA staff. This class will include Highlights from GFOA’s Accounting and Auditing Year in Review, Lease Accounting, SBITA, Expectations from GASB 100-103, and... Details
When: August 19, 2024
Where: Provo, UT
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Communication is essential for developing a local government’s budget. Planning, strategizing, and negotiating are some of the most important skills that a finance officer must employ to develop and manage a budget effectively, and good communication is at the core of mastering these skills. Throughout the budget process, finance officers are responsible for communicating complex financial and programmatic information to many different stakeholder groups, including executive... Details
When: August 28–29, 2024
Where: Sacramento, CA
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The typical government budgeting process spans many months, and individuals from all departments and levels of the organization participate. To ensure that all stakeholders support the final budget and execute it effectively, the budget process must provide for sufficient collaboration and be perceived as fair. This course, which is designed for budget managers, budget analysts or others involved in preparing a budget, will walk through a typical local government budget process, with ... Details
When: October 23, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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GFOA has approved over 200 best practice statements that serve as the foundation for financial management practices for all governments to implement. How does your government stack up to this standard and how knowledgeable are you on what defines excellence in public finance? GFOA’s Best Practice Forum provides an overview of essential best practices across all disciplines of public finance. Over the course of a week, GFOA presenters will highlight over 20 individual best practices... Details
When: July 29 – August 2, 2024
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The GFOA Budget Academy is an immersion training course that focuses on skills and techniques critical to public sector budget analyst. Using a combination of exercises, discussions, and lectures, the course will provide an overview of the budget development process, including best practices and techniques required in effective budgeting. This course covers essential elements of public sector budgeting such as goal setting, program development, revenue and expense analysis, position... Details
When: April 8–11, 2024
Where: Bloomington, MN
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The GFOA Budget Academy is an immersion training course that focuses on skills and techniques critical to public sector budget analyst. Using a combination of exercises, discussions, and lectures, the course will provide an overview of the budget development process, including best practices and techniques required in effective budgeting. This course covers essential elements of public sector budgeting such as goal setting, program development, revenue and expense analysis, position... Details
When: August 26–29, 2024
Where: Sacramento, CA
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The GFOA Budget Academy is an immersion training course that focuses on skills and techniques critical to public sector budget analyst. Using a combination of exercises, discussions, and lectures, the course will provide an overview of the budget development process, including best practices and techniques required in effective budgeting. This course covers essential elements of public sector budgeting such as goal setting, program development, revenue and expense analysis, position... Details
When: December 16–19, 2024
Where: San Antonio, TX
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Capital assets are the largest investments for most governments: from planning, to financing, to construction, to operations, maintenance, and replacement. Therefore, making generational investments and maintaining capital infrastructure in the condition necessary to preserve and enhance your community’s vitality and quality of life takes forethought and planning. This course will walk you through examples using best practices in long-range capital planning, budgeting, and asset... Details
When: September 30 – October 1, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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Registering for this product provides CPFO candidates access to the CPFO Exam Preparation materials on GFOA's Learning Management System. There is no fee to complete the order.
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GFOA is partnering with the Utah GFOA to provide a three-day training event in Provo, UT. Attendees are able to select from days focused on accounting, grants management, and budgeting. Attend one or more sessions to receive an update on best practices, trends, and recent developments in each area. Classes will be taught by GFOA staff. This class will include Planning, Budgeting, and Monitoring, The Role of the Budget Officer as Decision Architect,Overview of Fiscal First Aid,Program ... Details
When: August 21, 2024
Where: Provo, UT
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GFOA is partnering with the Utah GFOA to provide a three-day training event in Provo, UT. Attendees are able to select from days focused on accounting, grants management, and budgeting. Attend one or more sessions to receive an update on best practices, trends, and recent developments in each area. Classes will be taught by GFOA staff. This class will include Managing the Grant Lifecycle, Grant Accounting, Updates to Uniform Guidance, Tracking and Managing Grant... Details
When: August 20, 2024
Where: Provo, UT
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This course, focused on GFOA’s Best Practices in Debt Management, will help participants better understand how to develop appropriate policies and procedures for issuing debt and overall debt management. In addition to the best practices, the course will feature practical examples, details on recent federal rulemaking, including how it impacts governments, and interactive discussion on the topics of Debt Issuance, Selecting Municipal Finance Professionals, Disclosure Practices and... Details
When: April 10–11, 2024
Where: Bloomington, MN
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Participants will examine, from a state and local government perspective, each of the essential components of a comprehensive framework of internal control, along with the accompanying principles and points of focus identified in the Council of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) most recent version of Internal Control - Integrated Framework. The public-sector manager’s role in fraud prevention and detection also will be discussed. This course combines lecture, discussion, and... Details
When: September 17, 2024
Where: Chicago, IL
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