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Joint  FinancIal  Management  Improvement  Program





            (JFMP)


A Newsletter for Government Financial Managers


Spring 2001 Vol. 13 No. 01


HONORS GO TO TOP FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT

OFFICIALS


At the Scantlebury Awards ceremony are:
Jeffrey Steinhoff Kenneth Bresnahan, Lawrence
Alwin and David Walker.



       Texas, and Kenneth M. Bresnahan,
 Lawrence E Alwin,   State Auditor of
       former Chief Financial Officer of
       the U.S. Department of Labor
       (DOL), are this year's recipients of
the Donald L. Scantlebury MemorialAwards
for distinguished leadership in financial man-
agement in the public sector. The awards
were presented by David Walker, Comptrol-
ler General of the United States, U.S. Gen-
eral Accounting Office (GAO), and Jeffrey
C. Steinhoff, Managing Director, GAO. The
presentations were made during the lun-
cheon session at the JFMIP 30th Annual Fi-
nancial Management Conference on March
13,2001, in Washington, DC.

LarryAlwin was appointed by theTexas State
Legislature in 1985 to be an agent of change.


During the last 15 years, he has used this
mandate to help establish Texas' Strategic
Planning and Performance Budgeting Sys-
tem; pioneered the auditing of performance
measure accuracy; and changed the direc-
tion and work of the Texas State Auditor's
Office (SAO).The Texas' Strategic Planning
and Performance Budgeting System is a
mission and goal-driven, results-oriented sys-
tem that combines strategic planning and
performance budgeting into Texas' appro-
priation process.The State Auditor's Office
audits the accuracy of performance infor-
mation that agencies report to the Legisla-
ture. Texas is only one of a few states that
performs this type of audit. Under Larry's
leadership, these types of audits have


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