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A Newsletter for Government Financial ManagersSpng20         Vo.1.N..


        NJFMIP Celebrates 50th Anniversary at 29th

                          Annual Financial Management Conference
jA Joint Perspective


NeivJFMII' Steerin q
  Committee Members
  3

Property Management Systems
  Requirements Exposure Draft
  3

A CFO Fellows Perspectve
   4

Financial Management Prfile
  Yiette S. Jackson, S,
  5

JFMIP 29th Annual Cont frnece
Keynote Addresses
John Puckett   8
Sally Katzen   9
David Walker  9

CFO Council Committee
Awards
   10 - 11

Panel Session Summaries
   12- 17

FASAB Update
   23

FACTS II Testing
   25

Treasury 10th Annual
Financial Management
Confrence
   27


0ver 930 participants attended the JFMIP's
Or     '29th   Annual Financial Managemcnt
         SConference on March 14, 2000 at the
         Hilton  Washington  and  Towers in
Washington, DC.
   The thcmc of this year's conterencc was Federal
Financial   Management     for   the    21st
Ccntury-Cclcbrating JFMIP's 50 Years.  The
keynote speakers highlighted themes in technology,
human capital, and government performance and
accountability.
   The panel session speakers also shared their
perspectives on agency performance reports and
measures; accountability reporting; human capital
investment, financial systems; as well as technological
issucs such as eCommerce, using the Internet for
government sales and computer security.
   This Conference had two award ceremonies one in
the morning for the Chief Financial Officers (CFO)
Council Committee Impact Awards and the other at
the luncheon session for the Donald I. Scantlebury


Memorial Awards for distinguished leadcrship in the
public sector. JFMIP also celebrated its 50th
anniversary with a 5-tier cake and the recognition of
former JFMIP Steering Committee imembers.
   Summaries of each keynote address and panel
session can be foind in this issue of the JFMIP News.
JFMIP would like to thank all of the participants who
helped make this Conference a huge success. o


Three Honored for Distinguished Financial

Management Leadership


The Joint Financial Management Improvement
      Program (JFMIP) presented the Donald L.
      Scantlebury Memorial Award to Jorge E.
      Aponte, Director, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) of Puerto Rico; N. Anthony Calhoun,
Deputy Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (1PBGC);
and Frank W. Sullivan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Finance of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
   Annually, JFMIP gives these awards to financial
management officials who   have  demonstrated
distinguished leadership  in  achieving  financial
management improvements in the public sector. The
award honors the former Chief Accountant of the
General Accounting Officc, who left a career legacy of
improved financial management practices in the
Federal Government. The awards were presented


during the luncheon session of the JFMIP 29th Annual
Financial Management Conference on March 14, 2000
in Washington, D.C. Comptroller General David
Walker and Treasury Fiscal Assistant Secretary Donald
Hammond participated in the awards cercmony on
behalf of JFMIP. Mr. Hammond is the current
chairperson of the JFMIP Steering Committec.
   Jorge E. Aponte was recognized for his exceptional
and sustained leadership in improving financial
management in Puerto Rico. After he was appointed
the director of OMB in 1993, Mr. Aponte became the
governor's advocate for rooting out bureaucracy,
deflating bloated budgets, reenginecring work
processes and infusing information technology into
government operations. He applied his experience
from years in the private sector to Puerto Rico's public
agencies, forcing them to base their budgets on
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Spring 2000 Vol. 12. No. 1.

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