Chapter Meetings and Other Events

Monthly Luncheon Meetings
Generally 3rd Wednesday

Tax Seminar  

$1,500 Scholarship

 

2011-2012 Meeting and Conference Schedule

Date

 Event Place and Time

Speaker

Topic
Sept. 21, 2011 Luncheon Maggiano's 12:00 noon Kelli Senseman and Bill Bohannan, DCAA T&M Contract Abuses
Sept. 28, 2011 Audio Conference Wanamaker Bldg, 100 Penn Square, East, Room 524 Pamela M. Franceschi, MPA, Deputy Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, U.S. Department of Defense (Columbus, Ohio); and Matthew A. Jadacki, CGFM, CPA, Assistant Inspector General, Office of Emergency Management Oversight, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Continuous Monitoring - Management's Window to Preventing Fraud, Waste and Abuse
Oct. 19, 2011 Luncheon Maggiano's 12:00 noon Ted Gallagher , Retired Associate Regional Administrator - Division of Medicaid and Children’s Health Operations (DMCHO) for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Affordable Care Act - Affordable Care Act is probably the most significant Legislation passed by Congress since Medicare and Medicaid. It dwarfs the last change to health care, Part D. The presentation will cover the provisions, implementation and potential stumbling blocks of the Affordable Care Act at a high or big picture level. The presentation will also provide the speaker’s personal observations and perspective. 
November 2, 2011 Audio Conference Wanamaker Bldg, 100 Penn Square, East, Room 524 David R. Hancox, CGFM, CIA, Consultant, trainer and author, and the former director of state audits in the New York State Comptroller’s Office. Major Challenges to the Public Sector Auditing Profession
November 16, 2011 Luncheon Maggiano's 12:00 noon Joe D’Orsaneo  -  U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command,             Philadelphia Fraud Resident Agency.

More Contract Fraud-  Presentation will cover the role of Government auditors, investigators and attorneys in contract fraud investigations. Real case scenarios will be presented and discussed.

 

December 2, 2011 Tax Seminar Wanamaker Bldg, 100 Penn Square East, Room 509 Joe Procopio, City of Phil.Richard Furling, IRS and Joan Trump, CPA  

All Day Tax Seminar - Presentations will cover a variety of tax topics.

 
January 18, 2012 Luncheon Maggiano's 12:00 noon Luke A. Tilley, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Economic Outlook - The presentation gives an internal Federal Reserve view of the outlook of the US economy by exploring current and projected figures of GDP, employment, inflation, and other economic indicators tailored to the audience. Luke provides statistics from the Philadelphia Fed’s own research department as well as the BLS, treasury department, and FRS system wide releases to paint a picture of current economic conditions and what we might expect moving forward.
January 25, 2012 Audio Conference Wanamaker Bldg, 100 Penn Square, East, Room 524 Performance Management
February 15, 2012

Luncheon

 Maggiano's 12:00 noon Richard Furlong, IRS Tax Update
March 7, 2012 Audio Conference Wanamaker Bldg, 100 Penn Square, East, Room 524 Data Mining
March 14, 2012 

Luncheon

 Maggiano's 12:00 noon Roger Von Elm, CPA, CGFM, Partner.   CliftonLarsonAllen's

Update of Accounting & Internal Control Standards for the Public Sector – The presentation will include a discussion of current initiatives at global, federal, and state & local standard setters that will impact the financial management and related oversight activities for chapter members and their organizations.

April 18, 2012

Luncheon

 Maggiano's 12:00 noon
May 4, 2012 Professional Development Conference
May 23, 2012 Audio Conference Wanamaker Bldg, 100 Penn Square, East, Room 524 Ethics

 

Monthly Luncheon Meetings

Luncheons will be held at the Maggiano's Little Italy, 1201 Filbert Street.  The executive committee meeting precedes each luncheon at 11 a.m.  Pre-meeting refreshments are served at 11:50 a.m., and the meeting and buffet luncheon begin at noon.  Please make reservations by Friday, February 10, 12:00 noon to be included in our reservation with the restaurant. Please send an email to agaphiladelphia@comcast.net for late reservations or to cancel reservations (remember - we pay even if you don't make it!).

To make a reservation for the next luncheon, please submit the brief form below.   $15 for members and $20 for non- members will be collected at the door.  First-time attendee new members are free.  If you cannot make your reservation on-line, please send an email to agaphiladelphia@comcast.net.

Please Make a Luncheon Reservation
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$1,500 Scholarship 

The Philadelphia Chapter will award one $1,500 scholarship to a high school senior/college student who is sponsored by a Philadelphia Chapter member "in good standing."  The member does not have to be a parent of the student.  You must be a student member for at least a year to apply as a student member.

Scholarship candidates wishing to apply should meet the following criteria:

1. The student can be enrolled in any major.

2. The student must be a freshman, sophomore, junior or a senior undergraduate for the upcoming academic year.

3. The scholarship must be used for college tuition only (no room/board, books, fees, etc.).

4. The student must be classified as a full-time student as determined by the college or university regulations.

5. The student’s current GPA must be, at a minimum, 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

6. The application package must include a certified high school (for current high school seniors) or college (for current Freshmen, Sophomore and Senior undergraduates) transcript, and the name, membership number and phone number or email address of the sponsoring Chapter member.

7.  The student must submit evidence of at least one year’s participation in a community service activity.

8. The student must submit an essay describing the "Benefits of a Public Service Career."

DEADLINE: All materials must be received by April 15, 2012.

Email application materials to agaphiladelphia@comcast.net

If submitting application materials via email, please submit in text, Word or PDF files. If other formats are used, there is a possibility that the application materials may not be able to be read.  Please contact Teri Lewis via email teri.lewis@ed.gov or at 215-656-6276 if there are questions when submitting applications online. 

OR

Mail all application materials to:

Association of Government Accountants

Philadelphia Chapter

ATTN: College Scholarship Application

P.O. Box 17584

Philadelphia, PA 19105-7584

 

Tax Seminar - 

Last  year's tax seminar was held on Friday, December 2, 2011, just in time to earn 8 Tax CPE credits before the year end.  The seminar was held at the Wanamaker Building, Regional Training Facility, Room 509.   The session began at 8:00 AM and concluded at 4:30 PM.  This year's speakers will be Joe Procopio, City of Philadelphia,  Joan Trump, CPA and Rich Furlong from the IRS. The seminar covered tax updates that every practitioner should be aware of going into tax season. The seminar was FREE to members and only $75 for non-members. 

 

AGA - Philadelphia Chapter

Attention:  Tax Seminar Registration

P.O. Box 17584

Philadelphia Pa   19105-7584

 

Tax Seminar Registration
Please Enter Your Last Name
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Here's 2009 information information:

The seminar was FREE to members and only $75 for non-members.  Last  year's speakers were Rich Furlong from the IRS and Joan Trump, CPA, who spoke on the following topics:

Morning Session Topic - Joan Trump, CPA

Afternoon Session topics - Rich Furlong, IRS:

Last year's seminar will be held at the Wanamaker Building, Regional Training Facility, Room 509.   The session will began at 8:00 AM and concluded at 4:30 PM.