A proclamation: Certified Government Financial Managers Month, Mar. 3, 2015

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA

A PROCLAMATION

CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL MANAGERS MONTH

WHEREAS: WHEREAS : WHEREAS: WHEREAS :
WHEREAS: THEREFORE:

Certified Government Financial Managers (CGFMs) play a critical role in our state as they promote quality and ethics in financial management throughout government; and

CGFM certification requires a sound education background, several years of experience, and an unwavering sense of ethics. Both Georgia's State Auditor and the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts recognize the CGFM certification; and

These financial managers serve the public interest in accordance with the highest ethical principles; and

The Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants is a profess ional organization, part of the Association of Government Accountants, with approximately 260 active members representing state, federal, municipal, and private sector accountants, audits, and financial managers in Georgia; and

Georgians are fortunate to have government employees who excel in the workplace. These hardworking men and women demonstrate dependability, initiative, and practical stewardship of state resources. CGFMs play an important role among these outstanding professionals; now

I, NATHAN DEAL, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim the month of March 2015 as CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL MANAGERS MONTH in Georgia and encourage all Georgians to recognize the importance of CGFMs to efficiency and effectiveness in government financial management.

In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the

Executive Department to be affixed this 3rd day of March in the year of our

Lord two thousand fifteen.

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GOVERNOR

ATTEST