Young Government Leaders is now part of Combined Federal Campaign!

01/26/2010 - CFC donations will fund Awards and Scholarship programs to educate, inspire, and transform young public servants with training and leadership classes, conferences, and professional development certifications.

YGL-CFC Code Number: 38096

SPEAKER

01/26/2010 - Sefton Boyars is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Government Financial Manager and a Certified Fraud Specialist. During his 35-year career, Mr. Boyars worked for a variety of federal government audit agencies and a California county.

  • * Mr. Boyars is a member of the California CPA Society and its statewide Government Accounting and Auditing Committee.
  • * Mr. Boyars was the Department of Education's Regional Inspector General for Audit in Regions IX and X for sixteen years.
  • * Mr. Boyars served on the Qualifications Committee of the California State Board of Accountancy for three years.
  • * Mr. Boyars is a past Chair of the Western Intergovernmental Audit Forum and often served as chair or co-chair of its subcommittees and roundtables.
  • * Mr. Boyars is a past President of the San Francisco chapter of the Association of Government Accountants.

Hosted by Government Educator Audio Conferences, this audio conference gives you the opportunity to add immediate, money-saving impact to your work environment that is: FAST - No wasted time here. Get right to the heart of the matter in a 1-hour block designed to easily fit into your busy schedule.

CONVENIENT - No airlines. No travel. No time out of the office. Listen from the comfort and convenience of your desk.

EASY - A telephone is all the equipment you need. Just dial in, punch in your access code, and you're in. That's it. Follow along with the audio conference handouts provided in advance.

ACTIONABLE - Our audio conferences provide money-saving tactics you can start using right when you hang up the phone.

IDEAL FOR MULTIPLE LISTENERS - Use a speakerphone and as many people as you want can listen in - at no extra cost to you. Many professionals use these sessions as a cost-efficient, time-efficient means of training supervisors, managers, and staff and reinforcing key issues in a fresh new manner that they will remember and act on.

AFFORDABLE - Priced at $199, it is a fraction of the cost of travel and attendance fees for other high-priced conferences or seminars.

Register now for this exciting event by clicking here or calling 800-964-6033. When registering by phone please refer to your Priority Code: 14610"

Grants Management: Complying with Spending and Documentation Rules

01/26/2010 - Article - significant increases in federal funds as a result of ARRA have left many grantees concerned about future audits of expenditures. It is critical that your organization avoid severe consequences by properly following the spending and documentation rules.
Knowledge you will gain:

  • * Keys to complying with federal documentation requirements
  • * How to ensure adequate & consistent documentation of federal grant expenditures
  • * The must have documentation you need to stay compliant
  • * How your organization can avoid costly failures in documenting grant expenditures

NSPS Repealed with Signing of 2010 National Defense Authorization Act

11/11/09 - Read the news article here.

Thrift Savings Plan Updates

10/27/09 - The October 2009 issue of the TSP Highlights is available at http://www.tsp.gov/forms/highlights/high09d.pdf. This issue summarizes the changes to TSP as the result of the Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009. A new fact sheet about the legislative changes is available at http://www.tsp.gov/forms/oc09-16.pdf. The 3rd Quarter 2009 Participant Statements are available on the TSP web site at http://www.tsp.gov/curinfo/part-stmt.html.

GreenGOV Challenge

10/27/09 - The White House is sponsoring a clean energy challenge asking federal civilian and military employees to submit their ideas for "greening" their agencies. The challenge runs through Oct. 31. To submit your ideas and vote on others, go to www.wh.gov/greengov.

Free Webinar - When Data is Breached, the Law Requires You to Respond

10/21/09 - TECHquest is offering this free webinar. It is on November 2, from 1300-1400. See the following website for more details.

Federal Forgiveness

7/6/09 - "Students and young professionals interested in public service careers got a graduation gift from Congress and the federal government on Wednesday. On July 1, a new law went into effect that will help keep payments on some student loans affordable, and provide dramatic loan forgiveness to students who commit to 10 years of public service."
See http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/0709/070209pb.htm for more details.


Harrisburg YGL is on Facebook!

6/23/09 - YGL is now on Facebook! Join our group: Young Government Leaders, Harrisburg Chapter!