Financial and Management Services was awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Report by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.  This was the 24th consecutive year that the County has received this prestigious award.  The Certificate of Achievement is a national award recognizing conformance with the highest standards for preparation of state and local government financial reports.  In order to receive the award, the County had to publish an easily readable and efficiently organized CAFR, whose contents conformed to program standards and satisfied both generally accepted accounting principles and applicable legal requirements.

 

The OA4 recognizes agencies that lead the public procurement profession through the implementation of best practices. The accreditation demonstrates excellence in procurement through the accomplishment of rigorous standards and best practices.  The program is founded on a self-evaluation process using the NIGP Agency Accreditation Criteria Form, which requires substantial documentation to demonstrate best practices used by the entity. Agencies meeting the minimum requirements are OA4-accredited for three years. Montgomery County became the 79th entity in the nation to receive the accreditation on Oct. 27, 2004, and has been reaccredited through 2010.