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Committee Descriptions 2008 - 2009
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Executive Committee
An Executive Committee of eight members directs the operations of the association. The members of the Executive Committee are the three officers (president, vice president, and secretary/treasurer), the immediate past president, and four other members. Elections for the Executive Committee take place at the association's business meeting held in conjunction with its annual conference in March. Other committees are either mandated by NASC's Constitution or are created by the president as the need arises.
**Advisory Committee for State Comptrollers:
Technical Activities and Functions
The 2008 edition will include both current and long-term information about the structure, policies, practices and duties of state comptrollers’ officers. In the fall, the committee will review the most recent survey instruments for both the current and long-term parts and revise as seems appropriate. We expect to use NASACT’s new survey tool for the 2008 edition. Richard Eckstrom (SC) and Lynn Vellinga (GA) are the co-chairs of this committee.
**Committee on Accounting and Financial Reporting
The CAFR is a standing committee whose members study (1) relevant exposure drafts from certain bodies that establish standards for governmental accounting and financial reporting (the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office) and (2) relevant proposed regulations from certain U.S. government agencies (the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management Service, for example). After eliciting comments from state comptrollers' offices, the CAFR deliberates the issues and, in cooperation with the National State Auditors Association, compiles responses to proposed standards or regulations on behalf of NASACT. The CAFR meets in conjunction with NASC’s annual conferences and by conference call as necessary. The co-chairs are Dianne McKay (TN) and Mike Moody (MI).
**OPEB Implementation Network
Organized in April 2006, this committee holds regularly scheduled conference calls to discussion issues and problems related to the implementation of GASB Statement No. 45, Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers for Postemployment Benefits Other Than Pensions. Members are staff from state comptrollers’ and auditors’ offices as well as staff from state pension systems and other state offices. Representatives from the GASB are usually on hand to handle questions. Eric Berman (MA) is the chair of this committee.
** Statement 51 Work Group
This new group is chaired by Herb Maguire (PA), who suggested its creation to assist state staff with the implementation of GASB Statement No. 51, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Intangible Assets. The proposal has generated considerable interest, and the work group was organized in May 2008.
Committee for the Financial Plan
The for the Financial Plan Committee reviews NASC's financial plan each year and monitors operations during the year. It is chaired by NASC’s secretary/treasurer.
**Committee on Outreach
This committee makes contact with new state comptrollers and provides them with information about NASC and NASACT. The committee also assigns to new members and organizes special events for them at NASC's annual conferences as needed. Kim Wallin (NV) chairs this committee.
**Committee on Shared Practices
For about ten years, the Committee on Innovations and Best Practices has overseen NASC's annual competition for awards for outstanding projects in state financial management. This year the committee has a new name and a new focus – not on awards, but on the sharing of projects and practices that have been helpful in operations or have made life easier in state comptrollers’ offices. These projects and practices will be posted on NASACT’s Web site. Clark Partridge (AZ) and John Reidhead (UT) co-chair this committee.
Constitution and By-laws Committee
This committee receives and studies proposals for changes to NASC’s Constitution and By-laws and makes recommendations to the Association’s Executive Committee. The Executive Committee submits proposed changes to the Association for a vote. John Radford (OR) chairs this committee.
**Middle Management Conference Committee
The Middle Management Conference Committee, along with representatives from NSAA’s Auditor Training Committee, the State Government Payroll Group, and the Travel and Purchase Card Group, will plan the program for the NSAA/NASC Middle Management Conference in April 2009. The conference has four tracks (audit, finance, payroll and travel and purchase card) as well as a day of general sessions dealing with managerial issues. NASC’s Middle Management Conference Committee will plan the program for the finance track and will work with the rest of the group to plan the general sessions. This work will be done from November 2008 through January 2009. Brenda Bolander (OK) and Tom Sadowski (MO) are co-chairs of this committee.
**Multi-State Consortium on Internal Control
Organized in the fall of 2006, the MSC is now working on the development of a Web-based compliance technology tool that states may use to assess and monitor and internal control across the state. Work is being done on three documents, a Guidebook, a Glossary and the master document, which contains sets of questions. The questions are comprehensive, addressing the control environment, the various transaction cycles, risk assessment, ethics, etc. The co-chairs of this committee are Merideth Hackney (ID) and Leila Malatesta (MS).
Nominating Committee
This committee is chaired by NASC's immediate past president and is staffed by two additional past presidents of the association. The committee is charged with finding candidates to serve on the Executive Committee of NASC. Elections to the Executive Committee normally take place at NASC's annual conference in March.
**Program Committee
NASC's vice president typically chairs this committee, and the association's secretary/treasurer also serves on it. The committee works with NASC staff to plan the program and other activities for NASC's next annual conference. Calvin McKelvogue (IA)is the chair of the Program Committee for the 2009 conference.
**Resolutions Committee
This committee receives and reviews proposals for resolutions to be considered by the members at business meetings of the association. Trisha Neely (DE) chairs this committee.
**Site Committee
This year the Site Committee is charged with finding sites for NASC's annual conference in 2010 and 2011. (NASC's annual conference will be held in Annapolis, Maryland, in 2009.) Donna Jones (ID) is the chair of this committee.
Task Force to Examine Revenues
This task force was established in March 2008 to examine NASC's revenue structure and to consider measures that may help the association to continue to generate sufficient revenues to support its operations. Vice President Calvin McKelvogue (IA) and Secretary/Treasurer Clark Partridge (AZ) are co-chairs of the task force.
Information
Sharing Groups
**The E-Commerce
Information Sharing Group meets quarterly by conference
call to discuss technical and administrative matters related
to states' acceptance of electronic payments, particularly on
the Internet. Co-chairs of this group are Pat Davis (MA), Jon DuFrene (OR) and Tom Smelker (TX).
**The ERP Information Sharing Group was organized in the fall of 2007 out of NASC's former Subcommittee on ERP. The group meets every other month to discuss issues related to the preparation for an ERP system, the management of an ERP implementation, and the maintenance and continual enhancement of an ERP system. Tom Sadowski (MO) chairs this group, and Bob Jaros (CO) and Reese Robinson (DE) serves as vice chairs.
**The State
Government Payroll Group meets quarterly by conference call
to discuss new federal regulations related to payroll, compliance
matters, administrative challenges and other matters related
to payroll operations in state government. This group also participated
in the NSAA/NASC Middle Management Conference and plans the
program for the Payroll Track. It is co-chaired by Ruth Mealy
(MI) and Vicki Smith (TX) and Brandon Woolf (ID)..
**The Travel
and Purchasing Card Information Sharing Group meets quarterly
by conference call to discuss matters related to contracting
for and administering travel and purchasing card programs in
state government. The group also participates in the NSAA/NASC
Middle Management Conference and plans the program for the Travel
and Purchase Card Track.
Terry Mason (TN), Valerie Smith (VA) and Dwight Steinly (PA)
are the co-chairs
