EXPERTS LINK PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO THE BUDGET IN A ONE-DAY ADVANCED SEMINAR "Linking Performance Measures to the Budget," a one-day advanced seminar for city/county/state public managers, financial officers, management and budget analysts, human resource directors, and department heads will take place on February 11, 2000 in Long Beach, California. Stephen Morgan, Deputy City Auditor for the City of Austin, Texas, is the seminar leader. Mr. Morgan has also served as Acting Deputy City Auditor, Assistant City Auditor, and Performance Audit Manager. He has played a key role in converting the auditing office from a traditional financial auditing office to one that provides a full range of modern internal auditing services. He served on executive corporate teams to implement performance budgeting, innovative pay processes, and improved strategic planning. "Performance budgeting provides the means to link performance goals to appropriate resources and then hold government at each level accountable for achieving the results represented by the goals" said Mr. Morgan. "This is the best way to respond to an increasing citizen demand for better services at a reasonable cost." As a faculty member of the Government Audit Training Institute, and as an independent consultant, he has designed and delivered numerous training courses. According to the Government Auditing Standards Board (GASB), public officials have the responsibility to apply resources efficiently and economically to achieve the purposes for which they were developed and to demonstrate effectiveness by rendering a full accounting of activities by providing the appropriate documentation to the public and to those to whom they are accountable. This advanced seminar provides public managers with a foundation to develop a performance measurement system, make performance-based decisions, and begin implementation. For more information or a complete brochure on this program, call The University of Vermont at 800-639-3188, or visit their web page at: www.uvm.edu/~dceweb/profprog.
