American Accounting Association Government and Nonprofit Section 2007 Midyear Conference March 2–3, 2007 Norwalk, Connecticut

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Note: The CPE Fields of Study curriculum is divided into twenty three subject matter areas. These fields represent the primary knowledge and skill areas needed by accounting licensees to perform professional services in all fields of employment. Sessions that offer CPE credit have the Field of Study in red.

Friday, March 2, 2007
8:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration
8:30 am – 8:45 am	Welcome and Introductions Robert Attmore, chairman, GASB David Bean, director of research, GASB G. Robert Smith, Middle Tennessee State University, president GNP section, AAA Terry Patton, research manager, GASB
8:45 am – 10:30 pm	Sessions 1-2 Accounting/Governmental GASB Technical Agenda David Bean, director of research, GASB Terry Patton, research manager, GASB OPEB/Pensions Standards and Research Karl Johnson, project manager, GASB Michelle Czerkawski, assistant project manager, GASB Eric Berman, deputy comptroller, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Justin Marlowe, University of Kansas
10:30 pm – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm	Sessions 3-4 Accounting/Governmental Pollution Remediation Obligations and Environmental Accounting Research Wesley Galloway, project manager, GASB Kathryn Jervis, Florida International University Conceptual Framework Roberta Reese, project manager, GASB Penny Wardlow, consultant, FASAB
12:00 pm – 12:40 pm	Lunch
12:40 pm – 2:10 pm	Session 5 Accounting FASB: Not-For-Profit Issues (Mergers and Acquistions, Fair Value Measurements, Statement 136) Jeffrey Mechanick, project manager, FASB Alicia Posta, project manager, FASB Mary Fischer, University of Texas—Tyler
2:10 pm – 5:00 pm	Sessions 6-8 Accounting/Governmental Derivatives Reporting and Research Randy Finden, project manager, GASB Louis Stewart, Kean University Service Efforts and Accomplishments Project and Research Wilson Campbell, project manager, GASB Jay Fountain, consultant Rita Cheng, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Lee Schiffel, State University of New York—Geneseo Ken Smith, Willamette University Conducting Research for the GASB Terry Patton, research manager, GASB Penny Wardlow, consultant, FASAB Gil Crain, Montana State University Craig Shoulders, University of North Carolina-Pembroke Saleha Khumawala, University of Houston
Friday Evening	Dinner at Red Barn Restaurant (Bus leaves at 5:45 pm)
Saturday, March 3, 2007
8:00 am – 9:30 am	Sessions 9-10 GNP Auditing Auditing Audit Quality Differences in Audits of Federal Programs Determinants of Municipal Audit Committees The Role of Audit Committees in Nonprofit Organizations: An Empirical Investigation Government Procurement Fraud Issues NonProfit Issues Accounting Does Electronic Disclosure Affect Contributions to Nonprofit Organizations? Does the Use of Efficiency Data Make Donors Behave More Rationally? Misreporting Fundraising: How do nonprofit organizations account for telemarketing campaigns? The Avon and Komen Breast Cancer Walks: A Case Study of the Cosmetic Effects of Accounting Changes
9:30 pm – 9:45 am	Break
9:45 pm – 10:55 am	Sessions 11-12 Accounting/Governmental Governmental Reporting Issues Debt Related Derivatives, US State and Municipal Governments, and Evolving Financial Reporting Standards Municipal Restatements and Governance The GFOA Certificate revisited: Excellence in financial reporting and the costs and benefits of high disclosure Governmental Accounting Issues Accrual Accounting in Local Governments: The European Continental Approach Cash to Accrual Accounting: One Nations Dilemma Unfunded Public Employee Health Care Benefits and GASB 45
10:55 pm – 11:10 pm	Break
11:10 pm – 12:25 pm	Session 13 Accounting/Governmental Emerging Research Methods, Management, and Misstatements: An exploration of Management and General Cost Allocations in the Non-For-Profit Sector Governmental/Nonprofit Accounting: Its Place in the Accounting Curriculum and Research A Framework for Microfinance Supported Education Programs

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The American Accounting Association program levels offered during the meeting will include basic, intermediate, advanced, overview and update. A number of NASBA Fields of Study will be offered and provided on the CPE verification form, along with CPE credit hours earned.

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