News Welcome! We're Glad You Are Here. Our Section mission is to strive to stimulate and improve the teaching, researching and practice of accounting that assists in the effective and efficient management of entities. To join the Government and Nonprofit Section, you must be a current member of the AAA. CLICK HERE to become an AAA and GNP Section member or renew your membership. Add GNP Section membership to your current AAA membership: MEMBERSHIP ADD-ON FORM - Download and complete this form to add the International Section to your AAA membership. Email completed form to ar@aaahq.org, or fax to 941-923-4093, or mail to American Accounting Association, 9009 Town Center Parkway, Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202. If you have questions about membership click here: info@aaahq.org and your email will go directly to the AAA Member Services. Government and Nonprofit Section Online Sessions for All AAA Members! As a brand new initiative, the Government and Nonprofit (GNP) section, will sponsor a series of online Brownbag webinars to provide researchers feedback on GNP research studies. These sessions will be held once a quarter. The format will be as follows: Sessions will be held once a quarter on Mondays from 12:00 pm-1:30pm Eastern. Sessions will include one presenter, in a workshop format, allowing for questions and comments from participants throughout the presentation. The GNP, in conjunction with the AAA, will deliver the brownbag sessions via Zoom free of charge. All GNP and AAA members are invited to present papers and to be participants at all sessions. The first brownbag will be held on: Monday May 19, 2025 at 12:00pm Eastern. Contribution Reuse and Nonprofit Program Price by Iguehi Rajsky, Washington and Lee University Click Here to Register! To present your work at our May session or a future session please contact Erica Harris at erica.harris@fiu.edu Awards & Honors 2022 Annual Meeting Best Paper Award: Jiapeng He, University of Texas at Dallas, Kevin Li, Santa Clara University, Ningzhong Li, University of Texas at Dallas, and Weining Zhang, Cheng Kong Graduate School of Business "Propriety Information Cost of Contracting with the Government" 2022 Outstanding Dissertation Award: Chevonne Alston, Governors State University "Charter Schools: How Does Organizational Quality Differ Between For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizational Forms?”" Dissertation defended at The University of Mississippi 2023 Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award Sharon Kioko, University of Washington “Unintended Impact of Fiscal Rules and Limitations on Long-Term Obligations of State Governments" 2023 GNP Section Enduring Lifetime Achievement Award This award was presented to Dr. Daniel Tinkelman, Brooklyn College-CUNY to recognize exemplary career service for a lifetime contribution to government and nonprofit accounting. Dr. Tinkelman received this honor at the GNP Section Midyear Meeting that was held March 10-11, 2023. OUR SECTION 2025-2026 ELECTION Review the Slate Prior to the Election The GNP Section Election voting will begin on Monday, April 21, 2025. Please take the time to review the slate HERE before the election opens. President's Letter 2026 GNP Section Midyear Meeting Check back for updates on our 2026 Midyear Meeting!