The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) is pleased to announce that Lake County Clerk of Courts, Florida has received the GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.
The award represents a significant achievement by the Clerk’s Office. It reflects the commitment Neil Kelly, Clerk, and his staff have to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. In order to receive the budget award, the Clerk’s Office had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity’s budget serves as:
- a policy document,
- a financial plan,
- an operations guide, and
- a communications device.
Budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four categories, and the fourteen mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award.
For budgets including fiscal periods 2009, the award was presented to1,214 entities. Award recipients have pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent example for other governments throughout North America. The Lake County Clerk of Courts has received this award for the past 18 consecutive years.
The Government Finance Officers Association is a nonprofit professional association serving 17,600 government finance professionals throughout North America. The GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.
Press Release 04/22/2010.
