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Office of the Mayor
News Release
Monday, February 6, 2006
Immediate
Contact: Catherine Fanello, City Controller, 235-9742
Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications& Special Projects, (574) 235-
5855/876-1564
South Bend Recognized for Financial Reporting
Excellence
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada
(GFOA)has awarded the Certificate of Achievement to the City of South Bend for
Excellence in Financial Reporting of its 2004 comprehensive annual financial report
(CAFR). The Certificate of Achievement represents the highest form of recognition in
the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and South Bend has
received this award for the past consecutive fifteen years.
The City's Department of Administration and Finance prepares this financial
report. An impartial panel of judges reviewed and rated the performance based on
financial reporting techniques and "spirit of full disclosure" in portraying the City's
financial story and encouraging other user groups to read the CAFR.
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada
(GFOA) is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 16,000
government finance professionals with offices in Chicago, Illinois, and Washington,D.C.
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