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HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL PR 2013-10-01 GFOA Award Town of Leesburg News Release For Immediate Release Leesburg Receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for 29th Straight Year Leesburg, VA (October 1, 2013) – The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) announced that the Town of Leesburg has received the GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its Fiscal Year 2014 budget. The Town of Leesburg’s Finance Department has received this award every year since 1986. The GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award recognizes organizations that meet the highest principles of governmental budgeting. Recipients must satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an organization’s budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device. Budget documents must be rated as “proficient” in all four categories, and in fourteen mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award. When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is granted to an organization, a Certificate of Recognition for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individual or department designated as primarily responsible for the achievement. This certificate has been presented to the Town of Leesburg Finance Department. “Having received this award for so many years in a row, one might think we take it for granted,” commented John Wells. “But nothing could be further from the truth. The budget staff works very hard each year to improve upon last year’s budget document. We have an outstanding professional budget staff and it has been through their expertise, under the leadership of the Town Council, that Leesburg has achieved – and continues to achieve – this recognition.” The Government Finance Officers Association is a non-profit professional association serving over 17,600 government finance professional throughout North America. The GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting. Contact: Norm Butts Finance Director nbutts@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2720 # # #