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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Leesburg Receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
for 31st Time
Leesburg, VA (October 17, 2016) – The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has
awarded the Town of Leesburg its prestigious Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the
Town’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget document. Leesburg 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 the multiple roles of policy document, financial plan,
operations guide and communications device. Budget documents must be rated as “proficient”
or “outstanding” in all four categories, and in fourteen of twenty -seven mandatory criteria
within those categories, to receive the award.
As part of this award, the Department of Finance and Administrative Services was presented
with a Certificate of Recognition for Budget Preparation. Members of the budget preparation
team include Clark Case, Director of Finance and Administrative Services; Lisa Haley, Deputy
Director/Treasurer; Jason Cournoyer, Management and Budget Officer; and Cole Fazenbaker,
Management Analyst.
This year, the Town received Special Capital and Special Performance Measures Recognitions in
addition to the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.
The Government Finance Officers Association is a non-profit professional association serving
over 18,000 government finance professionals in North America. The GFOA Distinguished
Budget Presentation Award is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.
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