Our Award Winners!
Aberdeen, MD
Allegany County, MD
Annapolis, MD
Anne Arundel County Board of Education and Public Schools, MD
Anne Arundel County, MD
Baltimore City Elected Officials' Retirement System, MD
Baltimore City Employees' Retirement System, MD
Baltimore City Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System, MD
Baltimore City Public School System, MD
Baltimore County Community College, MD
Baltimore County Employees' Retirement System, MD
Baltimore County Public Schools, MD
Baltimore County, MD
Baltimore, MD
Bowie, MD
Calvert County, MD
Caroline County Commissioners, MD
Carroll County, MD
Cecil County Public Schools, MD
Cecil County, MD
Charles County Government, MD
College Park, MD
Cumberland, MD
Delaware Public Employees' Retirement System
Delaware River & Bay Authority
Delaware State Housing Authority
Delaware State Lottery
Dover, DE
Frederick County Public Schools, MD
Frederick County, MD
Frederick, MD
Gaithersburg, MD
Greenbelt, MD
Hagerstown, MD
Harford County Public Schools, MD
Harford County, MD
Howard County Public School System, MD
Howard County, MD
Kent County Commissioners, MD
Maryland Department of Transportation
Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System
Maryland Teachers & State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans
Maryland Transportation Authority
Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission Employees' Retirement System
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Montgomery County Employee Retirement Plans, MD
Montgomery County Housing Opportunities, MD
Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
Montgomery County, MD
New Carrollton, MD
New Castle County, De
Newark, DE
Ocean City, MD
Prince George's County Public Schools, MD
Prince George's County, MD
Queen Anne's County, MD
Rockville, MD
Smyrna, DE
State of Delaware
State of Maryland
Sussex County, DE
Takoma Park, MD
Talbot County, MD
Westminster, MD
Wicomico County Board of Education, MD
Wilmington, DE
Worcester County, MD
The GFOA established the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Program (CAFR Program) in 1945 to encourage and assist state and local governments to go beyond the minimum requirements of generally accepted accounting principles to prepare comprehensive annual financial reports that evidence the spirit of transparency and full disclosure and then to recognize individual governments that succeed in achieving that goal. The goal of the program is not to assess the financial health of participating governments, but rather to ensure that users of their financial statements have the information they need to do so themselves.
Reports submitted to the CAFR program are reviewed by selected members of the GFOA professional staff and the GFOA Special Review Committee (SRC), which comprises individuals with expertise in public sector financial reporting and includes financial statement preparers, independent auditors, academics, and other finance professionals.
Anne Arundel County, MD
Baltimore County, MD
Baltimore, MD
Bowie, MD
Calvert County, MD
Carroll County, MD
Charles County, MD
College Park, MD
Frederick County, MD
Frederick, MD
Gaithersburg, MD
Greenbelt, MD
Hagerstown, MD
Harford County, MD
Howard County, MD
Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission
Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission, MD
Montgomery County, MD
New Castle County, DE
Prince George's County, MD
Rockville, MD
Salisbury, MD
St. Mary's County, MD
Sussex County, DE
Takoma Park, MD
Washington County Government, MD
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, MD
Westminster, MD
Wilmington, DE
GFOA established the Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program (Budget Awards Program) in 1984 to encourage and assist state and local governments to prepare budget documents of the very highest quality that reflect both the guidelines established by the National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting and the GFOA's best practices on budgeting and then to recognize individual governments that succeed in achieving that goal.
Documents submitted to the Budget Awards Program are reviewed by selected members of the GFOA professional staff and by outside reviewers with experience in public-sector budgeting.
Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System, City of Baltimore, MD
Howard County Public School System, MD
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission Employees' Retirement System
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System
Montgomery County, MD
The GFOA established the Popular Annual Financial Reporting Awards Program (PAFR Program) in 1991 to encourage and assist state and local governments to extract information from their comprehensive annual financial report to produce high quality popular annual financial reports specifically designed to be readily accessible and easily understandable to the general public and other interested parties without a background in public finance and then to recognize individual governments that are successful in achieving that goal.