Non-Conference Education
The mission of the WFOA Education Committee is to provide Washington public entities and their staff with professional training in finance, budgeting, accounting, reporting, and other relevant fields. This professional training provides budget and finance professionals the opportunity to meet face-to-face, exchange ideas with others, and enhance their knowledge which will assist them in promoting the professional management of government financial resources. The professional educational opportunities also enable our members to maintain their status as Professional Finance Officers, CPAs, and/or other similar professional designations. If you would like to join the Education Committee, please contact Deb Booher at mailto:dbooher@cityofpoulsbo.com or (360) 394-9720. You may also direct questions or suggestions regarding the Non-Conference Education program to Deb using the contact information above.
Upcoming 2023 Educational Opportunities
WFOA – Training
Federal Legislative Update featuring Emily Brock from GFOA Webinar
Wednesday, May 16, 2023
9:30am - 10:30am
1 CPE
Emily Brock, GFOA Federal Liaison will be presenting the latest out of Washington DC and address items which may affect our local jurisdictions. Below are the highlight topics which will be covered.
- General DC Advocacy
- 118th congress – what’s on the table
- ARPA Oversight
- Bipartisan congress, what does that mean for us
- House municipal finance caucus (advance refunding, BQ)
- 118th congress – what’s on the table
- Market and hot topics
- ESG and muni bonds but also ESG and procurement
- Rising interest rates, declining issuance
- FDTA and disclosure
- Water advocacy – SRFs and FLOW Act
- Tax issues that we are monitoring. Etc.
Member $25 / Non-member $40
Register Here
- Each attendee must register with their email
- Must be logged into the ZOOM webinar with their registered email
- Have the Zoom meeting on their active screen in order to answer the polling questions.
- Three polling questions will be administered for every 50 minutes in order to be eligible for 1 CPE. (Example – 4 hour session will have 12 polling questions).
Free Webinar Classes Available
Free eLearning Available from WA State Auditors Office (SAO)
Lease Accounting Standards
Washington State Auditors Office offered classes regarding the new Lease Accounting Standards
Cash receipting
Want to know more about how to protect your organization from cash receipting fraud? SAO’s on-demand training follows an actual fraud case while covering important best practices for internal controls. You’ll learn how to recognize the warning signs and red flags of common fraud schemes and the rewards of developing a strong internal control system and the risks if you don’t. Local government employees are eligible for Continuing Professional Education Credit (CPE) for this course.
Washington State Auditor’s Office has published a new on-line introduction to the BARS Manual.
Introduction to the BARS Manuals – NEW – RECORDED
If you are new to the BARS or would like a refresher of how to locate and utilize the BARS Manuals, visit SAO’s website for a an approximate 50-minute introductory video on BARS.
Recorded Webinars
Introduction to the BARS Manuals – NEW
If you are new to the BARS or would like a refresher of how to locate and utilize the BARS Manuals, visit SAO’s website for a an approximate 50-minute introductory video on BARS.
Due to WFOA using a third-party vendor for all webinars:
- It is required all registrations are paid with a credit card only
- WFOA credits or vouchers cannot be used on any webinar registrations.
- Certificates of Participation are only provided to those who are paid registrations of LIVE webinars and have completed all polling questions
- If an entity group would like to participate using a conference room and one computer logged into the webinar; then such said group would need to contact the Education Co-Chair at a minimum of 10 business days prior to event and will agree to have someone coordinate the group and facilitate CPE sheets in order to provide all paid participants Certificates of Participation.
- No Certificates of Participation will be provided for any RECORDED webinars.
- Upon successful registration for the recorded webinars, the recording playback will start immediately. Please be prepared to view the recording in it’s entirety at the time of registration.
Registration Cancellation Policy
Cancellations are granted at no charge and with a full refund up to ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of training. Cancellation refunds during the ten calendar days prior to the date of training (including the day of class) may be considered in unforeseen circumstances by the Education Non-Conference Co-Chair. Substitution of an attendee is permitted for the training in lieu of the registered attendee. Registration fees cannot be applied to future classes.