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Santa Fe County Receives Distinguished Budget Award

Santa Fe, NM – October 29, 2013 – Santa Fe County received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The award was presented at the October 29, 2013 regular Board of County Commissioners meeting.

“This is the fifth year our Finance Division has received the distinguished budget award. It is a testament to the staffs commitment of providing a quality document that provides more than spreadsheets and numbers. The budget actually tells a story of the County’s needs, resources, commission priorities and more,” said County Manager, Katherine Miller.

When a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is granted to an entity, a Certificate of Recognition for Budget Presentation is also presented to the individual or department designated as being primarily responsible for its having achieved the award. This has been presented to the Santa Fe County Budget Office, Finance Division.

In order to receive the budget award, Santa Fe County had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity’s budget serves as:

• A policy document
• A financial plan
• An operations guide
• A communications device

Budget documents must be rated proficient in all four categories, and the fourteen mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award.

The Government Finance Officers Association is a nonprofit professional association serving over 17, 800 government finance professional throughout North America. The GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in government budgeting.

To view the Santa Fe County Budget visit www.santafecountynm.gov/finance/budget