Welcome to the American Accounting Association Government and Nonprofit Section (GNP) home page.

The objectives of the GNP section are:

• To foster basic and applied research in financial and managerial accounting, as well as auditing, for government and nonprofit organization; and
• To improve the quality of accounting, financial reporting and auditing in these organizations through advances in teaching, research and service.

The section maintains this website to aid in the achievement of the Section's objectives.

WHAT'S NEW...

2012 GNP Midyear Meeting Presentations:

• Governmental Audit
  a presentation by Charles Sellers, Managing Partner Sellers & Company and City of San Diego Audit Committee Member
  
  
• GASB Update
  a presentation by David Bean, Director of Research and Technical Activities, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
  
  
• GAO Topics
  a presentation by Jim Dalkin, Director of Financial Management & Assurance Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office
  
  
• Remarks on Creativity & Innovation in Accounting Scholarship
  a presentation by Greg Waymire, President, American Accounting Association
  
  
• Nonprofit Auditing
  a presentation by Tracy D. Hensley, KPMG Partner, Los Angeles
  
  
• FASB Update
  a presentation by Jeff Mechanick, Assistant Director, Financial Accounting Standards Board
  
  

Call for Papers: Healthcare and Nonprofit Organizations

GASB Survey—Reporting by Agent Multiple-Employer Pension Plans

Australian Journal Rankings

Journal of Governmental & Nonprofit Accounting
The Government and Nonprofit section of the American Accounting Association announces a new academic journal, the Journal of Governmental & Nonprofit Accounting (JOGNA). JOGNA's objectives are to promote, publish, and elevate the quality of research in the governmental and nonprofit accounting areas.

GNP Section New Journal Proposal

GNP Section New Journal Business Plan and Budget

Top 5 Reasons Government Accounting Provides a Great Career

Fall 2011 Newsletter