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* $50.00 CGR Event Registration
* $40.00 Registraion for Supporters
* $400.00 Table of 10 attendees
* The Conference has been approved for 2.25 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits. An additional processing fee of $20.00 is required to obtain these credits.
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“Budget transparency is a laudable goal,Citizens need to be informed about the cost of government and where their tax dollars are being spent. I support the Washington Policy Center in its work to bring more transparency and access to our state’s taxpayers.”
Rob McKenna Washington State Attorney General
The half-day conference will feature two panels:
• Donna Arduin - Former budget director for Florida Governor Jeb Bush and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Chris Atkins - Senior Fiscal Policy Adviser, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels
• Jonathan Williams - Director of the Tax & Fiscal Policy Task Force for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
• Hon. Brian Sonntag - Washington State Auditor
• Larisa Benson - Director of Washington State Government Management Accountability and Performance (GMAP)
• Sheila Weinberg - Founder & CEO of Institute for Truth in Accounting
- Registration/Breakfast – 8:30 – 9:00
- Introduction – 9 am
- : Budget and tax reform (9:10 to 10:15)
- Break – 10:15 to 10:30
- Budget accountability/performance and the role of government (10:30 to 11:35)
- Former U.S. Comptroller (11:45 to 1:15)
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