The Government Finance Officers Association this week announced that Clark County Auditor’s Office has received GFOA’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting (PAFR).

The award represents a significant achievement by the entity. In order to be eligible for the PAFR award, a government must also submit its annual comprehensive financial report to GFOA’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellent in Financial Reporting Program and receive the Certificate for the current fiscal year. Each eligible report is reviewed by judges who evaluate the report based on the following categories: reader appeal, understandability, distribution methods, creativity and other elements.

The Clark County Auditor’s Office produced its first PAFR in 2020. The PAFR is a user friendly, highly visual report that summarizes information from the county’s more well know Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.

“The PAFR is another tool to provide transparency and accountability to the public regarding their county government. Our hope is that users will find it easier to engage with the county as a result of the PAFR,” said Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey.

The Popular Annual Financial Report and the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report are on the county’s’ website at https://clark.wa.gov/auditor/financial-reports.

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CONTACT:
Greg Kimsey, Clark County Auditor
564.397.2078, greg.kimsey@clark.wa.gov
Mark Gassaway, Finance Director, Auditor’s Office
564.397.4839, mark.gassaway@clark.wa.gov