Durham, N.C. – For the sixth consecutive year, the Durham County Budget and Management Services Department can add the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) to its list of successes.  Last week, the County Budget Department received the award for fiscal year 2009-2010 for budgeting excellence related to its annual budget document. 

The Distinguished Budget Presentation Award reflects that the county’s budget satisfies guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an organization’s budget serves as a policy document, an operations guide, a communications device and a financial plan. Budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four categories to receive the award.

“The award reflects a significant commitment by the Board of County Commissioners and staff to meet the highest principles of governmental budgeting,” said Pam Meyer, director of the Durham County Budget and Management Services Department.  “This is the 13^th time the county has won the award.”

The GFOA, serving the public finance profession since 1906, is a nonprofit association serving more than 17,600 government finance professionals throughout North America. GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.

For more information about the County’s 2009-2010 budget document, contact Meyer, at 919-560-0012, or via e-mail at pmeyer@durhamcountync.gov.  To view the 2009-2010 budget document, visit the County’s Budget and Management Services Department website.