City Finance Department Receives Excellence Award

Published on March 07, 2023

Lyn Heaton, Chief Financial Officer, today announced that the City’s Finance Department has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). GFOA's Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.

“I am proud to work with such consummate professionals. Given the retirements and shifts in job duties among the Finance Department’s Accounting Team, this continued recognition for the team and the City of Lincoln for excellence in financial reporting is especially well-deserved.”

Lincoln received the award for its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021. The report has been judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program, which includes demonstrating a constructive "spirit of full disclosure" to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the report.

The GFOA has awarded the City of Lincoln’s ACFR its Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 39 years. The GFOA is a professional association serving the needs of more than 19,000 appointed and elected local, state and provincial-level government officials and other finance practitioners.