CRRA Receives Financial Reporting Achievement Award

Agency Recognized for the 16th Straight Year

HARTFORD, Conn. – For the 16th consecutive year, the Government Finance Officers Association has bestowed its Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting on the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority in recognition of CRRA’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.

Each year, GFOA presents its Certificate of Achievement to governments and governmental agencies whose CAFRs “achieve the highest standards in government accounting and financial reporting,” according to GFOA. The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 17,500 government finance professionals nationwide.

“Openness and transparency starts with complete, easy to understand financial information, and our CAFR has been long recognized as a model for financial reports,” said Thomas D. Kirk, CRRA president. “We congratulate our Finance & Accounting Division for this achievement.”

The CAFR is a compilation of information that presents CRRA’s financial position and includes all disclosures necessary to give the reader a full understanding of CRRA’s financial affairs. The CAFR is available on CRRA's website.

The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority is a quasi-public agency whose mission is to work for – and in – the best interests of the municipalities of the state of Connecticut. CRRA’s board of directors and management team develop and implement environmentally sound solutions and best practices for solid waste disposal and recycling management on behalf of municipalities. CRRA serves 96 Connecticut cities and towns. CRRA also runs sustainability education programs through the Trash Museum in Hartford and Garbage Museum in Stratford. Computer users can also discuss CRRA at its blog.

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