INDIANAPOLIS – This week, Indiana Auditor of State Connie Nass was installed as
President of the National Association of State Comptrollers (NASC). NASC hosted its 25th
Annual Conference in Alexandria, Virginia from March 22 through March 24. Auditor Nass
has served on the NASC Executive Committee for several years and brought the 2004
conference to Indiana. This year, NASC and the National State Auditors Association will host
their first ever Middle Management Conference in Indianapolis from April 10 through 12 at
the Downtown Marriott.

NASC works to enhance the effectiveness of state comptrollers and improve financial
management in state government through cooperation, sharing of information, education, and
advocacy of issues affecting government finance. Participants at this year’s conference will
learn about crisis management in the Gulf States, measuring and improving performance, new
requirements in accounting and financial reporting, and current IT and management issues. As
President of NASC, Auditor Nass will call and preside over meetings of NASC’s Executive
Committee, which promulgates the policies and programs of the association.

Nass joins a long list of Indiana office-holders to lead national organizations. State Treasurer
Tim Berry was President of the National Association of State Treasurers. Attorney General
Steve Carter is the President of the National Association of Attorneys General. Secretary of
State Todd Rokita is Treasurer of the National Association of Secretaries of State.

“It is humbling when your peers choose you to fill any position of leadership,” remarked
Nass. “I am excited my final year as Indiana’s Auditor of State will bring the opportunity to
share the progress Hoosiers have made in recent years with the rest of the nation and, at the
same time, learn more from other States to keep Indiana moving in the right direction for
years to come.”