AGA PDT 2026

R. Scott Bell
Senior Staff Accountant
U.S. Department of the Treasury


Robert (Scott) Bell is a Senior Staff Accountant in the Department of the Treasury, where he works on the Financial Report of the U.S. Government, is a featured speaker on the Federal Government’s financial position and condition, and is Treasury’s representative on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB). Mr. Bell’s career in federal financial management and policy spans more than 30 years in both the public and private sectors, including positions with the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Small Business Administration. Mr. Bell, a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), has served in many volunteer leadership positions with the Association of Government Accountants (AGA), and was an adjunct professor of federal accounting and reporting at George Mason University. He earned a B.S. in Accounting from Washington and Lee University and an MBA from George Mason University.

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