Vol. 18 No. 5, October 2002
Index
- Getting a handle on our challenges.
- Atlanta Mayor takes revenue collection personally.
- California cancels Oracle contract.
- Decline in federal revenues largest since 1946.
- New York already making plans to reduce spending.
- Orange County still leery of Merrill Lynch.
- Retirement systems' investment earnings off 77 percent in fiscal 2001.
- Ruling opens door for municipal telecom providers.
- "Tax-free cigarettes" costly to states.
- Bond insurers could withstand downgrades of reinsurers.
- Finance officers not optimistic about city finances.
- Glendale lands Arizona Cardinals stadium--finally.
- North Carolina loses triple-A rating.
- State wins Appeal, will take over Flint's finances.
- Taking stock of auditor independence.
- Needs assessments and business case analysis for technology investment decisions.
- Seeing is believing: the use of trained observer ratings for performance measurement.
- Please don't go! why phased retirement may make sense for your government.
- Treasury management software: ERP or best of breed?
- Analyzing the cost-effectiveness of managed competition: make or buy? That is the question many governments must answer in the ongoing quest to deliver high-quality services as efficiently as possible.
- Survey reveals preference for passive investing.
- Past due: technology for revenue collection.
- Corporate excesses fuel regulation.
- Public Dollars Transformation.
- The War for Talent.
- Accounting, auditing, and financial reporting.
- Budgeting.
- Economic development.
- Management.
- Pensions and benefits.
- Taxes and other revenues.
- Technology.
- Calendar.
- State, local corporate subsidies: a new coalition for accountability.