Vol. 19 No. 2, April - April 2003
Index
- A design to match our message.
- Committees convene in Washington for Winter Meeting.
- State tax systems need overhauling.
- The Power of the Purse.
- D.C. announces 6th straight budget surplus.
- GASB 34 will not affect Moody's credit rating.
- New releases.
- NIGP study sheds light on government procurement practices.
- Sizing up the shortfalls: The states in straits.
- A bottoms up approach to deficit reduction: Palo Alto's Strengthening the Bottom Line initiative.
- Bridging the gap: budget balancing in the city of Austin, Texas.
- CFO as budget magician: fiscal illusion in public finance.
- Taking charge of prescription drug costs.
- Revenue forecasting and analysis in Nassau County, New York.
- The remote sales conundrum: where do we stand?
- Toward better budgeting: using the NACSLB framework as a guide, Kansas City undertook a comprehensive evaluation of its budget process that resulted in 10 recommendations for improvement.
- Managing diversity: A local government perspective.
- Continuous process improvement and the budget process: GFOA is helping a large city government synchronize its disparate financial planning initiatives in a seamless process that will serve as a model for other governments.
- Federal budget a mixed bag for state and local government: The presidents fiscal 2004 budget reduces or even cuts funding for many state and local government programs traditionally funded by the federal government.
- GASB proposes accrual of postretirement healthcare and similar benefits: The GASB believes other postemployment retirement benefits are a form of employee compensation and thus should be accrued as expense.
- Analytics in public sector decision making.
- Calendar.
- Cities and homeland security spending: as war unfolds, what now?