Vol. 24 No. 5, October 2008
Index
- Solutions for tough times.
- Study examines local governments' responses to health-care costs, GASB 45.
- Oregon Department of Transportation building nation's first 'Roadside solar' project.
- Brass Tax compiles and evaluates collection techniques.
- Finance officers need to provide leadership, report says.
- 2008 Innovation award winners chosen.
- Fiscal first aid.
- Consolidation and shared services: a proven method for saving tax dollars.
- Organizational alignment with logic models: Marathon County, Wisconsin: using a carefully thought-out implementation schedule and focusing on change management and training, Marathon County changed the focus of managers and elected officials to outcomes rather than outputs.
- Stability in a time of uncertainty.
- Making an argument for police enforcement costs: the St. Paul fee study experience.
- Enhancing control and lowering costs through payables outsourcing.
- Capital planning provides both short-term and long-term perspective.
- The fifth dimension of management: make it personal.
- Long-term financial forecasting for local governments.
- President signs Landmark Housing Law.
- GASB proposes to modify guidance on ARC adjustment for pensions and OPEB.
- Going beyond the obvious: what every finance officer should know about IT controls.
- Calendar.
- Tempting targets for dramatic energy cuts.