Government Finance Review

Improving cash management.

Editorial

Citizen survey helps provides feedback on local governments.

News & Numbers

Karen Utterback.

In Memoriam - In memoriam

Survey outlines governments' strategies for managing through fiscal stress.

News & Numbers - Brief article

Economic trends.

News & Numbers - Reprint

Ash Institute at Harvard University honors six government programs.

News & Numbers

Toronto launches 311 Center.

News & Numbers - Brief article

Tactical financial management: cash flow and budgetary variance analysis.

Local government investment pools and the financial crisis: lessons learned.

Banking due diligence in the new financial world.

Managing technology costs.

Repurchase agreements: a refresher course.

Reprint

The rising cost of pollution: implementing GASB Statement 49 at the Port of Oakland.

Best Practices - Governmental Accounting Standards Board

A performance management framework.

P[M.sup.2] Connections: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT & MANAGEMENT

Learning from history: historical examples highlight the importance of looking at a problem from a new perspective, not letting obstacles stand in the way, and taking charge when the situation demands it.

Management & Careers

Revisiting Kenneth Brown's "10-point test": updating Brown's famous 10-point test with ten indicators of financial condition for 2003 through 2006 provides finance officers with another way to measure financial condition.

Solutions

GFOA joins sister associations on amicus brief to Supreme Court: Graham County, North Carolina asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an issue that will have a substantial impact on local government exposure to damages.

Federal Focus - Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District - Case overview

GASB proposes four new standards: the GASB's recent exposure drafts are intended to lead to four new statements, including proposed guidance on OPEB, Chapter 9 bankruptcies, financial instrument, and SCAs.

The Accounting Angle - Governmental Accounting Standards Board - Service Concession Arrangements - Other Post-Employment Benefits

Making good use of economic development finance tools.

Book review

GFOA events.

Calendar - Government Finance Officers Association - Brief article - Calendar

State association events.

Calendar - Brief article - Calendar

Could the Recovery Act help reinvent government?

Commentary - Column