Vol. 22 No. 1, February 2006
Index
- Defining internal control.
- State revenues 4 percent higher than expected.
- Major workforce study exposes serious disconnects between employers and employees.
- Correction.
- NASCIO survey: project management increases IT implementation success.
- New releases.
- 30 years and running.
- More organizations backing up data after Katrina.
- National totals of state and local tax revenue, by type of tax.
- Understanding internal control.
- Overcoming the obstacles to an effective internal control function.
- Who's minding the store? New York State's ongoing quest to strengthen internal control.
- Making local government more workable through shared services.
- Managing change in IT improvement initiatives.
- Recommended practice a tutor for new pension board member; GFOA's recommended practice on funding retirement systems provides guidance to new--and continuing--trustees on how to critique and evaluate investment recommendations of staff and consultants.
- Preparing the next generation of leaders: many public organizations are facing leadership turnover of 50 percent or higher in the next few years. Unless we develop talented replacements, our organizations face the very real risk of failing to achieve our missions, and our potential.
- Performance management and measurement at the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority developed a balanced scorecard system that automatically pulls data from the financial, risk management, and fleet management systems and makes performance data available to all stakeholders.
- Ambitious congressional agenda stalls in 2005: from Internet sales tax collection to tax-exempt bond regulations, GFOA's Federal Liaison Center will continue to represent the interests of state and local governments in Washington in 2006.
- Proposed guidance on sales and pledges: the key challenge in accounting for the receipt of cash proceeds in exchange for a transfer of the claim to collections of certain receivables or future revenues is to distinguish a true sale from what is really nothing more than a collateralized loan or pledge.
- Debunking the 'people resist change' Myth.
- Calendar.
- Eminent domain: a fair middle path?