Vol. 22 No. 4, August 2006
Index
- Coming to grips with other post-employment benefits.
- Focus on financial leadership.
- A century of progress in government finance: 2006 Annual Conference recap.
- Meet your new president-elect and executive board.
- Public finance as a profession.
- From control to collaboration ... finance shifts its focus.
- Combining leadership & management skills.
- If I pass the baton, who will grab it? Creating bench strength in Public Management.
- Increasing professional and personal productivity through managing stress.
- Self insuring: how one group of public institutions did it: Wisconsin's Technical College System's insurance venture, Districts Mutual Insurance, is proving that through collaboration, commitment, and communication public entities can successfully control insurance costs while enhancing coverage limits and providing specialized services.
- Five critical factors: preparing for success in implementing performance management: GFOA has identified five key factors typically present in successful performance measurement and management initiatives.
- President signs tax bill: new regulations and burdens on state and local governments: several portions of the new Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 significantly impact state and local governments.
- Initial GASB position on derivatives: the GASB's recent proposal would extend the requirement for fair value reporting to all derivative transactions of the state and local governments.
- A great books list for government.
- Calendar.
- The difficult art of improving government: governments can become more customer-focused and productive.