Government Finance Review
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Regulations gearing up: many federal government agencies, including the SEC, the MSRB, and the IRS, have proposed or finalized regulations that also affect state and local governments.
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A Deeper Understanding of Debt Management.
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Thinking strategically about retirement benefits.
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GFOA Develops Model Employment Agreement for Finance Officers.
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Site-based management for Savannah-Chatham public schools: designing the financial support system.
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Privatizing wastewater treatment in Franklin, Ohio.
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E-Government capabilities improving, study says.
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Reporting model update.
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Texas Changes Way It Invests Public Funds.
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Competition, negotiation and the public trust.
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The Increasingly Politicized World of ESG Investing.
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The SEC municipalities continuing disclosure cooperation initiative: guidance on participation and implications.
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Group audits & governments.
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Cities recovering from recession.
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Financial System Outsourcing: The ERP Application Hosting Option.
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A Spotlight on GFOA's Women's Public Finance Network Mentorship Program.
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Congress Wraps Up First Session.
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States' incarceration costs skyrocket.
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Prepaid Tuition Funds Pose Risks.
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Advancing Excellence in Public Finance.
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Governments may pay for one-time use of tobacco bonds.
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State, federal lawmakers moving to curb eminent domain powers: the Supreme Court's June ruling that local governments can use their power of eminent domain for the purpose of economic development has unleashed a legislative backlash from state and federal lawmakers, both Republican and Democrat.
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Taxpayer's Guide to the Hillsborough County Budget: turning the tide from distrust to understanding.
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EPA recognizes smart growth communities.
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Rethinking the costs and benefits of performance management: many organizations assume that performance management is basically a stand-alone program. In reality, performance management is a crucial element within many best practice standard government processes.
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2005 index by author.
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The Case for New Pension Accounting Standards.
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Washington wrap-up: The 105th Congress in 1997.
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Pensions and benefits.
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Long-range financial planning: new strategies for old problems.
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Delivering services via network-based partnerships.
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How the history and science of uncertainty and risk can lead to better risk management.
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Electronic payments exceed check payments for the first time.
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Consortium buying: best practices for local government implementations.
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Ensuring a successful bond sale.
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Smart disaster preparedness includes purchasing cards: purchasing cards are valued for their flexibility and oversight in times of disaster.
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The dollars and sense of government IT.
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Overcoming the obstacles to an effective internal control function.
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Collaborating to Diversify the City's Broker-Dealer Pool: THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.
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GAO study looks at No Child Left Behind.
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Competitive contracting for wastewater treatment.
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Alabama Voters Reject State Lottery.
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GASB's implementation of the new measurement focus and basis of accounting.
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The great American job machine: "Secrets and Lies." (America's economic aspects).
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Survey outlines governments' strategies for managing through fiscal stress.
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Using QZABs to Improve Education.
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Winter Committee Meeting Update.
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A great books list for government.
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Public finance and infrastructure investment.
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New ways of thinking about economic development.
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Florida Phases in New Pension System.
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Moving up or moving on: advice on how to get that next job: technical skills alone are not enough to propel you to the upper echelons of local government management and finance. Learn what today's employers are looking for and how you can best position yourself for a promotion or new job.
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Achieving Accountability in Business and Government: Managing for Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Economy.
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Ten years young and growing: GFOA's Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO) program.
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"A Dynamic Model of Citizen Preference Revelation".
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President delivers proposed FY08 budget: state and local governments to feel the pinch: President Bush's FY08 budget proposes cuts to domestic discretionary spending and entitlement programs.
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A defined contribution plan is a viable alternative to the traditional defined benefit retirement plan.
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The finance officer and the press: developing a successful relationship.
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Senate Defeats Bond Cap Increase.
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Dollars and sense on muni wireless.
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The Michigan MFOA's training programs.
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Capital budgets: the building blocks for government infrastructure.
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Technology for customer service: video conferencing at the New York State Teachers' Retirement System.
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Public Employees Overwhelmingly Choose Pensions as Retirement Plan over Defined Contribution Plans.
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Spotlight on public pensions continues in Washington.
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Report card: America's infrastructure flunking.
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Understanding the role of liabilities in fiscal stress.
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Calendar.
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Managing ERP after go-live: who owns the system? Oakland County, Michigan, manages ongoing ERP system upkeep and development through a collaborative governance model.
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Sharing information in the public sector.
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A look back at GFR in April 2004.
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Standard setting--how much is enough?
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Pollution remediation obligations: the GASB's preliminary views document on accounting and financial reporting for pollution remediation obligations marks a departure from traditional accounting practice.
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IRS restructuring bill leads to relief for state and local governments.
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The GFOA annual conference from a Swedish perspective.
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Participation in "Cafeteria" Plans.
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A metro merger wave: could it be?
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GFOA Executive Board approves new best practices.
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Boomburbs' Lead Nation's Growth.
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Reforming Economic Development Incentives.
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Why Federal Grant Money Can Be So Elusive.(PERSPECTIVE)
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Advice on collaborative networks.
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The Theory and Practice of Managed Competition.
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Solutions to environmental finance challenges: the environmental finance center network approach: the environmental finance center network is a national network of university-based public service centers that focus on helping communities determine how to pay for diverse environmental programs.
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Auditor rotation policies of governmental entities.
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Calendar.
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Editorial calendar.
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Pensions and benefits.
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Understanding Welti and Blockchain Technology.
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Reallocate the Police? A case of new financial innovation.
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Using 311 data to measure performance and manage city finances.
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Measuring the impact of Sprawl.
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Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Creates a Project Management System to Fit Its Needs.
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State and local government deferred compensation programs.
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State, local corporate subsidies: a new coalition for accountability.
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Creating a Collaborative Budget Process.
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Economic development: one city's response to difficult economic times.
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Report looks at need for road repair.
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University of Texas nonprofit implements full-disclosure policy.
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Recommendations help make sure P3s are in the public's interest.
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GETTING THE MOST for Your Asset Management Money with Lifecycle Costing.
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Be financially sustainable.
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Electronic payments catching up with checks.
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GASB Fine-tunes Statement No. 34.
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POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF TAX REFORM ON OUTSTANDING AND FUTURE MUNICIPAL DEBT ISSUANCE.
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The eye of the hurricane.
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"Financial Industry Megamergers and Policy Challenges".
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State Sales And Income Taxes: An Economic Analysis.
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Report details Texas OPEB findings.
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Debt management.
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The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio's prescription for cost-effective health care.
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Using Data for Better Management.
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Be prepared: long-term financial planning in San Clemente, California.
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The implications of Puerto Rico's pension plan crisis: a teaching moment.
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Government Finance Officers Association.
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THE DEBATE OVER DEFUNDING THE POLICE: A solid majority of Americans oppose abolishing police departments, but there are real differences in public opinion regarding the reallocation of resources.
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Teleconference on rightsizing: a training report card.
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BPM holds promise for governments.
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The value of a national comparative performance database.
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"The Lure of School Marketing".
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High-Deductible Plan Enrollment Grows as Employers Express Increasing Scepticism.
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Cities meet the challenges.
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Fiscal first aid.
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Change in covered payroll: many have been surprised to discover that covered payroll was, in fact, affected by the latest pension guidance from the GASB.
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Eminent domain: a fair middle path?
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GFOA takes position on proposed pension changes.
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Rating Agencies Downgrade State of Tennessee's Bond Rating.
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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.
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State declares Pittsburgh 'distressed'.
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GFOA receives Gates Foundation grant for budgeting project.
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Debt affordability.
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Bye-bye, Boss: Why good employees leave and what to do about it.
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Munis save governments more than $700 billion in interest.
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Asking why Cuyahoga CountyStat.
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External performance reporting, Oregon style.
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EMPLOYEE CROSS-TRAINING: How small governments can improve efficiency and reduce their risk.
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gfoa events.
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Kansas City Identifies Four Key Factors to a Successful Online Financial Transparency Project.
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GFOA responds to GASB reporting model initiative.
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Six Predictions for Technology in the Year 2001.
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Calendar.
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State general fund budgets grow while revenue slowdown continues.
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Stretch assignments give employees room to grow.
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Workforce diversity: the challenge to financial managers.
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The risk-intelligent public pension trustee.
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The Internet: what's it good for, anyway?
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Make Good Decisions About Police and Public Safety Budgeting.
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State and provincial association events.
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Environmental Finance.
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Rethinking Local Government Revenue Systems": PART 2: Criteria to evaluate local government revenue.
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The City of Stuart, Florida, creates its own utility billing solution.
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Washington legislative wrap-up: 1994.
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Activity-based costing: illustrations from the state of Iowa.
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When leadership fails.
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The rise of ERP technology in the public sector.
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All-America Cities projects address community challenges.
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Investing in people in a post-scandal world: government travel is being cut, but not all travel is as wasteful as GSA's was. Training and development are essential to organizational effectiveness.
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Improving revenue projections: 10 questions--and answers; a systematic approach to revenue forecasting increases the likelihood of reliable projections and eliminates some of the mystery for government stakeholders.
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'Investing forward' despite huge budget hits.
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Meeting future challenges: business planning in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
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Measuring Up: Governing's Guide to Performance Measurement for Geniuses (and Other Public Managers).
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GASB issues technical bulletin on tobacco settlement proceeds.
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Skyrocketing health insurance premiums continue to tax employers, employees.
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Performance Measurement.
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America's Gamble: Public School Finance and State Lotteries.
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ERP implementation: tips for managing risks.
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Employees still uncertain about retirement.
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Federal tax restructuring: experts consider impacts on states and localities.
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Pension Obligation Bonds: Yes or No?
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"Performance Measurement in State Budgeting: Advancement and Backsliding from 1990 to 1995".
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E-Commerce and E-Government: GFOA's Second Annual Emerging Technologies Satellite Teleconference.
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Collaboration is Key for the Lakota Local School District.
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Awards for excellence recognize innovative programs.
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Value-for-Money Audit Evidence.
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State revenue forecasting: An institutional framework.
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PROFILING GFOA.
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Program/activity-based management at the Regional Municipality of Peel: an organization in transition.
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Purchasing power: The massachusetts environmental procurement program.
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Adopting GASB GAAP.
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Process Makes Perfect: Paraguay and El Salvador treasuries achieve real results using business process improvement.
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D.C. Regains Control of Finances.
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INTERNAL CONTROLS.
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The state comparative performance measurement project: benchmarking organizations provide a forum for information exchanges on business practices, strategies, solutions to common problems, and innovative ideas.
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Interpreting local government financial statements.
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Tips for addressing service delivery pain points.
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Bridging the gap: budget balancing in the city of Austin, Texas.
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The CPFO program, state training, and local career development: strategically linking national certification to state training programs and government career development programs recognizes employee accomplishments, enhances recruitment and retention, and professionalizes the practice of public finance.
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REACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF FINANCE OFFICERS.
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Disasters and the Critical Need for Digital Readiness.
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Forever Leases.
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Strategic management of desktop computer equipment in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Paying for new development: the urban structure program of the City of Lancaster.
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"Digital Economy 2000".
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The power of predictive analytics.
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State and provincial association events.
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Charter Schools and Private Profits.
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Restructuring of the electric utilities industry: an overview for government finance officials.
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GFOA announces 2015 Awards for Excellence Winners.
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Get involved with GFOA.
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NACo paper explains importance of municipal bonds.