Government Finance Review - 2014
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City Fiscal Woes: neither widespread nor caused by pensions.
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The dollars and sense of government IT.
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The SEC municipalities continuing disclosure cooperation initiative: guidance on participation and implications.
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Barcelona's strategic and integrated financial management system.
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Change to Grow: Baltimore's ten-year financial plan.
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Community improvement districts in the City of Bel Aire.
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Technological innovations in the finance office.
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Employing a debt management policy: practices at California local agencies.
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2014 Index by author.
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Changing the game: a new playbook for government financial management.
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Calendar.
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Employees still uncertain about retirement.
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Correction to story on gasb pension implementation delay.
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Hacking the public CFO's office: how technological and social change can transform the way the public's business gets done.
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Debt affordability.
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DeKalb County: refunds eight bond series in less than five months, complete with rating upgrades.
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The Affordable Care Act: reviewing impacts and opportunities.
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Report identifies 10 critical imperatives facing U.S. cities.
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ACA action steps for 2014: another look at the ACA's shared responsibility provisions.
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Many public pension plans still recovering from economic downturn.
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Federal policy makers set their sights on state and local governments: we continue to see federal legislative and regulatory efforts that would increase cost to and oversight of state and local governments.
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GASB presses forward with pension implementation.
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GASB moves toward major changes in accounting for OPEB.
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Using technology to increase organizational effectiveness.
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Budgeting for shared services.
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City of Dallas creative improvement on EMS and revenue development.
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The City of Junction City, Oregon, wins the Cash Basis Award.
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GFOA events.
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The finances of service sharing.
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Roanoke, Virginia, Ensures a Financially Sustainable Retirement Plan.
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Colorado PERA pursues world-class programs: in consolidating three plans under a single record keeper, Colorado PERA saw an opportunity to build world-class voluntary retirement plans for its members.
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How to keep a big government project from exploding on the launchpad.
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Managing against escalating pension investment fees.
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P3 builds business intelligence tool for enhanced reporting, transparency.
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Once a troubled Rust-Belt City, Duluth turns its finances around.
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GFOA events.
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Transforming Performance Measurement for the 21st Century.
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The essentials of a post-issuance tax compliance program.
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Managing public-sector retiree health-care benefits under the Affordable Care Act.
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State and provincial association events.
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Breaking down big data.
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Making better decisions.
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Streamlining processes: looking at the details.
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Vancouver: reporting service metrics helps with strategic budget decisions.
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Proven techniques for getting returns from employee wellness programs.
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Budgeting by inclusion.
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The IRS and you: IRS regulations, programs, and resources for state and local governments.
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U.K. devolution of interest to U.S.
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State and provincial association events.
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Milestones for GFOA's CAFR, budget programs.
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Counties offer extensive employee health coverage.
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Governments reveal health and OPEB funding strategies.
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The rider and the elephant: Switch book details how to create change.
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Privatization determining the role of P3s.
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GFOA events.
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Fiscal sustainability: the long view.
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Volatility in state tax revenue led to recession forecasting errors.
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Measuring the impact of Sprawl.
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State and provincial association events.
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Improving your communication style: presenting financial information in tough economic times.
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Pension system's collaborative effort already a game changer.
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Cracking the code on health-care costs.
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2014 Annual Conference recap: the future of government finance.
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Getting at the real benefits of PerformanceStat.
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Turning governments into innovation machines: the key is 'intrapreneurship' establishing a publicsector culture that rewards disruption from within.
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Public health and the leadership imperative.
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Calendar.
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Using data to get things done.
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Retirees rely on supplemental retirement plans.
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Population growth strong in big cities.
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Supreme Court watch: during the 2013-2014 Supreme Court term, the State and Local Legal Center filed amicus briefs addressing issues including the constitutionality of state and local tax schemes, an interpretation of the costly Fair Labor Standards Act, and the proper use of administrative procedure.
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Making sure you're really ready: compliance + costs.
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Benefit of pensions shown to be widespread.
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Collaboration as a management and leadership strategy for local governments fad or future?
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Turning your organization into a talent magnet.
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Report looks at need for road repair.
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Checking in on community engagement.
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Brookings studies recent pension reform efforts.
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Supreme court decision could provide small victory for internet sales tax enforcement: enacting the Marketplace Fairness Act would enable states to recover an estimated $23 billion owed in taxes on remote sales each year that could be dedicated to providing and improving essential public services such as infrastructure, education, health care, and public safety.
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Pension talking points support public-sector DB plans.
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Getting your ideas to stick.
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Briefs examine public-sector retirement issues.
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Transforming the health-care system.
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Census bureau data shows rapid population growth due to the energy boom.
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How Governments--and the people who run them--can learn and improve: digital technology has given us tools that make a methodical approach to institutional learning more useful and powerful than ever.
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The finance officer's role in making democracy work.
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2014 Index by subject and jurisdiction.
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Family health premiums up 3 percent in 2014.
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University campuses are transportation trailblazers as young people lead shift from driving.
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Technology and the finance officer.
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Health benefit plan costs trends to decrease slightly, but not for drugs.
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Defining and creating value for the public.
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Report casts unfair clouds on public-sector procurement: a recent report on improving public-sector procurement practices had one problem--failing to consider how the technology sector could improve, as well.
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Wellness programs revisited: the City of Garland's long-running and successful wellness program has been updated and modified to accommodate the changing needs of employees and advances in wellness protocols.
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Making the best use of judgmental forecasting.
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The GFOA's new president-elect and executive board.
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Variables make determining cause of premium increases difficult.
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Innovative approaches to procurement.
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The challenge of building the workforce government needs.
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GASB proposes fair value guidance.
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Revitalization and local parks.
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State and provincial association events.
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Maximizing the finance officer's role in labor negotiations.
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GASB proposes disclosures for tax abatements: the GASB has requested responses to its exposure draft on Tax Abatement Disclosures by January 30, 2015.
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GFOA Annual Conference.
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Engaging citizens through accountable strategic management: Mecklenburg County consistently tries to incorporate transparent business processes as an integral part of daily operations as it works to become a more transparent government.
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President's message.
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San Luis Obispo planning for fiscal recovery.
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Rock Hill and the importance of the strategic plan.
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Forecasting technology: the state of the market: governments can choose from a number of software packages to use in forecasting, and choosing the right one for any given jurisdiction involves a number of factors.
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GFOA urges GASB to delay implementation of GASB Statement No. 68.
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GFOA events.
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Cities hit late by great recession, still struggling to rebound.
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The value of regularly reviewing the chart of accounts.
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EPA recognizes smart growth communities.
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"Geek cities" use data better.
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Probability management in financial planning.
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Audit reports: then, now, and always.
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Trust: building public confidence in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Pensions making the number our own.
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The effects of the Massachusetts health reform on financial distress.
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Health-care update.
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Audits of group financial statements: implications for governments.
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Elements of a social media strategy: how new technologies can help you do old things better.
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Blending agile and lean thinking for more efficient it development.
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Assessing the affordability of state debt.
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Improving the effectiveness of multi-year fiscal planning.
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A little education isn't a dangerous thing.
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Cities plan for climate change.
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Don't throw munis under the bus.
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Many public pension plans still recovering from economic downturn.
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How changes in state pension plans affect public employees' retirement income.
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GFOA announces awards for excellence winners.
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Pension plan financial statements: properly interpreting net fiduciary position.
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Working with FEMA: an extension of what we do.
