Government Finance Review

from December 1991
Last Number: August 2010

Government Finance Officers Association
ISSN 0883-7856

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Vol. 26 Nbr. 4, August 2010

President's message.

Perspectives - Len S. Brittain

State and local government employment up in 18 states.

News & Numbers

Economic trends.

The GFOA's new president-elect and Executive Board.

Government Finance Officers Association

The finance officer's role in doing more with less: 2010 Annual Conference recap.

Conference news

Modified accrual: decision-useful & accountability-centered.

Putting the pieces together: revised criteria for defining the financial reporting entity.

Auditor independence in the public sector.

Optimizing ERP in your organization.

Enterprise resource planning

Why fund Wi-Fi?

Provo brings employees and citizens together to identify budget cuts: recommendations from teams of employees and citizens helped the City of Provo make surgical cuts that balanced the budget during these difficult economic times.

Best Practices

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.

[PM.sup.2] Connections: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT & MANAGEMENT

'Once a budgeter, always a budgeter': five reviewers for the GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program explain why their interest in and dedication to budgeting continues after they've retired.

Management & Careers - Government Finance Officers Association

Innovative programs help governments cope with generational change: we must adapt our methods to best reach the talented upcoming generation of public servants and finance officials, and continue to get the best from more experienced public servants.

Solutions - Column

Finance Reform Act affects state and local governments in many ways: the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes many provisions related to municipal securities, as well as new regulations for advisors hired by state and local governments.

Federal Focus

Proposed changes in employer accounting for pensions: the GASB proposes to substantially modify how state and local governments account for the costs of providing pension benefits to their employees.

The Accounting Angle - Governmental Accounting Standards Board

From public deliberation to public collaboration.

Book review

Calendar.

Calendar

Crisis and innovation: let the bad times roll: innovation appears to flourish in agencies under extreme pressure.

Commentary - Column