The Organizational Structure of City Finance Offices.
Government Finance Review › Vol. 16 Nbr. 3, June 2000
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This article describes a recent GFOA study of the organization of city finance offices across the U.S. and investigates whether integrated finance organizations are more efficient and effective.
Nearly a century ago, the model city charter of the National Municipal League recommended that local governments combine their finance functions into a single, integrated finance office. This article examines the prevalence today of a single finance office in large U.S. cities and investigates whether any obvious relationship exists between the centralization of finance activities and the efficiency and effectiveness of the finance organization. In the spring of 2000, the GFOA Research Center conducted a study of the finance offices in the 75 largest U.S. cities. Using official government documents, the Research Center gathered data on the structure and expenditures of nearly 200 finance offices. The study made the following findings. * Most large U.S. cities have a simple organizational structure in which one or two departments carry out the government's major finance responsibilities. * Finance responsibilities are less centralized in the largest cities. * The finance organiza...See the full content of this document
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