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- No Matter How You Measure Performance: It's The Results That Count
- Performance measurement concepts and applications have grown in use and sophistication since the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) first published a report on measuring municipal activities. Nowadays in leading governments performance measures do not stand alone but are part of a comprehensive performance management approach for aligning goals, spending, service...
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Improving Organizational Performance Through Performance Audits: When Appropriately Conducted
- Performance audits are sometimes viewed by program managers as a necessary bureaucratic evil at best or as an onerous accountability to citizens and policy makers by providing key performance information while at the same time generating data and analysis that managers can use to select more effective strategies and to...
- White papers 2007-04-01
- GFOA Recommended Practice: Revenue Policy: Cash Receipts Controls (2003)
- The report outlines that to ensure strong financial management practices, the proper controls over revenues are imperative in determining budget, forecasting, reconciliations and general oversight over the various revenues collected. As part of performing governmental services, management must provide for appropriate mechanisms, automated and manual, to collect all funds for...
- White papers 2003-10-17
- Adaytum Teams with Accenture and government finance officers association to Bring New Financial Planning Solutions to Public Sector
- The case study is about Adaytum, the leading provider of enterprise business planning (EBP) solutions. The alliance is the first to provide a Web-based, high-participation budgeting and planning solution designed specifically to respond to the unique requirements of state and local sectors. The target market for the solution includes states,...
- White papers 2001-04-30
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- New Zealand rejects Canadian bid for airport stake
- WELLINGTON (AFP) — The New Zealand government Friday rejected a bid by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to take a 40 percent stake in the country's aviation hub, Auckland International Airport. Land Information Minister David Parker and Associate Finance Minister Clayton Cosgrove said they were not satisfied...
- Articles 2008-04-10
- Clinical audit training places
- Unite/CPHVA has won a Department of Health bid to fund 20 places on an accredited clinical audit skills development programme, offered in collaboration with the Clinical Audit Support Centre and the National Open College Network. Unite/CPHVA professional officer Rita Newland stated: 'This is an excellent opportunity for our...
- Articles 2008-04-01
- Study Finds Alternative Asset Classes Grow in Popularity among Public Pension Plans
- Bear Stearns and Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Release Findings of Comprehensive Survey of Public Pension Plans' Investment Practices NEW YORK -- A survey of investment practices at public pension plans found more invest or plan to invest in alternative asset classes in the future. Most of the...
- Articles 2008-03-13
- PERSONNEL
- Pentech Financial Services, Inc., Campbell, California, a small ticket and commercial lease financing company, names Jason Sindeair national sales manager and Michael Schaubeck regional sales manager. Ober|Kaler, Baltimore, Maryland, announces Christopher B. Younger as an associate in the Business & Tax Group, focusing on business and private aircraft transactions as...
- Articles 2008-03-01
- Unrest in Government Accounting
- GASB and the GFOA Square Off Since 1984, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has provided standards and guidance for accounting and financial reporting to state and local government entities. GASB was given the task of creating a comprehensive set of standards and developing a new reporting...
- Articles 2008-03-01
- Kimbell & Associates adds Vesey as new VP.(People News)
- Jeffrey J. Kimbell and Associates, a healthcare federal affairs and political strategy firm based in Washington, DC, has appointed Jennifer Vesey to serve as its vice president of government affairs and policy. Vesey, a former healthcare executive with a decade of experience in ...
- Articles 2008-03-01
- IPSERA conference
- The 17th annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Perth Hotel in Perth, Western Australia, on 9-12 March. This year's theme is "Building practice and research collaboration in purchasing". Speakers include Andrea Gregory, general manager group procurement, Air...
- Articles 2008-02-28
- Building Industry Association applauds action to increase federal conforming loan limits
- The Building Industry Association / Desert Chapter applauds President Bush and the U. S. Congress for their swift action to enact an economic stimulus package including a provision designed to make financing costs for homebuyers more affordable. "This important action of the federal government comes not a moment too...
- Articles 2008-02-19
- Harris joins OKC-based Devon Energy Corp.
- David G. Harris was named associate general counsel of Devon Energy Corp. Harris will focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, SEC reporting, corporate governance and compliance. Harris previously was a partner specializing in corporate and securities matters for Thompson & Knight. Prior to his tenure...
- Articles 2008-02-12
- GAO Report Backs ATA Views on Public-Private Partnerships
- Report Warns of Higher Costs, Higher Tolls, Monopolies, Lack of Public Control ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations today welcomed the Government Accountability Office's just-released report on highway public-private partnerships, which predicts those finance schemes can create costly highway monopolies. The report, warning motorists that there is...
- Articles 2008-02-12
- Calendar
- Tuesday, January 8 Government Subcontracting Sponsor: The Federal Technology Center 9 a.m. El Camino College Small Business Development Center 13430 Hawthorne Blvd., Hawthorne Free (866) 382-7822 Mission to India Sponsor: Irwindale Chamber...
- Articles 2008-01-07
- Senate votes to reopen Black farmers' lawsuits
- Tee farm bill recently approved by the Senate moved Congress a step closer to reopening a landmark bias case against the Department of Agriculture. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Like its companion bill approved in the House, the Senate measure, sponsored by Sen. Barack Obama, would give thousands of...
- Articles 2008-01-07
- GFOA Annual Conference FORT LAUDERDALE 2008
- This June, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) will hold its 102nd annual conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Technical sessions will begin at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center on Sunday afternoon, June 15, and continue until noon on Wednesday, June 18. The GFOA's standing Committee on Accounting, Auditing,...
- Articles 2008-01-01
- GFOA Executive Board GUIDELINES FOR RESPONDING TO PROPOSED STANDARDS
- At its Fall 2007 meeting, the Executive Board of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) issued formal guidelines for responding to proposed accounting and auditing standards, such as those issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Background The GFOA describes its mission...
- Articles 2008-01-01
- 'To be an indispensable resource for healthcare finance'
- The Healthcare Financial Management Association is the nation's leading personal membership organization for healthcare financial management professionals. HFMA brings perspective and clarity to the industry's complex issues to prepare the Association's members to succeed. Through our programs, publications, and partnerships, we enhance the capabilities that strengthen not only individual careers,...
- Articles 2008-01-01
- Eagle Mountain receives budgeting award
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN -- Eagle Mountain's budget committee has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada, an independent association that seeks to promote management of governments. Awards are given to any city that receives a proficient rating...
- Articles 2007-12-19
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