GFOA of the US & Canada

Announcing

Conference Updates

Relax for an Evening at “GFOA’s Taste of Chicago”
In addition to more than 80 sessions, the GFOA will offer “GFOA’s Taste of Chicago” on Tuesday night, June 12, 2012, at Navy Pier. Don’t miss the buffet dinner and entertainment for the evening: a warm-up act by Second City’s comedy troupe, followed by a concert from Chicago. Purchase your tickets from the e-store.

Mark Shields, Rahm Emanual to Deliver Annual Conference Keynote Addresses

Make Chicago Your Kind of Town

We hope you will make Chicago your kind of town by attending the 2012 GFOA Annual Conference, June 10-13, 2012.

We promise you over 75 stimulating educational sessions where you can keep up-to-date on the latest developments in government finance, interact with your peers from around the U.S. and Canada and sharpen your skills (and hopefully have a good time in the Windy City).

Please take a look at the Chicago video and make a decision to make Chicago your kind of town for a few days this June.

Important Notice: GFOA Newsletter Going Electronic The GFOA Newsletter will be provided in electronic form only, starting in June 2012. The last printed edition you will receive will be May 25, 2012. The change will help the GFOA reduce its carbon footprint.
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GFOA and other Local Government Associations Sent Letter to GASB Opposing Use of Financial Projections

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Economic Update March 2012

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Available Scholarships for 2012

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Check Out the GFOA’s Model for Self-Assessment of the Finance Function

How effective is your jurisdiction's financial management? The CIPFA GFOA FM Model can help you find out. This powerful tool, created by the GFOA's U.K. counterpart, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, and customized for U.S. and Canadian governments by the GFOA, will help your organization achieve high performance in financial management.

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GFOA White Paper Defines Zero-Base Budgeting in Current Practice

Zero-base budgeting (ZBB) is a budgeting process that asks managers to build a budget from the ground up, starting from zero. However, ZBB has been the subject of some controversy over the years, owing primarily to questions about the value ZBB analysis provides, in light of the costs incurred to putting ZBB into practice.

The goal of this paper is to define what ZBB means in current practice, describe the uses of ZBB, help public officials have a conversation in their organizations about the value of ZBB, and explore the important alternatives to ZBB.

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GFOA White Paper Gives Tips for Containing Health Care Costs The cost of employee health-care benefits has increased rapidly over recent years, contributing to the budgetary stress that governments are already facing as a result of declining or stagnant revenues and escalating costs in other areas.
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GFOA Provides Online Resource for Jurisdictions Recovering from Financial Distress

The GFOA’s recently released online resource was designed to help public officials cope with budgetary difficulties and ultimately improve the financial health of their governments.