GFOA’s 116th Annual Conference is the premier networking and educational event in public finance. Join us this year in Austin, Texas, June 5-8, to connect with thousands of finance officers and other finance professionals from around the United States and Canada. After two years of virtual conferences, we’re excited to be returning to an in-person event for GFOA’s 116th Annual Conference, June 5–8, 2022, at the Austin C...

Details: The scope of public sector external financial reporting often extends beyond the reporting government to encompass one or more additional legally-separate organizations. This seminar examines the scope of the public sector financial reporting entity. Who Will Benefit: Accounting and auditing professionals Learning Objectives: Understand the criteria used in establishing a primary government’s financial accountability for a poten...

There are few projects that local governments will take on that reach the size, scope, and complexity of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation. Not only do ERP projects touch just about everything and everyone in the organization, they also can represent significant change for an organization. ERP projects are expensive requiring investments not only in dollars, but in time, creating the expectation that governments will see sig...

The public sector environment is fundamentally different from that in which private-sector organizations operate, thus different accounting and financial reporting practices have developed for governments. This two-hour internet training will provide a basic introduction to the conceptual and practical ways in which generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for governments differs from that used for private companies. It will familiarize...

Join MD GFOA at their 2019 Annual Summer Conference in Ocean City, Maryland June 19-21, 2019 See our website for details and how to register

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This webinar will help an issuer prepare its official statement in compliance with federal securities laws. Topics to be discussed include: (1) best practices in preparing your official statement (including who should be responsible for which sections of the official statement, discussion of relevant federal securities laws , what is a “10b-5 letter” and recent SEC actions against issuers including New Jersey and San Diego); (2) pe...