A decade ago, Ohio became a model for taxpayer transparency when it created the Ohio Checkbook, opening government ...

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is juggling a variety of projects to improve accounting for state and local governments as they come under pressure from the threat of reduced funding from ...

State and local government debt surpassed $6. 1 trillion in 2023, according to an analysis by Reason Foundation.

S&P Global Ratings recently withdrew its credit ratings on 64 local governments after they failed to file financial updates on time because of staff shortages and delayed audits. Nearly 150 such ...

A landmark research study by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board has provided one of the most detailed examinations to date of how state and local governments in the United States use GAAP.

Homeowner frustration with rising property taxes may soon reach a boiling point and talk of amending Ohio’s constitution to abolish property taxes altogether has gained significant traction. But state ...

The study sees a rapid surge in the use of AI technologies in financial management, particularly across local government ...

"At the local level, you are able to effect change at a different pace," said incoming GFOA president Lunda Asmani. Incoming Government Finance Officers Association president Lunda Asmani, the son of ...

His analysis suggests the council's general fund was positive by about £784m at the time rather than the £677m deficit ...