Wednesday, November 18, 2009

How Ohio is dealing with the financial crisis

http://www.ohioscpa.com/Content/Files/Public/Files/Documents/Advocacy/OSCPA_Ohio_Budget_Advisory_Task_Force_V.1.0.pdf
The Ohio Society of CPAs released a package of state budget reform recommendations developed by its Ohio Budget Advisory Task Force and presented to Gov. Ted Strickland on Nov. 6, 2009. OSCPA formed the task force in response to the state's need to replace $851 million in revenue budgeted from video lottery terminals that will not be realized, the governor's recommendation to delay the final reduction in personal income tax and his public request for ideas to help solve Ohio's unprecedented financial challenges.

Monday, November 2, 2009

GAO Yellow Book site

http://www.gao.gov/govaud/ybk01.htm

FASAB

http://www.fasab.gov/

National Center for Charitable Statistics

This site under the Urban Institute.
The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. Check out the information that is available here.

http://nccs.urban.org/

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board

is located at this site. Something to be aware of at this site is EMMA, the Electronic Municipal Market Access, a database of official documents available for free to the public. (EMMA is somewhat similar to EDGAR at the SEC in terms of the types of information and disclosures that are accessible). Access to EMMA is right on the face of the website.

http://www.msrb.org/msrb1/