Illinois searches foreign buyers to support pension debt

It appears that this is aimed to institutional investors....and the debt is taxable, not tax exempt.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=munievents&sid=ah3FJPW4QXG8

New data sets available

for the public are now open, aiding increased transparency http://www.data.gov/

Illinois pension woes

This article is describing the vast underfunded Illinois pension system.

http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/archives/2010/02/pension.html

Combat fraud, waste and abuse

http://fmcenter.aicpa.org/NR/rdonlyres/4549A0AA-E3C2-4F84-9D32-14C06EBF0AA9/0/GovtAcctBriefDec09linked.pdf

AICPA publishes a brief on internal controls for government. Notice that the sidebar of this pdf file also has links to other resources.