GFR: April 2025

Building a Structurally Balanced Budget

Putting the Principle Into Practice

April 2025

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The full issue of the April 2025 Government Finance Review is available to read electronically. Individual articles are available for download below.

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Special Membership Update

Read about GFOA's new membership model

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Budgeting and Forecasting

Structural Budget Balance

Putting the principle into practice by Kyle I. Jen and Steve Watson.

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Budgeting and Forecasting

Target-Based Budgeting

How setting spending targets can result in a more efficient, collaborative and forward-thinking budget process by Shayne Kavanagh, Janet Dutcher, and Crew Corbett.

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Risk Assessment

Parametric Insurance

Understanding new solutions for public-sector risk management by Jaclyn de Medicci Bruneau

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  • Flight Plans

    Recognizing and Accounting for Different Types of PILOTs

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  • Strategic Patience

    Paying Dividends for Counties

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  • Managing Both the Forest and the Trees

    An Overview of Project Governance

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Leadership, Ethics, and Trust

Q&A with Nate Reinhardt

An Interview with Nate Reinhardt by Mike Mucha

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Rethinking Budgeting

Rethinking Budgeting in Action

Spotlight on the Fort Worth Lab by Katie Ludwig

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  • The New PCI Standards

    What every government needs to know by Benjamin Davidson

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  • Writing Fiscal Notes

    The art and necessity of writing fiscal notes by Deepayan Debnath, Matthew Lue, and Stacey Weidemann

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  • The Visionary's Map

    A brain-based guide to unlocking creativity and driving innovation by Susan Robertson

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Trailblazers

Cities come together to forge new paths on budgeting

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Publisher: Chris Morrill

Editor in Chief: Michael J. Mucha

Managing Editor: Marcy Boggs

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