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

Strategic Patience

Paying Dividends for Counties

Managing Both the Forest and the Trees

An Overview of Project Governance

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

Writing Fiscal Notes

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

The Visionary's Map

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


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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