GFR: August 2025
Getting Reserves Right
Howa risk-based reserve framework can help local governments prepare for uncertainty
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The full issue of the August 2025 Government Finance Review is available to read electronically. Individual articles are available for download below.
Calculated Risk
The Goleta Water District's risk-based reserve framework: a case study for local governments by Thao Pham
Economic Development
Seeds of Transformation
How the City of Baltimore cultivated a successful tax increment financing program by Tallulah Burr
Trending Topics in Public Finance
The Tariff Effect
The economic impact of tariffs on local government - and how strategic use of reserves can help mitigate risks by Skyler Albert
Leadership, Ethics, and Trust
Is Your Brain Boxing You In?
How to break through the "curse of knowledge" and uncover the possibilities you've been missing.
Finding the Balance
Rethinking materiality in governmental accounting by GFOA's Rethinking Financial Reporting Team
Leadership, Ethics, and Trust
Q&A with Erica Broome and Joel Manning from GFOA's Utility Finance Forum
An Interview by Manuela Sasot
Trust, Turbines, and Tomorrow’s Water: A Conversation with Matt Bowman
An Interview by Tallulah Burr
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Fair Share
A Consultant’s Tips for Navigating Shared Positions
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Taking the Pulse of Local Government Finance
What local governments are doing-and wish they were doing - in financial management
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Maximizing ERP Project Performance
Using PIT crews to accelerate change and user adoption for ERP projects by Mike Mucha
Publisher: Chris Morrill
Editor in Chief: Michael J. Mucha
Managing Editor: Marcy Boggs
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