GFR: October 2025
The New Talent Pool
How skills-based hiring unlocks untapped potential, bringing new energy and transformative change to public finance.
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The full issue of the October 2025 Government Finance Review is available to read electronically. Individual articles are available for download below.
Expanding the Talent Pool
How skills-based hiring can unlock human potential and bring transformative change to public finance by Paige Bongiorno.
Accounting and Financial Reporting
The Crucial First Three Months
How to use this important time period to lay the foundation for successful grant management by Alexis Steger.
ERP Systems and Technology
Ready, Set, AI
Global issues and applications for AI use in local government by James J. Kline and Greg Hutchins.
Leadership, Ethics, and Trust
The Cost of a Bad Hire
Four unintended consequences of hiring the wrong employee by Margaret Graziano.
Capital Planning and Asset Management
Progress Report
Assessing Cook County’s progress toward fairer residential and commercial property assessments over the past five years. by Christopher Berry.
10 Steps for Asset Management
Finance professionals can use these 10 steps to launch an asset management program for their government.
2025 GFOA Recognition for Outstanding Public Service
Meet this year’s change leaders, collaborators, mentors, and pillars by Natalie Laudadio.
Budgeting and Forecasting
Building Better Budgets in Wichita Falls
An Interview by Adam Powell
From Policy to Practice: Mike Mastrobuoni on growth, challenges, and community
An Interview by Manuela Tapia Scott.
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Special Education: Coming to Terms with the Issues
By Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene.
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Connect and Grow with GFOA
Encourage your colleagues to join and take advantage of training, resources, and a vibrant member community by Katie Litte and Natalie Laudadio.
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Defined Benefit Pension Assets and Liabilities as a Manicured Garden
Read ArticleHelping People Understand the “Big Picture” of Fiscal Health by Kevin Wachtel.
Publisher: Chris Morrill
Editor in Chief: Michael J. Mucha
Managing Editor: Marcy Boggs
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