Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting

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10 Steps to Help Schools and Districts Invest in Their Properties 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Virtuous Circle of Local Government Financial Sustainability 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Taking the Pulse of Local Government Finance 9/5/2025
User Fee Policy 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Personnel Budgeting 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Participatory Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Ready for Change: A Call to Action 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Rethinking Budgeting in Action: The City of Plano's Fiscal Roadmap 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Estimation Unknown 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Avoiding a Fiscal Cliff 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Target-Based Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
“Strategic Patience” Pays Dividends for Counties 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Structural Budget Balance 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Rethinking Budgeting in Action: Spotlight on the Fort Worth Lab 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Budget Games 9/5/2025 GFR Article
10 Steps to Implementing Position Control For purchase 9/5/2025 On-Demand
10 Steps to Better Collaboration Between Finance and Fire For purchase 9/5/2025 On-Demand
Budget Officer as Decision Architect For purchase 9/5/2025 On-Demand
The End of ESSER 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Overcoming Challenges for Better Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
A Game Plan for Better Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Power, Politics, and Budgeting Infographic 9/5/2025 Research Report
Budget Officer as Decision Architect Infographic 9/5/2025 Research Report
Gray is OK: Building Trustworthy Relationships in Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Counting on Communities 9/5/2025 GFR Article
10 Steps to Achieving a Structurally Balanced Budget 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Sharpening the Budgeting Strategy 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Same Language 9/5/2025 GFR Article
From Clarity to Connection 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Fire Service 101 for Finance Officers 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Making the Case for Long-Term Financial Planning For purchase 9/5/2025 On-Demand
Breaking the Law of Triviality 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Budgetary Risk Pooling 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Persistence Pays Off 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Ten Steps to Implementing Position Control 9/5/2025 GFR Article
From Guesswork to Informed Judgement: Using Calibration Training for Better Decision-Making 9/5/2025 GFR Article
A Key Role: Why Economists Offer an Essential Skill Set to Local Governments 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Map the Way to Smarter Funding 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Fiscal Cliff 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Building a Better Community for Everyone 9/5/2025 GFR Article
10 Steps to Better Public Engagement 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Rising to the Budgeting Challenge: An Interview with Laura Larsen 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Should We Rethink Reserves? 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Local Government 2030: Tackling Approaches to Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Tips for Powerhouse Dashboards 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Funding New Approaches to Public Safety 9/5/2025 GFR Article
10 Steps to Better Collaboration Between Finance Officers and Fire Chiefs 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Rethinking Public Engagement 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Strategic Planning 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Sustainable Funding Practices for Defined Benefit Pensions and Other Postemployment Benefits (OPEB) 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Budget Officer as Decision Architect 9/5/2025 Research Report
Reallocate the Police? 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Why Communication Skills are Essential for Public Finance Staff 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Seeking Consensus in Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Decision Architect 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Benefits of Budget Engagement 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Creating a Collaborative Budget Process 9/5/2025 GFR Article
10 Steps to Implementing Budget Controls 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Key to Unlocking Potential New Revenue 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Rethinking Strategic Planning: Rethinking the Rules for More Effective Planning 9/5/2025 GFR Article
How Value Systems Affect Viewpoints 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Streamlining the Budget Process: Albany International Airport Embraces Technology 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Boston’s PILOT Project 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Bridging Political Divides in Local Government 9/5/2025 Research Report
The Root of Local Government Revenues 9/5/2025 Research Report
Defining the Problem: The Missing Piece to Local Government Planning 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Rethinking Local Government Revenue Systems: Criteria to evaluate local government revenue 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Relationship Between Public Engagement and Coproduction 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Why Do We Need to Rethink Budgeting? 9/5/2025 GFR Article
10 Steps to Long-Term Financial Planning 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Budget Control 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Long-Term Financial Planning 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Boston's Pilot (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) Project 9/5/2025 Research Report
Legal Financing 9/5/2025 Research Report
Rethinking Strategic Planning 9/5/2025 Research Report
Equity, Equality & Fairness 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Part 2: Rethinking Local Government Revenue Systems 9/5/2025 Research Report
Segmented Pricing for Fines and Fees 9/5/2025 Research Report
Why Do We Need to Rethink Budgeting? 9/5/2025 Research Report
The Accountability Trap 9/5/2025 Research Report
Defining the Problem: The Missing Piece to Local Government Planning 9/5/2025 Research Report
Entrepreneurial Thinking in Local Government 9/5/2025 Research Report
Smarter School Spending: One District's Journey with the Budget Alliance 9/5/2025 GFR Article
10 Steps to Identifying Appropriate Performance Measures 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Accountability Trap: Why Too Much Focus on Results Can Make You Worse Off - And What to Do About It 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Part 1: Rethinking Local Government Revenue Systems 9/5/2025 Research Report
Stress Tests: Building Budgeting Resilience in an Ever-Changing World 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Against All Odds: How Springfield, Massachusetts Built a Fiscally Sustainable Future 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Kansas City Uses Data to Tell Its Budget Story and Engage Residents 9/5/2025 GFR Article
On the Art of Collaboration at Long Beach 9/5/2025 GFR Article
10 Steps to Budgeting for Salary and Wages 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Paving the Way: Aligning the Budget with Your Mission and Values 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Budgeting Bias 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Visualizing Data for Residents of Los Angeles 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Wealth in Waiting: Understanding Public Wealth and Urban Wealth Funds 9/5/2025 GFR Article
A Comprehensive Framework for Financial Planning 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Prioritizing Community Values in Capital Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Don't Go It Alone: Pooling Budgetary Risk to Save Money in Your Budget 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Continuous Utility Rate Management and Forecasting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Budget Cuts Through Equitable Decision-Making: A City of Toledo Case Study 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Using Behavioral Science for Better Decision-Making 9/5/2025 Video Recording
Rethinking Police Budgeting Part 3: The New Rules for Police Budgeting 9/5/2025 Video Recording
Cutting the Operating Budget and Instituting an Equitable Decision-Making Environment Amidst a Fiscal Crisis 9/5/2025 Research Report
Rethinking Police Budgeting Part 2: Engagement 9/5/2025 Video Recording
Elected Official’s Guide: Managing Your Community's Assets: Capital Planning & Debt E-Book For purchase 9/5/2025 e-Book
Elected Official’s Guide: Managing Your Community's Assets: Capital Planning & Debt For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Elected Official’s Guide: Managing Your Community's Assets: Capital Planning & Debt Set For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication Set
Performance Management and Lean Keep the City of Austin on the Road to Continuous Improvement 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Budget Awards Program Comes to the University of Kansas 9/5/2025 Podcast
Equitable Recovery in Practice 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Community Engagement: Infusing Public Deliberation into the Budgeting Process 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Priority Based Budgeting Creates Community Alignment in Duluth 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Budgetary Accountability: Why, Why, Why? 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Rethinking Police Budgeting Part 1: Vision and Goals 9/5/2025 Video Recording
The Basics of Equity in Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Taking Another Look at Tax-Base Sharing Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Alliance for Excellence in School Budgeting: Helping Schools Align Resources with their Areas of Greatest Need 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Stretching the Budget Cycle 9/5/2025 GFR Article
How to Make Good Decisions About Police and Public Safety Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Time for Change: A Practical Approach to Rethinking Police Budgeting 9/5/2025 Research Report
2020 Award for Excellence Winner: City of Redmond 9/5/2025 GFR Article
2020 Award for Excellence Winner: Mecklenburg County 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Q&A with Sam Savage 9/5/2025 GFR Article
2020 Award for Excellence Winner: Ada County 9/5/2025 GFR Article
2020 Award for Excellence Winner: East Bay Municipal Utility District 9/5/2025 GFR Article
2020 Award for Excellence Winner: City of Campbell River 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Elected Official's Guide: Understanding Fiscal Health Set For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication Set
Elected Official's Guide: Understanding Fiscal Health For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Elected Official's Guide: Understanding Fiscal Health E-Book For purchase 9/5/2025 e-Book
Bad Data: A Giant Challenge to Management, Budgeting and Policy Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The Debate Over Defunding the Police 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Learning to Love Inflation Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Point / Counterpoint: Zero-Base Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Balancing the Budget in Bad Times 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Budget Discussion with Dallas Area Rapid Transit 9/5/2025 Podcast
Budget Discussion with Moody's Investors Service 9/5/2025 Podcast
Budget Discussion with DC Water & Sewer Authority 9/5/2025 Podcast
Budget Discussion with Lake County, Illinois 9/5/2025 Podcast
Budget Discussion from Broward County Public Schools 9/5/2025 Podcast
Budget Discussion from City of New Bedford, Massachusetts 9/5/2025 Podcast
GFR Audio: Uncertainty, Risks, and Budgets in the Age of Coronavirus 9/5/2025 Podcast
Uncertainty, Risks, and Budgets in the Age of Coronavirus 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Balancing the Budget in Bad Times - Part 2 9/5/2025 Research Report
General Fund Reserve Calculation Worksheet 9/5/2025 Tool/Template
Financial Decision-Making Under Uncertainty 9/5/2025 Video Recording
Strategic Planning & Program Budgeting Help the City of Indian Wells Improve Its Financial Foundation 9/5/2025 Research Report
Enterprise Risk Management 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Budget in the Language of Accounting Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
The City of Cupertino, California, Takes a Budgeting Education Road Less Followed Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Financial Foundations for Thriving Communities (E-book) For purchase 9/5/2025 e-Book
Financial Foundations for Thriving Communities For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Basis of Accounting versus Budgetary Basis 9/5/2025 Best Practice
The City of Thousand Oaks, California, Engages with Its Citizens Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Infrastructure Funding in the New Budget Environment 9/5/2025 Research Report
GFOA's Financial Management and Budgeting Set For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Engaging Residents in Kansas City's Business Plan 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Capital Budget Presentation 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Evaluating Service Delivery Alternatives 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Public Engagement in the Budget Process 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Website Posting of Financial Documents 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Linking Transparency to Sustainability: Strategies and Case Studies Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Five Years of Progress on Improving Processes: Best Practices in School and Community College Budgeting Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Incrementalism: A Solution for Local Governments' Unfunded Liabilities? Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Budget Monitoring 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Performance Measures 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Budgeting Book Will Interest Readers at All Levels Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Thick versus Thin: How Technology Can Improve Public Involvement in the Budget Process Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Civic Engagement Strategies for Financial Sustainability: Budget Games and Simulation Members only 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Financial Sustainability Index: A Self-Assessment Tool for Financial Sustainability 9/5/2025 Issue Brief
Academic Return on Investment: Foundations and Smart Practices 9/5/2025 Research Report
Tools for Civic Engagement 9/5/2025 Research Report
Best Practices in Community College Budgeting (Download) 9/5/2025 Publication
Best Practices in Community College Budgeting For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Best Practices in School Budgeting For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Informed Decision-Making Through Forecasting: a Practitioner's Guide to Government Revenue Analysis For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Speaking Uncertainty to Power: Risk-Aware Forecasting and Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Accurately Displaying Total Expenditures in Budget Presentations (Budget Consolidation) 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Ensuring Other Postemployment Benefits (OPEB) Sustainability 9/5/2025 Best Practice
The Challenges and Promise of Program Budgeting 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Fund Balance Guidelines for the General Fund 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Adopting Financial Policies 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Best Practices in School Budgeting (Download) 9/5/2025 Publication
Role of the Finance Officer in Collective Bargaining 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Best Practices in Community College Budgeting 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Establishing Government Charges and Fees 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Financial Forecasting in the Budget Preparation Process 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Making the Budget Document Easier to Understand 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Strategies for Managing Health-Care Costs 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Probability Management in Financial Planning 9/5/2025 GFR Article
Establishing an Effective Grants Policy 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Pricing Internal Services 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Role of the Finance Officer in Supporting Fiscal Sustainability 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Achieving a Structurally Balanced Budget 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Departmental Presentation in the Operating Budget Document 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Zero-Base Budgeting 9/5/2025 Research Report
Building a Financially Resilient Government through Long-Term Financial Planning 9/5/2025 Research Report
Working Capital Targets for Enterprise Funds 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Anatomy of a Priority-Driven Budget Process 9/5/2025 Research Report
A Performance Management Framework for State and Local Governments: From Measurement and Reporting to Management and Improving 9/5/2025 Research Report
Effective Budgeting of Salary and Wages 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Inflationary Indices in Budgeting 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Generic Retrenchment Techniques: Any-Time Responses to Fiscal Distress 9/5/2025 Issue Brief
IT Budgeting and Decision Making: Maximizing Your Government's Technology Investments For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Business Preparedness and Continuity Guidelines 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Taxation of Remote Commerce 9/5/2025 Policy Position
Making the Grade: Long-Term Financial Planning for Schools 9/5/2025 Research Report
Financing the Future: Long-Term Financial Planning for Local Government For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
State and Local Government Authority Over Communications 9/5/2025 Policy Position
Health Care Reform Policy 9/5/2025 Policy Position
Budget Technology Solutions 9/5/2025 Issue Brief
The Statistical/Supplemental Section of the Budget Document 9/5/2025 Best Practice
The Use of Trend Data and Comparative Data for Financial Analysis 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Endorsement of Public Risk Database Project's (PRDP) Liability Claims Data Standard 9/5/2025 Policy Position
An Elected Official's Guide to Revenue Forecasting For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Retaining Budget to Actual Comparisons Within the Audited Financial Statements 9/5/2025 Policy Position
Recommended Budget Practices from the National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting 9/5/2025 Best Practice
Recommended Budget Practices: A Framework for Improved State and Local Government Budgeting (Download) 9/5/2025 Publication
Recommended Budget Practices: A Framework for Improved State and Local Government Budgeting For purchase 9/5/2025 Publication
Cooperative Purchasing for State and Local Governments 9/5/2025 Policy Position
Flexibility in Managing Federal Financial Assistance Programs 9/5/2025 Policy Position

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