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Accounting, auditing, and financial reporting. (From the Library).(policy study)(Brief Article)
"Local Government Accountants as Public Managers: An Evolving Role"
McCue, Clifford P.
State and Local Government Review, Spring 2001, pp. 144-157
Local government accountants traditionally have assumed the role of "information providers," synthesizing historical financial information for both internal and external stakeholders. However, the rise of public management initiatives like strategic management accounting, performance-based budgeting, and service efforts and accomplishment reporting are placing increased pressure on accountants as "information facilitators." In this role, accountants support organizational decision making by providing specialized accounting information and ad hoc analyses for staff and line managers on demand--complete with interpretive discussion. The author conducted a random sample of local government ...
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(From AP Worldstream) Byline: LAUREN FRAYER Gunmen in military uniforms robbed government accountants as they left a Baghdad bank with bags of cash on Tuesday in the second bank heist in a week, and roadside bombs killed at least...
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(From AP Worldstream) Byline: LAUREN FRAYER Gunmen in military uniforms robbed government accountants as they left a Baghdad bank with bags of cash on Tuesday in the second such heist in eight days, and 13 Iraqi convicts were executed...
- Company Profile for Association of Government Accountants.
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 13, 2009 700+ words
...conferences, AGA promotes transparency and accountability in government. Company: < Association of Government Accountants < Headquarters Address: < 2208 Mount Vernon Avenue < Alexandria, VA 22301 < Main Telephone...
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire December 19, 2006 700+ words
...their hands bound behind their backs. Elsewhere in the Iraqi capital, gunmen in military uniforms robbed government accountants as they left a bank with bags of cash, in the second major bank robbery in the Iraqi capital in eight days...
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