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Technology for small governments: Ohio's uniform accounting network.(Brief Article)

Government Finance Review

| June 01, 2002 | Petro, Jim | COPYRIGHT 2002 Government Finance Officers Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Responding to financial crises and accounting deficiencies caused by manual bookkeeping procedures in small governments, the Ohio Auditor of State has made automated financial systems an affordable reality for the state's 2,012 village and townships.

Editor's note: GFOA bestows the Louisville Award for Innovation in Government Finance only in recognition of exceptional accomplishments for the introduction of a new concept or technique with enduring value to the profession. This article describes the 2001 winning entry in the Management and Service Delivery category.

In 1996, the Ohio Auditor of State placed the village of West Millgrove under the control ...

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