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Public finance as a profession.
Amid this unique compendium of articles addressing the career development challenges, opportunities, and resources for governmental finance officers, I will attempt to provide a broader perspective on the profession and the vocation of public finance as I believe it should be understood by practitioners and the academy. This will require adjustments in the thinking of some in the field, because "public finance" has come to mean many different things in different contexts. It is not unlike the proverbial Twelve Blind Men and the Elephant (see What IS Public Finance?).
Many GFOA members would likely find themselves hard-pressed to define the term "public finance" ...
- Ten years young and growing: GFOA's Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO)...
- Magazine article from: Government Finance Review Chase, Bruce W. February 1, 2007 700+ words
...the Government Finance Officers Association launched its Certified Public Finance Officer program...in the Certified Public Finance Officers program holds out...Exhibit 2: Certified Public Finance Officers by State Alabama...
- Public finance group expected to call for Federal rules on swaps. (Government...
- Magazine article from: American Banker Kaplan, Daniel June 7, 1994 700+ words
The Government Finance Officers Association could become the first...member group, which represents public finance officials from all sectors of...firms. If it is passed, the finance officers association will call for all...
- GFOA Graduates First Class of Certified Public Finance Officers. (Profiling...
- Magazine article from: Government Finance Review December 1, 2001 700+ words
...represent the core functions of public finance: governmental accounting...Philadelphia. Certified Public Finance Officers will be distinguished by...problems written by practicing public finance officers. The problems are based...
- Tax proposals are disturbing municipal market, experts tell GFOA.(tax reform in...
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Ferris, Craig T. June 13, 1995 700+ words
...for state and local governments, two public finance experts told the Government Finance Officers Association. Even though a major tax...promise of simplicity may "entice" some finance officers to support some form of a flat or consumption...
- The challenge of change. (Government Finance Officers Association)(President's...
- Magazine article from: Government Finance Review Ellsworth, Douglas R. August 1, 1998 700+ words
This is a unique year for the Government Finance Officers Association and the public finance profession. The accelerating pace of change...the NACSLB recommendations and educating finance officers, city managers, and other interested parties...
- Rep. Ed Jenkins and Commissioner Michael Lomax to keynote Atlanta workshop on...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 14, 1989 700+ words
...Delaware Association of Government Finance Officers, North Carolina Public Finance Officers Association, Tennessee Government Finance...Finance Officers Association, Maryland Public Finance Officers Association, Georgia Government Finance...
- What does leadership in public finance mean to you?
- Magazine article from: Government Finance Review February 1, 2005 700+ words
...Texas Leadership in public finance is the final line...Florida Leadership in public finance means helping my...fellow government finance officers be the best at their...Arizona Leadership in public finance is the ability to...
- Managing the media: a primer for finance officers.
- Magazine article from: Government Finance Review Cook, Marshall J. December 1, 1998 700+ words
...strategies to improve finance officers' relationships...with the media. Public finance officials are not...important jobs that a public finance official has. Public...cooperation and input of public finance officials. As one...