Your GFOA Chris Morrill

GFOA Best Practices http://www.gfoa.org/best-practices

GFOA Federal Liaison Center Congressional Advocacy Tax exempt municipal bonds Deductibility of State & Local Taxes Marketplace Fairness Act Executive Advocacy SEC MSRB Amicus Briefs to the Supreme Court

Member resources

GFOA Consulting GFOA nationally recognized leader in the ERP system market generating value for clients through: Software selection / contract negotiations Reducing costs Reducing risk during implementation Providing best practice recommendations for improving business processes

Research Reports http://www.gfoa.org/research-reports

Best Practices in School Budgeting http://www.gfoa.org/pk-12budget http://smarterschoolspending.org/

Financial Sustainability Framework GFOA National Civic League University of Southern California University of San Francisco Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Leadership strategies: Create open communication between all participants Help stakeholders build trustworthy reputations Convince participants there can be benefits from collective efforts Ensure key stakeholders remain engaged Build long-time horizons into fiscal planning Maintain capabilities to enforce cooperative behavior Institutional Design Principles: Well-defined boundaries Proportional equivalents between benefits & costs Collective choice arrangements Monitoring Graduated sanctions and credible rewards Conflict resolution mechanisms Minimum recognition of rights Networked enterprises http://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/working-papers/financial-sustainability-index

Be a part of the discussion on GFOA’s social media sites: @GFOA (#GFOA2018) @chrisgfoa GFOA of the US & Canada on Facebook GFOA on LinkedIn