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GOVERNMENT'S NEW NORMAL: A Changing Role for Auditors

State and local governments face extreme fiscal challenges as revenue sources shrink and new, long-standing obligations expand. This combined with revised requirements for pension and benefit recognition and reporting creates unique pressures on governmental financial conditions. Given this environm...

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Published in:The journal of government financial management 2013-10, Vol.62 (3), p.12
Main Authors: Marsh, Treba, Fischer, Mary, Montondon, Lucille
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Audits
Bankruptcy
Budget deficits
Credit ratings
Employees
Enterprise resource planning
Financial statements
Fiscal years
Foreclosure
Furloughs
Government
Government agencies
Information technology
Layoffs
Local elections
Pensions
Politics
Property taxes
Rating services
Risk management
State budgets
Tax revenues
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