An Interpretive Guide to the Government in the Sunshine Act


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This updated edition reexamines the Sunshine Act since it was originally signed in 1977. The authors have analyzed more than 150 court decisions that have interpreted or mentioned the Act, and have reviewed the legal literature over the past 28 years.







Open Meetings/open Records


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Borough News


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Financial Reporting by First Nations


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And recommendations -- Need for report and mandate of the study group -- Analysis and recommendations of this report -- Implications of adopting the common government reporting model -- Status of report -- Recommendations in brief -- Implications in brief -- Appendix A, outreach activities -- Appendix B, determining appropriate standards -- Appendix C, sample financial statements under the common government reporting model -- Appendix D, qualitative characteristics of government financial statements -- Appendix E, general reporting principles of government financial statements -- Appendix F, government reporting entity -- Glossary -- Selected bibliography.




Pennsylvania Municipal Yearbook


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Budgeting and Budgetary Institutions


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Budgeting and budgetary institutions play a critical role in resource allocation, government accountability, and improved fiscal and social outcomes. This volume distills lessons from practices in designing better fiscal institutions, citizen friendly budgets, and open and transparent processes of budget preparation and execution. It also highlights newer concepts of performance budgeting, accrual accounting, activity based costing, and the use of information and communication technology in budgeting. These tools of analysis are supplemented by a review of budgeting in post-conflict countries and two country case studies on the reform of budgeting systems.




Publication Laws


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