Many of you are attempting to anticipate the length or depth of the financial impacts of the pandemic. This will be difficult to predict, which makes financial planning challenging. One important tool available to help you in these circumstances is scenario planning.
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The latest issue of our newsletter looks at issues surrounding COVID-19, new resources for cities, fraud investigations and more.
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The Center for Government Innovation, a service to local governments provided by the Washington State Auditor’s Office, has been working hard to bring some new resources to local governments, including cities. We’d like to tell you about a few new items, plus what’s on the near horizon to be published!
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Late Wednesday, June 17, legislative leadership surprised us with a second extension of the annual financial report filing deadline. The new filing deadline is July 1, 2020.
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We’ve encouraged local governments to step up their documentation practices. If you still need convincing to document, document, document, here are five reasons you should do it.
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As promised, I wanted to let you know as soon as possible that a limited extension of the annual financial report filing deadline has been approved by legislative leadership. The new filing deadline is June 17.
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A cost allocation plan takes some work to set up and carry out, but it can take some pressure off of the general fund. Here are some helpful tips and resources should you decide to go that route.
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As a supervisor or manager, you play a key role in reducing the stress of your team members in times of disruption. Here are five things you can do to help your employees through an unexpected change such as teleworking during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The coronavirus pandemic likely is forcing you to change how you do your work, such as processing payroll or paying your bills. We understand that local governments need to get the work done, but we’d like to help you manage the risks that can come with new processes.
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Local governments are navigating many new areas while managing operations in response to coronavirus. We’d like to share some information so that everyone knows where to look for some important answers.
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