Government Section
As the role of local, state and federal government increases, government accounting and financial reporting are changing as well. How has increased oversight and regulation affected CPAs working in the government sector? How are CPAs working in local and state governments dealing with tight budgets, cutbacks and layoffs? The Society’s Government Section newsletter regularly posts the latest information on local, state and national agendas – information you need to know to serve your constituents wisely.
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Sep 01, 2011
The Ohio Supreme Court on last week gave protection to Ohio’s local governments from lawsuits by individuals who sought to access public records only because they knew the material had been improperly destroyed.
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Sep 01, 2011
The National Governors Association says the federal government owes the states up to $4 billion for wrongfully denying disabled individuals Medicare coverage over the past 30 years.
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Sep 01, 2011
Ratings agency Moody's released a statement suggesting the United States eliminate its statutory limit on government debt to reduce uncertainty among bond holders.
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Sep 01, 2011
States will have a range of options for operating health insurance exchanges in 2014 under proposed rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. Comments are due Sept. 28 on the two proposed health insurance exchange rules announced July 11 by HHS implementing the health insurance exchange provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Sep 01, 2011
As President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struggle to reach a debt-limit deal, state government leaders are bracing for the impact on their budgets and economies of a threatened Aug. 2 federal government default.
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Sep 01, 2011
With local governments still kicking and screaming over the budget reductions to the Local Government Fund Gov. Kasich said it’s time for municipalities to do business differently and do more with less.
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Sep 01, 2011
Ohio started its new fiscal year just under its target mark in July with personal income and tobacco taxes slightly below state analysts’ projections.
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Sep 01, 2011
The Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT) is taking steps to collect a tax it is legally entitled to, but hasn’t been actively pursuing since it was implemented 75 years ago.
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Sep 01, 2011
The state has hired a long-term independent contractor to help identify, correct, and prevent improper Medicaid payments.
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Sep 01, 2011
Ohio is scurrying to make payments to hundreds of mostly self-employed health care service providers who have not received state paychecks for weeks because of problems amid the transition to a new Medicaid billing system, officials said.
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