Georgia native Alan Skelton will succeed David Bean as director of research and technical activities at the Governmental Accounting Standards Board April 1. Processing Content Bean, who has served as ...

The GASB is looking for comments on its upcoming technical agenda while rolling out a series of videos aimed at helping stakeholders understand government financial reports.

The Financial Accounting Foundation’s Board of Trustees, who oversee the Governmental Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, has adopted a new policy clarifying the ...

Joel Black will succeed David Vaudt as chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board on July 1. He was appointed by the Financial Accounting Foundation six months ago and will be the first GASB ...

GASB issued a concepts statement to guide the board when establishing note disclosure requirements for state and local governments — part of its response to research reexamining existing note ...

Last year, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) voted to defer the effective date of lease accounting standard GASB 87 to give public sector entities more time to adapt to the many ...

GASB issued guidance Monday designed to improve the accounting and financial reporting requirements for accounting changes and error corrections. GASB Statement No ...

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has released a preliminary views (PV) document seeking public comment in the US, focusing on proposed changes in accounting and financial reporting ...

Governments big and small, state and local, issue them every year. But is there anyone who actually considers even the most well written and stylized Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) a ...

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board issued GASB Statement No. 88 (the "Statement") in March 2018. The Statement requires increased disclosure in notes to financial statements of all state and ...

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