On Thursday, March 11, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (“ARP”) into law. The ARP will provide state and local governments with up to $350 billion in funds targeted at softening the financial effects [...]
August 5th, 2020 marked the conclusion of the bill signing period following one of the longest legislative sessions in Georgia history. In addition to the constitutionally mandated appropriations acts, the legislature passed 611 pieces [...]
During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly passed HB 257. HB 257 consolidated local authority registration and financial reporting into a single annual report known as the Annual Authority Registration and Finance Report [...]
On September 14, 2016, the City of Miami, Florida and its former budget director were found guilty of securities fraud in connection with three municipal bond offerings in 2009 and other disclosures made to investors. [...]
Governmental Accounting Standards Board Plans to Re-Examine State and Local Government Financial Reporting Framework. On September 8, 2015, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (“GASB”) added a review of the standardized financial reporting framework for state [...]
National Association of Bond Lawyers Releases “Crafting Disclosure Policies” Paper (August 20, 2015). On August 20, 2015, the National Association of Bond Lawyers (“NABL”) released a white paper titled “Crafting Disclosure Policies” providing advice to [...]