Strategies AND techniques for getting the most out of A COMPANY'Sphysical assets Accounting for Fixed Assets, Second Edition presents comprehensiveguidelines for effectively managing property, plant, and equipmentin order to get the maximum benefits out of investments in theselong-term tangible assets. Enhanced with numerous examples andillustrations, this new edition features essential material ongovernment accounting, not-for-profit accounting, and practicalcomputer programs. Complete, up-to-date coverage of fixed-asset accountingincludes: * Asset classification * Base unit * Asset value * Asset safeguards * Inventories of fixed assets * Extraordinary repairs * Written policies * Self-constructed assets

From the Nuremberg trials to the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 to recent budget reconciliation bills, the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy provides detailed coverage of watershed policies and decisions from such fields as privatization, biomedical ethics, education, and diversity. This second edition features a wide range of new topics, including military administration, government procurement, social theory, and justice administration in developed democracies. It also addresses current issues such as the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and covers public administration in the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America.

"Budgeting and financial management in the U.S. federal government is highly complex and highly differentiated, e.g., in the process employed by the Executive branch versus those used by Congress. In this book we attempt to cover the processes of both the Executive and Congress and the relationships between the two. The book provides views from several perspectives, e.g., managerial and political. We attempt to provide readers with an understanding of how federal budget and financial management processes are supposed to operate. However, we then go a step further to show how these processes actually operate often in contrast to the intended template. Additionally, this book is intended to capture and combine the views of the academic and the practitioner, including those of the participants in the process."--Introduction.

The first book to comprehensively discuss both governmental and nonprofit financial management! Governmental and Nonprofit Financial Management makes it easy for both nonprofit and governmental managers to understand essential governmental and nonprofit financial management topics and their various subfields. • Understand the similarities and differences between governmental and nonprofit financial management standards and procedures • Learn multiple cost-saving techniques • Explore highly technical financial management subfields, from auditing and financial analysis to capital budgeting and risk management • Use over 40 applications to calculate everything from T-bill yield to lost cash discounts • Benefit from the in-depth coverage — an excellent primer for the non-accountant Bonus! Apply what you have learned by completing problems, cases, and report writing exercises at the end of each chapter.

Ready access to accurate and timely information for decision making is a paramount requirement for public sector managers to function effectively in a political environment where fiscal management comes under close scrutiny. This paper presents a methodology for use in developing an integrated network of systems to support the information requirements for economic management. Of particular importance is the concept of developing an information systems architecture that provides an overview of the systems network required to support fiscal management. The proposed architecture identifies the major component modules and the information linkages between these modules. This information architecture can also serve as a road map for systems implementation.