As workers search for better opportunities and the demand for public sector workers continues to increase, accounting professionals working in the private sector should consider whether switching to a ...

How the program helped her career: “I spent about a year and a half at the start of my career in private industry. What I found when I came to the Office of Budget and Management was that government ...

“The Master’s in Governmental Accounting at Rutgers looked too perfect for me,” Catherine Sykes said to herself. “I must be missing something.” She dug deeper into the program. “I checked that it was ...

Governmental Accounting Standards Board chair Joel Black has been overseeing GASB for nearly two years as state and local governments deal with the continuing fallout from the pandemic while ...

The American Institute of CPAs teamed up with the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers on a joint report calling attention to the urgent need for accountants in state ...

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) published Statement no. 43, Financial Reporting for Postemployment Benefit Plans Other Than Pension Plans ( www ...

While management accountants across a number of industries face talent gaps and training challenges, governmental accounting perhaps faces the most difficult obstacles, including low pay, high ...

Since its creation nearly three decades ago, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has been embroiled in controversy as it has sought to increase accountability and transparency in state ...

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 ...

Jonas Elmerraji is editor of the Rhino Stock Report, a GARP investment newsletter. He launched the "Young Investor" category for Investopedia. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), ...

Nearly every public and private business entity — across all levels of government, small and large businesses and major accounting firms (such as KPMG, EY, Deloitte and PwC) — employs finance ...