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Tag Archives: Arizona
Protecting Against Ransomware
Year after year ransomware attacks continue to rise locally, in the US, and across the world. This increase in prevalence has caused businesses and organizations to emphasize and focus their efforts in developing strong cybersecurity in order to protect against … read more
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Tagged Arizona, computer systems, government, internal control, IT, NPO, ransomware, school district, security
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GASB Standards Update
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has been, seemingly, busier in recent years researching, deliberating, and issuing a number of standards that will take effect in coming years. While some relief was provided with the passage of GASB Statement No. … read more
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Tagged accounting, Arizona, fiduciary activities, financial statements, GASB, government, leases, Mike Hoerig, pronouncements, Texas
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Are You Audit Ready? Effectively Using Credit Cards or P-Cards
The use of credit cards and p-cards by Arizona school districts is a common purchasing method, and the Uniform System of Financial Records for Arizona School Districts provides guidelines regarding the various compliance requirements of their use and suggested procedures … read more
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Tagged Arizona, credit card, internal controls, p-cards, procurement, school district, USFR
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Steps Your District Should Take Now to Comply with New Procurement Regulations
As school district officials know, laws and regulations are ever changing. Every new legislative session brings with it new requirements. Having a way to communicate these changes to your employees is critical to ensuring compliance with any new laws and … read more
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Tagged A.R.S., Arizona, compliance, Kristen Conway, procurement, purchasing, USFR
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Capital Assets – Using Data Analytics to Strengthen Our Audits
Updating and maintaining an accurate capital asset listing is not typically at the top of anyone’s to-do list. However, it is something that is required of your organization and it oftentimes is a lot of work. Most organizations spend the … read more
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Tagged Arizona, audit, capital assets, data analytics, government, Joshua Jumper, school district
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Navigating the Open Meeting Law in the Telecommunications Age
As public officials and administrators, many of us are probably familiar with Arizona’s Open Meeting Law. Arizona Open Meeting Law, A.R.S. § 38, Chapter 3, Article 3.1 Public Meetings and Proceedings, is chock-full of requirements our Governing Board or City/Town … read more
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Tagged Arizona, city council, e-mail, email, governing board, municipality, open meeting law, remote meetings, school district, telecommunications, town council
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Data, Data and More Data – How to Make it Work for You!
In the past, decision-making was much simpler, but we often got it wrong because although we knew a lot about one or two options, we didn’t know what our other choices were or we made poor choices anyway. A historic … read more
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Tagged Arizona, CPA, data analysis, data bias, data management, Melanie Askew, school district
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