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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. Public procurement is key to this endeavor because public institutions and state enterprises must procure vast amounts of goods, services, and works to do their jobs.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

We test this hypothesis using a sample of all 159 counties in the state of Georgia from 2010 through 2017 and find this to be indeed the case. If a government legally allows, authorizes, and fully discloses interfund transfers, it might be an ideal strategy to use to aid in sustaining government operations.