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Boosting Agility for State and Local Government Finance & Budget Offices

Government Technology Insider

Our colleagues at Financial Technology Today published this article exploring the benefits of enterprise resource planning solutions, or ERPs, for enabling speed, transparency, and flexibility. The post Boosting Agility for State and Local Government Finance & Budget Offices appeared first on Government Technology Insider.

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Citizen Engagement Tools: Online Budget Simulations

Death and Taxes

Blog post by Whitney Afonso, Zach Mohr, and Scott Powell Questions for Practitioners: When (as in time of year) should you engage citizens in budget simulations? Can I expect trust in our government to increase if we engage citizens in budget simulations? At any rate, a choice on how to start the simulation must be made.

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Budgeting Is a Collaborative Effort

GovLoop

“What people are expecting is personalized, online, digital services for those things that can be digitized,” said Charlie Francis, Senior Consultant at Questica, which provides multi-user budgeting, performance measures, transparency and data visualization software for governments. It’s a level of service guide.

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Lessons learned from Newham’s flagship participatory budget program

Citizen Lab

This article outlines a summary of the report’s key insights and ideas for future improvement. The People Powered Places program is the London Borough of Newham’s flagship program of participatory budgeting. Newham (UK) recently evaluated their Community Assemblies initiative, now known as People Powered Places.

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Smart Budgeting: A Guide for Local Governments

zencity

Traditional budgeting methods often fail to guide leaders toward decisions that maximize Source As state and local governments face increasingly complex challenges, from shifting populations to unforeseen crises, making the most of every dollar becomes crucial.

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How to Engage Communities in the Budgeting Process

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Public budgeting decisions directly impact communities, influencing everything from local infrastructure to essential services and public safety. For residents, these decisions shape their everyday lives; for government agencies, they represent a chance to build trust Source

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City of Humboldt Open House Brings Priority Based Budget to Public

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

"Priority based budgeting will better allow the city to support its long-term strategic goals based on community values." This article originally written by Becky Zimmer from the Humboldt Journal. The public had their chance to ask questions on April 5th at the public budget meeting at the Uniplex.