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    RE: AI Policy

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    The Government AI Coalition has good policy templates and resources. Government AI Coalition | City of San José ------------------------------ Nathanael Plaizier Finance Director Centerville City Corporation Centerville UT -------------------- ...

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    We are evaluating whether to increase our capitalization threshold from $5,000 to $10,000 due to inflation and administrative burden. For those who have recently updated their thresholds: What threshold are you currently using? Did you encounter ...

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    Another idea for format/tool is that as a work team, we have used Microsoft OneNote for our cash handling procedures. Obviously this is at a SOP level, but it allows the Finance group to make updates any time and show version history (kind of clunky but ...

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    Thanks for sharing. This is a great resource and the webinars seem worthwhile. ------------------------------ Roy Manninen Director of Finance Western Upper Peninsula Health Department Hancock MI ------------------------------

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    Materiality is central to financial reporting, yet it is often applied as a narrow technical threshold rather than an ongoing decision-making process. Join us for Materiality Mondays , a three-part webinar series that introduces a more practical ...

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