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    The official app for GFOA's 120th Annual Conference is here! Start planning your conference experience by exploring the full schedule, saving sessions to your personalized agenda, browsing speakers and exhibitors, and more. Want to attend one or more ...

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    Electronic vendor payments

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    Does anyone use a third party software for electronic payments to vendors? We are exploring options to offer this to our vendors instead of paper checks. ------------------------------ Leslie Brumage Finance Officer City of Cody Cody WY ---------- ...

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    RE: Policy Groupings

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    Hi Chelsea - you probably want to split this into two policies - one that covers revenue processing and the other that covers accounts payable processes. You can lump the accounts payable ("outbound payments") items into your existing purchasing policy ...

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    Hi! It sounds like you might need an ERP that's designed for governmental accounting. Our ERP here in Newtown runs essentially on a cash basis and the accrual entries for year end have to be posted manually. Year end close is a hassle but month to ...

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    General administrative policies that govern employee behavior are typically managed through HR and signed off on by the First Selectman (similar to a Mayor). We post them on the policies page of our payroll platform so employees can acknowledge them ...

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