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Listen and watch the replay from this full-day forum on data standardization in municipal financial reporting. Access the slides:
- Introduction
- Local Govt Fiscal Distress – Jim Spiotto, Chapman Strategic Advisors
- Data Driven Solutions – Dr. Norman Walzer, NIU
- How Transparency Can Reduce Further Risk – Cate Long, Puerto Rico Clearinghouse
- Transitioning to Digital CAFRS – Duffy Blackburn, Will County
- The Trials and Tribulations of Collecting Government Data – Sheila Weinberg, Truth in Accounting
- Developing a Government Reporting Taxonomy – Professor Jacqueline Reck, University of South Florida
- Improving Effective Governance in Illinois – Adam Slade, Metropolitan Planning Council
Hear public sector and financial data standards experts discuss how standardizing reported data can improve the efficiency of disclosures by U.S. state and local governments.
| Agenda | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | Registration |
| 9:30 – 10:00 AM | Welcome and Introductions
Speakers: Hudson Hollister, Founder and Principal, HData Marc Joffe, Senior Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation Shannon Sohl, Ph.D., CPA, Senior Research Associate at Northern Illinois University’s Center for Governmental Studies |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Local Government Fiscal Distress Update
Speaker: Jim Spiotto, Managing Director of Chapman Strategic Advisors LLC |
| 10:30 – 11:00 AM | Monitoring the Finances of Local Governments. The good. The bad. Our future.
Speaker: Rosanna Barbaro-Flores, Illinois Office of the Comptroller (IOC) – Director, Local Government Division |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Break |
| 11:15 – Noon | Data Driven Solutions for Transforming Illinois’ Costly Structure of Government
Speakers: Dr. Norman Walzer, PhD (Economics), Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies Adam Slade, Associate, Effective Government, Metropolitan Planning Council |
| Noon – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:30 PM | How Transparency Can Further Reduce Risk in the Municipal Market
Speaker: Cate Long, Founder, Puerto Rico Clearinghouse |
| 1:30 – 2:15 PM | Muni Data, the Cost of Capital and Market Access
Speakers: John Hallacy, Contributing Editor, The Bond Buyer Triet Nguyen, Managing Partner, Axios Advisors LLC Moderated by Liz Sweeney, Principal, Nutshell Associates, LLC |
| 2:15 – 2:45 PM | Transitioning to Digital County CAFRs
Speaker: Duffy Blackburn, Auditor, Will County |
| 2:45 – 3:15 PM | The Trials and Tribulations of Collecting Government Data
Speaker: Sheila Weinberg, Founder and CEO, Truth In Accounting |
| 3:15 – 3:30 PM | Closing Remarks
Speaker: Hudson Hollister, HData |
