This article is the second in our series based on the 2016 Texas Fiscal Officers’ Academy (TFOA).
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Machelle Pharr serves as Assistant Director of Finance over Budgeting and General Accounting at the Employees Retirement System (ERS). She provided an update at the Mid-Winter Conference on ERS’s Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) for the next biennium. ERS manages four…
When a bill or resolution is introduced in a legislative session, legislators know the potential financial impact from the attached fiscal note. The fiscal note spells out: Cost Savings Revenue loss Revenue gain The Legislative Budget Board (LBB) is responsible…
In September 2011, the Department of Information Resources (DIR) became the first Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) agency. Since then, a total of 13 agencies have come on board with either CAPPS Financials, CAPPS HR/Payroll or both through early…
Read about the accomplishments of the TSABAA Officers for Fiscal Year 2015 in their bios on the TSABAA website. Here are their answers to this year’s interview questions. President Lori Trank Manager of Accounting Operations, Health and Human Services Commission Who…
Each year at our Annual Conference we recognize all TSABAA members who have retired during the year at the Awards Breakfast on the last day of the conference. Please let us know of any employees at your agency who have…