CIVIC FEDERATION CALLS FOR REJECTION OF $5.3 BILLION CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET Lack of Long-Term Planning and Transparency Troubling Says Watchdog Group The Civic Federation is calling on the CPS Board of Trustees to reject the staff-…
The Civic Federation supports the $476.1 million City Colleges of Chicago FY2007 tentative budget because it makes impressive strides in implementing business process reforms that will enable the District to better manage its resources and…
In this article about mounting bad debt and debt collection problems in the Cook County health network, the Civic Federation is quoted as urging the county to increase their transparency in how they determine bad debt.
The Civic Federation praised the Illinois General Assembly for voting to eliminate the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District, and celebrated the end of a 3-year campaign to abolish the unnecessary unit of government.
This report is a summary of Governor Blagojevich's proposed $9.95 billion FY2007 State of Illinois Capital Budget.
The Civic Federation opposes the State of Illinois Recommended FY2007 operating budget because it takes a partial pension holiday of $1.1 billion at the same time as it increases spending for recurring programs by $1 billion.
The Civic Federation opposes the State of Illinois Recommended FY2007 operating budget because it takes a partial pension holiday of $1.1 billion at the same time as it increases spending for recurring programs by $1 billion.
This report provides a trend analysis of indicators that measure the financial health and performance of ten major local government pension funds from 1997 to 2004. It finds a combined $14.4 billion in unfunded liabilities for the ten…
This issue brief provides a "plain English" description of how GASB 43 and 45 will require government financial reporting on non-pension post-employment benefits (OPEB). It is illustrated with preliminary estimates of unfunded OPEB…
The Civic Federation opposed Cook County's $3.076 billion budget because it failed to include long term management efficiencies and cost reduction measures.
