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Government Finance Officers Association <br />Research and Consulting Center <br /> <br />The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) is the premier association for <br />public sector finance professionals in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1906, <br />GFOA currently has over 20,000 members that look to GFOA as the gold standard for <br />identifying, developing, and communicating leading practices in government <br />management. As a non- <br />state and local government financial management. GFOA accomplishes this mission by <br />identifying and developing policies and practices and promoting them through <br />education, training, consulting and leadership. <br /> <br />comprehensive analytical and advisory services, as well as for research on issues specific <br />to state and local government challenges. Since beginning operations in 1977, the RCC <br />has assisted hundreds of cities, counties, public utilities; and other forms of government <br />to create best practice solutions to meet their unique challenges. GFOA has built a <br />reputation as the unparalleled leader in the field of providing objective, independent <br />advice in the public sector. While most of our engagements involved larger scopes than <br />we have proposed for the City of South Bend, we have successfully used our approach <br />to assist in procurement of a wide variety of systems. Our approach to projects focuses <br />on business process improvement, effective governance, and building organizational <br />readiness throughout each stage of the procurement process. This is critical for code <br />enforcement, finance, HR, payroll, and many other types of administrative systems. <br /> <br />GFOA Strategic Focus <br /> <br />GFOA will bring many resources to this project. Our best <br />practices, ever-evolving templates, lessons learned, tools, and <br />Resource. <br />most importantly, our knowledgeable consultants bring <br /> <br />information and past project experience to the City. <br />GFOA prioritizes training throughout our consulting approach. <br />We want you to be successful and we understand that means <br />Educator. <br />having the information, skills, and perspective necessary at the <br /> <br />City in the long-term. <br />rk of past clients and overall <br />Facilitator. <br />network. Business process questions or unique issues with City <br /> <br />requirements can be explored with other GFOA members. <br />Above all else, GFOA will be your advocate. We will champion <br />Advocate. <br />best practices. We will work to identify and mitigate risk. We <br />will also work hard to set the City up for a successful <br /> <br /> <br />implementation and adoption of best practices. <br /> <br /> <br /> Page 3 <br /> <br />