NC Government Finance Officers Association

Associations Offering Finance and Budget Information

• International City Management Association (ICMA)
• Government Finance Officers Association (National)
• NC Government Finance Officers Association
• NC Local Government Budget Association
• NY Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Washington Finance Officers Association
• American Accounting Association
• Association of Government Accountants
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• Institute of Management Accountants
• Mortgage Bankers Association of America
• American Institute for Certified Public Accountants
• American Association for Budget and Program Analysis
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• American Society for Public Administration
• Association for Public Policy and Management
• Federation of Tax Administrators

Boards

• Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
• Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
• Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
• Federal Housing Finance Board

Exchanges

• NASDAQ
• New York Stock Exchange
• American Stock Exchange
• Stock Exchanges of the World

Federal Government

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Federal Reserve Banks
• Federal Reserve Board
• Federal Reserve System National Information Center
• Finance Net
• US Securities and Exchange Commission
• US Treasury
• US Bureau of the Census
• Internal Revenue Service
• The Federal Web Locator
• Thomas
• GSA’s Finance Web Site
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

Insurance

• MBIA Insurance Corporation
• Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC)

Banks

• Corestates
• Banks of North Carolina

Publications/Newswires

• Bloomberg Personal
• The Bond Buyer—online for subscribers only
• Business Week Online
• Money Magazine Online—includes financial news summaries, investment quotes (delayed 15 minutes) and a “best rates” page showing the highest interest rates on nationally offered CDs
• Municipal Finance Report—Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
• Reuters—obtain individual stock, bond and mutual fund quotes (20-minute delay)
• Wall Street Journal
• The Street (subscription)
• CNN—Financial Network
• Fortune Magazine
• Forbes Magazine
• Web Finance

State Governments

• NC Commissioner of Banks
• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts—GAAP Corner
• NC Office of State Planning
• NC Office of State Treasurer—State and Local Finance
• State Purchase and Contracts—Dept. of Administration
• NC Office of State Management and Budget
• NC Office of State Auditor
• NC Office of State Controller

Ratings Services

• Moody’s Investors Service—online subscription information primarily
• Standard & Poor’s—online subscription information primarily
• Bank Rating and Analysis Services
• Fitch

Research Institutions Specializing in Public Finance

• Tax Research Analysis Center (TRAC)
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development—Public Management Service
• Tax Foundation

Miscellaneous Resources

• Salary Calculator
• Inflation Calculator
• Financial Data Finder
• CPA /Link
• The Money Page (Internet Consumer’s Guide to Investment, Banking and Finance)