Browse Berger, Barrie Tabin

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Title	Type	Date	Words
Legislative and regulatory issues to watch in 2012.		Feb 1, 2012	1425
Washington threatens to preempt state and local taxing authority.		Dec 1, 2011	2175
Congress rejects President Obama's American Jobs Act.		Oct 1, 2011	831
Local coalition defends rights-of-way management, compensation practices.		Aug 1, 2011	1471
Telling the truth about state and local finance.		Apr 1, 2011	2384
Federal agency implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.		Oct 1, 2010	1513
Looking at the new health-care law.	Law overview	Jun 1, 2010	1912
ARRA funding recipients meet first reporting deadline.		Dec 1, 2009	1739
GFOA joins sister associations on amicus brief to Supreme Court: Graham County, North Carolina asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an issue that will have a substantial impact on local government exposure to damages.	Case overview	Oct 1, 2009	907
President signs Landmark Housing Law.		Oct 1, 2008	1461
Congressional and regulatory activities in the pension and benefits arena.		Jun 1, 2008	1961
President's budget proposal and other news from the nation's capitol.		Apr 1, 2008	1795
Public sector health care purchasers convene in Washington, D.C.: state and local governments and pension plans provide health benefits to 16 million working and retired American and their families. It is imperative that they begin identifying what is needed for effective health care reform.		Dec 1, 2007	1798
President delivers proposed FY08 budget: state and local governments to feel the pinch: President Bush's FY08 budget proposes cuts to domestic discretionary spending and entitlement programs.		Apr 1, 2007	1578
2006 retirement roundup and insights for 2007: public sector pension plans may come under scrutiny from Congress during 2007.	Law overview	Dec 1, 2006	1858
State, federal lawmakers moving to curb eminent domain powers: the Supreme Court's June ruling that local governments can use their power of eminent domain for the purpose of economic development has unleashed a legislative backlash from state and federal lawmakers, both Republican and Democrat.		Oct 1, 2005	1348
10 Years of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: ten years after its adoption, most agree that the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act has raised awareness about the burden unfunded mandates place on state and local governments.		Jun 1, 2005	1485
Internet telephony--friend or foe? Congress has introduced legislation that would extend preemptions of state and local taxing authority to virtually any regulation of VoIP services, threatening millions of dollars in state and local revenues.		Oct 1, 2004	1502
Changes in Social Security to impact public employers and employees: new legislation designed to prevent fraud and abuse in the Social Security program has important implications for government employers and employees.		Aug 1, 2004	1207