C-SPAN Washington Journal: Liz Farmer on Federal Grant Money for U.S. City Budgets

Liz Farmer on Federal Grant Money for U.S. City Budgets Liz Farmer examined the federal grant money large urban areas receive to supplement their budgets in light of President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to pull funds from cities that refuse to deport undocumented immigrants.

 

 

Transcript available at C-SPAN: https://www.c-span.org/video/?419113-5/washington-journal-liz-farmer-federal-grant-money-us-city-budgets

 

Liz Profiled in State Tax Notes Magazine

Covering the State Finance Beat
by Billy Hamilton

Billy Hamilton is the executive vice chancellor and CFO of the Texas A&M University System. In 2015 Hamilton led Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s Strike Force on the Health and Human Services Commission to complete a management analysis of the agency. Before that, Hamilton was the deputy comptroller for the Texas Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts from 1990 until he retired in 2006. He is also a private consultant, advising on numerous state tax matters. In this edition of State Tax Merry-Go-Round, Hamilton interviews Governing magazine public finance reporter Liz Farmer to get her thoughts on state and local tax policymaking from her perspective on the periphery, as well as her insight on the big public finance issues elected officials across the country are facing.

Association for Budgeting and Financial Management Annual Conference

Liz was a panelist at the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management's annual conference in Washington, D.C.

Next Generation Public Finance – Social Impact Bonds
Moderator: Justin Marlowe, Associate Professor, University of Washington
Michelle A. Sager, Director of Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office
John Roman, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute Justice Policy Center
Sean French, Management and Program Analyst, Corporation for National and Community Service
Lili Elkins, Chief Strategy Officer, ROCA Inc.

Liz Farmer, Public Finance Writer, Governing magazine

 

The Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) is a section of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). ABFM aims to promote the professional development of budgeting and financial management in the public and non-profit sectors. 

 

Radio appearance: How Detroit and Flint Lost Millions

I dug into a new report from the Government Accountability Office that showed places like Detroit and Flint, Michigan, as well as Camden, New Jersey and Stockton, California lost millions in federal grant money due to accounting errors. When a struggling city is on its knees, every dollar is precious and giving back grant money is a huge setback.

I joined Michigan Radio to talk about how this happened. Listen here.