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Guy Proposes Not Terrible Ideas to Get People Into Government Accounting

Going Concern

For some time now municipalities have felt the crunch from the accountant shortage and unlike public accounting firms feeling the same, these entities don’t have the luxury of turning down work to ease it nor can they overwork their people with no overtime. Again, not a terrible idea.

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Attention, Soon-to-be-Accountants: Governments Need You

CPA Practice

An overlooked option in many cases is the nationwide army of account clerks, historically mostly women, who lack collegiate training and credentials but who are entering data and running the books daily.