Public sector

IT Optimization: Navigating Fiscal Austerity

3/7/13 | Public Sector Research Centre

The Federal Government faces a situation similar to that of the private sector in the early 2000s. The question is whether Federal COOs, CFOs, and CIOs will wait for OMB to levy cuts on them or whether Federal executives will act to address the systemic drivers of IT expense so they are ready to respond to the inevitable round of forthcoming budget cuts. Read more

  • IT Optimization: Navigating Fiscal Austerity

    3/7/13 | Public Sector Research Centre

    The Federal Government faces a situation similar to that of the private sector in the early 2000s. The question is whether Federal COOs, CFOs, and CIOs will wait for OMB to levy cuts on them or whether Federal executives will act to address the systemic drivers of IT expense so they are ready to respond to the inevitable round of forthcoming budget cuts.

  • Federal Government Environmental Stewardship

    11/2/12 | Public Sector Research Centre

    Implementation of E.O. 13514 requires agencies to integrate sustainability goals with their mission and strategic planning practices. Each agency is charged with developing a Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan that prioritizes the agency’s actions toward the Executive Order goals.

  • Federal Real Estate & Sustainability

    11/1/12 | Public Sector Research Centre

    Examining relationships among the sustainability components shows that many of the inputs and outputs are directly affected by real estate operations and management, making facility managers and other property stakeholders critical players in effecting change.

  • Insights and Trends: Current Portfolio, Programme, and Project Management Practices

    8/6/12 | Public Sector Research Centre

    The data from the 2012 edition of the survey to help identify correlations between Project Management (PM) and organizational success within five key performance indicators (delivering projects on time, within budget, to scope, to quality standards, and with the intended business benefits).

  • Global Green Policy Insights

    8/1/12 | Public Sector Research Centre

    Global Green Policy Insights is a bimonthly update on the latest developments in environmental taxes, regulations and other ‘green’ policies around the world.

  • Public sector sustainable cost reduction

    4/13/12 | Public Sector Research Centre

    Traditional Federal and local government cost reduction approaches often fail to achieve the targeted reductions, take longer than anticipated, and allow costs to creep back to historic levels. Disciplined cost management is critical in achieving transparency and accountability.

  • Investing in transportation: Doing more with less

    3/19/12 | Advisory services

    Allocating scarce public monies to the projects that yield the best return for taxpayer investment is especially critical today. A PwC survey of five countries illustrates how transportation investment frameworks can help prioritize projects and measure performance.

  • Potential Impacts to the Industry from the GAO Study Regarding DCAA Access to Internal Audit Reports

    3/12/12 | Advisory services

    In its December 8, 2011 report to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported findings and recommendations resulting from its audit of the use of internal audit reports and work papers by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).

  • Dataline
    Dataline: The GASB's Derivatives Standard -- Recognition and Reporting Guidance for State and Local Government Entities (No. 2010-37)

    9/9/10 | Assurance services

    Entities that apply accounting rules issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) are implementing a comprehensive new accounting standard on derivative instruments. The standard requires that derivatives be reported at fair value on the balance sheet and that all potential hedges be evaluated for effectiveness. The standard is expected to dramatically affect balance sheets, as most governments historically accounted for derivatives off-balance sheet. The standard impacts financial statements prepared for fiscal years ending June 30, 2010 and thereafter. This Dataline discusses the key provisions of the new standard and offers PwC's observations on implementing it.