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Pass bill to speed payments, give realistic budget picture

“ The state is fooling no one by claiming to have a balanced budget while shoving the payment of current year obligations into the next fiscal year. "

Accounting Today Article: Tell It Like It Is

“ 'Truth' and 'accounting' should not be concepts that are terribly hard to reconcile - unless you're also trying to bring 'government' into the formula. "

Daily Journal Illinois Budget Editorial: Promises, promises

“Meanwhile, leaders of both parties have laid down a 'smokescreen' for years for the voters. The Institute for Truth in Accounting, which monitors such things, notes that Illinois has run up a $44 billion deficit in the last 20 years of legally required 'balanced budgets."

Institute seeks greater state budget transparency
Article, The Rock River Times

Saying No to Fuzzy Math: Sheila Weinberg fights for truthful government accounting
Article, The Sam Adams Alliance & Foundation

State pension systems reap benefit from Ryan’s conviction
Guest Columnist, Sheila Weinberg, for The Rock River Times

"In the Loop" article on John Marshall Law School's event

Statement regarding Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s 2008 budget
Guest Columnist, Sheila Weinberg, for The Rock River Times

Accounting Group Slams Response to Illinois Budget Crisis
Article in Lincoln Daily News

Press Releases

July 17, 2007 This Mess Has Been Building For Years: IFTA takes action
April 12, 2007 IFTA Names Nelson and Feiger to More Prominent Roles
December 19, 2006 The Federal Government Can't Count
November 15, 2006 Federal Fiscal Policy Unsustainable
June 28, 2006 IFTA CEO to Join AGA Advisory Council
April 16, 2006 IFTA influences Truth in Accounting Act of 2006
April 14, 2006 IFTA hosts Medicare's Financial Crisis Seminar
March 21, 2006 Kelley Bergstrom added to IFTA's Advisory Panel
March 16, 2006 Illinois Gubernatorial Candidates Sign Pledge For Truth In Accounting
March 5, 2006  IFTA’S Newest Publication Challenges Debt Assessment
January 4, 2006 David Cotton to receive AGA's Andy Barr Award
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