Christine Kuglin, Director of the TIA project at DU, will moderate a break-out session titled Government Data Reporting Standards. Speaker: Paulina Haro, Senior Project Manager, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) sets accounting standards for states and local governments. GASB is developing a GAAP taxonomy to assist in the implementation of electronic financial reporting for governments. Attend this session to learn about the unique challenges in developing standards for the municipal marketplace to support GAAP financial reporting including government wide financial statements, combining schedules, notes to financial statements (disclosures), required supplementary information. Additional discussions are planned about handling different types of governments, the need for entity specific information, as well as changes in accounting standards over time. Conference seating is limited register here.