How Local Governments and State Agencies Can Integrate Business Software and Tools with Microsoft Dynamics GP

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 by admin

Streamlining Strategies for Government Agencies

Local governments and state agencies have highly specialized requirements for financial, procurement, and human resource operations. Public administrators are challenged to provide enhanced security and secured processing with the same funding. The goal is to provide timely and detailed information about how every public fund is expended and, at the same time, proactively manage budgets while ensuring fi scal responsibility. This white paper gives you a few practical suggestions for improving your fi nancial and workforce management.

With new homeland security requirements, public agencies have the additional burden of consolidating and automating the flow of information—not only within the agency—but with counterparts in other localities, states, and federal agencies. Microsoft DynamicsTM GP allows the administration staff to focus on effi cient delivery of services rather than on funding and accounting processes. Much of the required reporting processing is time-consuming and typically requires IT services to generate the information for all types of users—from public officials to various department staff.

When using self service applications and advanced reporting tools, the effort of getting timely information can be greatly reduced and streamlined—while providing secure and easy access to information.

In order to ensure accountability, government agencies need financial and human resources management (HRM) systems that work the way government works. Public agencies need to consider that regulatory requirements are becoming more stringent. Regulations, such as the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement 34 and other government-mandated reporting already stipulate highly specifi c accounting transactions and fi nancial reports for various agencies.

Your agency might face limited staff resources and funding. Practical, flexible, and affordable tools geared for government agencies allow administrators to effectively monitor budgets, streamline accounting functions, track encumbrances, comply with GASB 34 requirements, manage unique payroll requirements, automate reporting, and much more. Microsoft Dynamics GP can help reduce cost—and increase efficiency—by streamlining key administrative functions.

Regardless of whether you’re a small city government or a large state agency, Microsoft Dynamics GP delivers financial and human resources management solutions to help you serve the needs of your department or agency and community. Microsoft Dynamics gives you the tools you need to comply with regulatory requirements, satisfy the demands of public administration, use your budget and other resources more effectively, and increase your financial insight and control.

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