Analysis of a CAFR Report

  1. Select a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) from a government / municipality and present your
    choice in the conference set up for same in Week #1 for approval by stating the government / municipality’s
    name in the conference, and uploading / attaching the municipality’s most recent CAFR report in PDF format.
    Only approved entities / CAFRs will be accepted.
  2. Explore the concepts of the course material relating to CAFRs. You must also find and review / read outside
    literature on this subject and the below requirements as well and use and reference same in the paper.
  3. Prepare an executive summary paper on the CAFR to include the following:
    a. A brief introduction / review of your chosen CAFR entity.
    b. For the CAFR report, discuss its focus, what it is trying to impart on its users, a review of the main
    sections of the CAFR (what is NOT expected is a fund-by-fund accounting of figures, performance,
    balances, etc.), and who is the actual intended audience / users being addressed outside those the CAFR
    report itself is addressed to.
    c. Discuss your thoughts on how a CAFR is presented to its users