Tables with lots of numbers are useful, but not if the tables are incomplete and either confusing or misleading as a result. Take, for example, the city of Albany’s “Popular Annual Financial Report.” Officials are proud of this 20-page illustrated effort to explain the money angle of city government. The city staff has a long history of […]
City finance: When reports confuse
Tables with lots of numbers are useful, but not if the tables are incomplete and either confusing or misleading as a result. Take, for example, the city of Albany’s “Popular Annual Financial Report.” Officials are proud of this 20-page illustrated effort to explain the money angle of city government. The city staff has a long history of […]
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