Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting Examination

• GFOA Recommended Practices (section devoted to “Accounting, Auditing and Financial Reporting”)
• An Elected Officials Guide to Fund Balance and Net Assets  by: Stephen J. Gauthier

Cash Management and Investments Examination

• GFOA Recommended Practices (section devoted to “Cash Management”)

Debt Management Examination

• GFOA Recommended Practices (section devoted to “Debt Management”)

Operating and Capital Budgeting Examination

• GFOA Recommended Practices (section devoted to “Budget”)
• Recommended Budget Practices (NACSLB book).

Pension & Benefits, Risk Management, and Procurement Examination

• GFOA Recommended Practices (section on Retirement Benefits)
• Investment Policy Checklist for Pension Fund Assets 
• Local Government Finance: Concepts and Practices Chapter 18, “Risk Management”
• Handbook of State and Local Government Finance, GFOA, section called “The Management of State and Local Retirement Plans,”
  by Nicholas Greifer and Paul Zorn.
• Legal Obligations of Public Pension Plan Governing Boards and Administrators,  
• An Elected Officials Guide to Procurement by Patricia C. Watt