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Girard Miller

Girard Miller

Finance Columnist

Girard Miller is the finance columnist for Governing. He is a retired investment and public finance professional and the author of “Enlightened Public Finance” (2019). Miller brings 30 years of experience in public finance and investments as a former Governmental Accounting Standards Board member and ICMA Retirement Corp. president.

Miller writes Governing's bi-weekly newsletter on public finance, which you can sign up for here.

He can be reached at millergirard@yahoo.com. 

Surprise! Your bond ratings just went up!
The Government Finance Officers Association has issued a list of best practices for public pensions. These measures should be adopted nationwide.
Illinois and New Jersey legislators try a new tack on reform.
Nationwide, public officials scramble to change new-hire benefits formulas.
Reviews of the way public pensions measure their ROI and account for liabilities could have a major impact on state and local budgets.
As Congress debates extending BABs, it's time to weigh in with letters and phone calls.
California's pension-limitation ballot initiative hits a wall with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and prominent gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman.
Could U.S. pension plans reduce risk by importing an idea from Europe?
The Obama administration supports extending them. But if Congress fails to act, we may see a blizzard of BABs this December.
Pension-exchanges for IRAs and 401(k)s would strengthen President Obama's initiatives.