The U.S. Census Bureau

Federal, State, and Local Governments
2006 Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual
 
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Governments are both diverse and complex organizations. To describe their financial and employment activities in a meaningful and comparable fashion--both across time and among governments--requires a set of standardized concepts and definitions. The purpose of this classification manual is to provide such guidance.
 
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2006 Classification Manual
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division
Created: November 16 2000
Last revised: August 02 2011