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May, 2010
Automated Budgeting Saves $8,600 Annually

For Meyersdale Area School District (Meyersdale, PA), budget development used to be a labor intense, manual process that took three people in the central office as much as three weeks each - every year. Salary projections and benefit forecasting alone required multiple spreadsheets, and hours spent crunching numbers on the calculator. For a small district like Meyersdale, it is crucial to ensure that the tight budget stays in check.

Click here to find out how Meyersdale keeps the budget under control.

April, 2010
Better Controls and Quality with Employee Forms

Ron Tarro, the Director of Administration and Finance for Barrington Public Schools, has been looking for ways to improve operational efficiencies in the Barrington School District ever since they went live with BudgetSense.  Besides the obvious areas of improvement such as emailing direct deposit receipts and purchase orders, Ron investigated ways to improve employee document handling. 
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March, 2010
Payroll Outsourcing vs. In-house Processing: Which Method Makes the Most Sense?

Every local government and school administration asks this question at some point in time. Certainly outsourcing has its appeal: somebody else prints, folds and stuffs the checks. Of course, not having to generate and distribute W-2s is another big perk. 

But what do you give up in exchange?

Charles H. McCann Technical School considered this question, and the answer was surprising. In-house payroll was, by far, the way to go! 
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February, 2010
With WebSense, Hampshire Regional School District Avoids Costly Wide Area Network (WAN) Outlay

When Cindy Landers became Business Manager at HRSD, she immediately faced a technology challenge that confronts many rural school districts. She had to find an affordable way to connect multiple, remote school buildings to the district's critical central information system. Somehow, staff  in all locations had to be able to connect to an enterprise-wide resource management system to manage budgets, to purchase goods and services, and to access other on-demand operational data.
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January, 2010
Have you ever thought what it takes to be an I/T Support Manager in your district or town? 

Just pondering all of the demands they face each day can be overwhelming. They are expected to be the in-house experts on everything technical: operating systems, databases, email, anti-virus protection, Blackberry and smart phones, VPN's, Wireless networks....and the list goes on. It's no wonder that they scowl at you when you ask if the latest BudgetSense update has been installed yet!
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Peak Performance Achievements

Salem Community College (Carneys Point, NJ) merges multiple accounting systems to save time, money, effort and paper. Read more...

The Business Manager at Middle Bucks Institute of Technology (Jamison, PA) is delighted to empower program managers with easy access to budgets and reports, and finds an unexpected benefit in BudgetSense's cost accounting capabilities. Read more...

SAU 55 - Timberlane and UniFund Get It Right (Again). The transition to BudgetSense v3 from v2 brings immediate benefits and really "cool things."
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Thinking of moving to BudgetSense from FundSense? Get some good advice from Ralph Mahar RSD.
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Change is Inevitable. SAU 28 (Windham, NH) takes great care to ensure that the transition from FundSense to BudgetSense is supported by staff commitment.
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Berlin Boylston Regional School District shifts focus. With operations firmly in check with BudgetSense, this Massachusetts school district plans to move from day-to-day thinking and shift to a long-term view. Read more…

Coventry Public Schools (CT) Fiscal Affairs office is a model of efficiency, thanks to BudgetSense. Fiscal Affairs Director earns Connecticut ASBO Rising Star award. Read more…

Norfolk County's (MA) diverse operations find a perfect solution in BudgetSense, thanks to its flexible account structure. Managers have secure access to their own accounts, budgets, and reports. Read more…

City of Haverhill credits perpetual training for generating annual improvements in citywide office productivity. Read more…

Governor Wentworth School District (SAU49) achieves performance milestones by connecting 25 remote-site users to BudgetSense.  Read more…

Red Lion School District generates eye-opening, quantifiable results in early states of BudgetSense implementation program. Read more…

Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. 12’s enormous size and accounting complexity put BudgetSense® and UniFund to the test. We pass with flying colors. Read more…


Upcoming Participation in Industry Conferences and Vendor Shows

Conference Location Date(s)

NH Tax Collector’s Annual Convention

Portsmouth Sheraton Harborside
Portsmouth, NH
September 22 – 24, 2010
     

CT Conference of Municipalities 28th Annual Convention

CT Convention Center
Hartford, CT
October 6, 2010
     

MA Municipal Association Annual Convention

Hynes Auditorium
Boston, MA
January 21 – 22, 2011
     

PASBO 56th Annual Conference

David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh, PA

March 15 – 18, 2011