Fundamentals of Advanced Accounting 5th Edition by Joe Ben Hoyle,Thomas Schaefer,Timothy Doupnik

Exercise 36

Search the Internet for the official website of one or more state or local governments. On this website, determine whether the latest comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) is available. For example, a recent comprehensive annual financial report for the City of Minneapolis can be found at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/financial-reports/ and for the City of Tallahassee, Florida, can be found at www.talgov.com/dma/accounting/annualrprts.cfm. Read the Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD A) that should be located near the beginning of the annual report.
Required
Write a memo to explain four or five of the most interesting pieces of information that the Management's Discussion and Analysis provides.