Roadmap
From a common chart of accounts to open, shared reporting tools that make state compliance a by-product of good books.
GovGlider's long-term goal is simple to state: state and GASB reporting should fall out of a well-kept ledger, for every agency, at almost no marginal cost. Getting there happens in layers, each useful on its own.
Now
- The standard. CACOA release 2026.10 is adopted. It fixes structural errors in release 2026.03, adds the codes the FTR requires, publishes a crosswalk to every line of the Cities FTR with a coverage test showing no gaps or conflicts, and publishes valid code combinations the way the state does for school districts.
- Plain-English briefings. A new briefing each week on the standards and requirements behind the work.
- Routines. Written procedures for recurring work: bank reconciliations, capital assets, pensions, and FTR preparation.
Next
- Confirm the open placements listed in the changelog with the State Controller's instructions, for the next release.
- Special districts. Special districts file their own Financial Transactions Report with different forms. A crosswalk from the same chart to that report is the next major addition.
- More profiles. Published rollups for budget presentation and the annual comprehensive financial report, so one chart serves every report an agency produces.
- Templates. Free workbooks for the routines, with illustrative data only.
Later
- Open reporting tools. A reporting engine built on the same principles as the chart: the mapping is the managed asset, every report is a view of the mapped trial balance, and every change is a journal entry with an audit trail. Historical public data from the State Controller can be loaded alongside, so agencies can compare themselves to peers on a common basis.
- An open-source ledger built for public agencies. The same ideas, carried all the way into the system of record: an accounting system designed from the ground up for fund accounting, state reporting, and large public datasets, free for any agency to use.
These later items are goals, not products. They are listed here because the chart of accounts is being designed for them: every code, rule, and field identifier is published in a form that software can read.
How to help
Use the chart. Report what does not fit. Suggest codes, corrections, and better rules. Every improvement to the standard is available to every agency the day it is published.