Controllers

==Background==
We have elected officials who are to watch the finances of the city, county and state. We have an elected controller in the city, another in Allegheny County, and a third state controller. 
The Controller's Office Accounting Departments should be friends of the citizens and taxpayers. The Controllers are to work in cooperation with other City Departments and outside auditors. 
==The Pittsburgh Controller prepares the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR).==
The City's financial statements present two types of statements, each with a different snapshot of the City's finances. The focus is now on both the City as a whole (government-wide) and the fund financial statements. 
:The government-wide financial statements, provide both short-term and long-term information about the City's overall financial status. 
:The fund financials focus on the individual parts of City government, reporting the City's operations in more detail than the government-wide statements, which present a longer-term view.
The report is audited by our outside auditors. In addition, the report is reviewed by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), which has provided a "Certificate of Excellence for Financial Reporting" to the City for more than the past 10 years.
View the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, available in pdf format (pdf reader).
To receive a hard copy of the most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, contact: City Controller's Office, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, 412-255-2315.
==Links==
===Media===
* County budget audit: good news and bad Onorato pleased at debt reduction, yet spending still a concern Friday, April 13, 2007, by Ann Belser, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette