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| American Bar Association |
Provides information for lawyers and general public regarding various legal issues |
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| National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies |
"NALHFA is an advocate before Congress and federal agencies on legislative and regulatory issues affecting affordable housing and provides technical assistance and educational opportunities to its members and the public." |
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| Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies |
"AMSA represents the interests of the country's wastewater treatment agencies, true environmental practitioners that serve the majority of the sewered population in the United States, and collectively treat and reclaim more than 17 billion gallons of wastewater each day. "
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| Council of Development Finance Agencies |
"The Council of Development Finance Agencies is a nationwide organization of state, county and local development authorities and their public and private sector partners. Together, these agencies and organizations provide tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, as well as other business lending programs, for new or expanding businesses. " |
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| Ginnie Mae |
"Ginnie Mae, a wholly-owned government corporation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, helps expand homeownership opportunities for all Americans. " |
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| Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) |
"The mission of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of those financial reports." |
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| Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) |
"GFOA is the professional association of state/provincial and local finance officers in the United States and Canada" |
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| The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) |
MSRB "...makes rules regulating dealers who deal in municipal bonds, municipal notes, and other municipal securities. The MSRB web site contains useful information for municipal securities investors, dealers and the general public."; Rule G-33: Calculations |
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| National Association of Bond Lawyers |
"The National Association of Bond Lawyers was incorporated as an Illinois non-profit corporation on February 5, 1979, for the purposes of educating its members and others in the law relating to state and municipal bonds and other obligations, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas as to law and practice, improving the state of the art in the field, providing advice and comment at the federal, state and local levels with respect to legislation, regulations, ruling and other action, or proposals therefor, affecting state and municipal obligations, and providing advice and comment with regard to state and municipal obligations in proceedings before courts and administrative bodies through briefs and memoranda as a friend of the court or agency." |
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| National Association of Independent Public Financial Advisors |
"The National Association of Independent Public Finance Advisors (NAIPFA) is a professional organization limited to firms that specialize in providing financial advice on bond sales and financial planning on public projects of public agencies." |
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| National Association of Securities Dealers, Incorporated (NASD) |
"NASD develops rules and regulations, conducts regulatory reviews of members' business activities, disciplines violators, and designs, operates, and regulates securities markets and services all for the ultimate benefit and protection of the investor." |
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| National Association of State Treasurers |
"The National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) is an organization of state financial leaders. We provide educational opportunities and a forum for treasurers and public finance professionals to share ideas. " |
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| National Council of Public-Private Partnerships |
"The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association whose primary purpose is to explore the ways in which the private and public sectors can work together in providing public services and developing, financing and implementing infrastructure and community facilities. " |
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| National Council of State Housing Agencies |
"The National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) is a national, nonprofit organization created in 1970 to assist its members in advancing the interests of lower income and underserved people through the financing, development, and preservation of affordable housing. " |
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| National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA) |
"Our primary focus is on providing educational programs for municipal finance professionals with a secondary focus on voicing opinions on areas of concern to municipal analysts." |
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| Public Housing Authorities Directors Association |
"The Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA) is a professional trade association representing local housing authorities from across America. " |
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Securities Industry Association (SIA)
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"The Securities Industry Association (SIA) is the leading proponent of capital markets, bringing together the shared interests of about 800 securities firms throughout North America to accomplish common goals " |
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