Bureau of the Fiscal Service financial management and shared services. The Fiscal Service replaced the Bureau of the Public Debt and the Financial Management Service effective October 7, 2012 per directive of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. The Bureau manages the government's accounting, central payment systems, and public debt. Among its duties is to collect any voluntary donations made to the government for reduction of the public debt. Bureau of the Fiscal Service The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, an agency of the United States federal government. The mission of the Fiscal Service is
Fiscal transparency or of elements of budget transparency, are available from: In addition to the revision of the IMF Fiscal Transparency Code, the global financial crisis also prompted more widespread reflection on the effectiveness of the existing international arrangements to promote fiscal transparency and accountability. One outcome of this was the creation of the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) in 2011. GIFT is a multi-stakeholder action network that aims to “Advance and institutionalize global norms and significant, continuous improvements on fiscal transparency, engagement, and accountability in countries around the world.” GIFT’s Lead Stewards are the World Bank, the IMF, the International