On April 7, 2018, Alex Hathaway, a research associate with the Center for State and Local Finance, made a panel presentation at the Western Social Science Association Conference in Austin, Texas. His presentation on fiscal transparency in the Southeast expanded on research supported by the Volcker Alliance's multiyear project on state budgeting practices. Jesseca Lightbourne and Bart Hildreth, along with pubic finance fellows Emily Franklin and Bethel Habte, contributed to the paper.