State and local governments are under pressure to answer operational questions quickly, yet many still rely on disconnected legacy systems, manual spreadsheets, and one-off data pulls. The result is limited visibility across finance and human resources (HR), slow reporting cycles, and reactive decision-making – especially in areas like labor spend, overtime, and grant funding, where delays can lead to over- or under-spending.

Leaders also need drill-down transparency to explain decisions to councils, boards, and auditors, and to redeploy staff time from manual work to higher-value analysis. With increasing focus on government efficiency and effectiveness, now is the moment to move from siloed data to a single source of truth that supports real-time insight and proactive management.

Download the issue brief to learn how Workday addresses budget, workforce, and financial reporting challenges with a unified platform that brings finance and workforce management together on one intelligent data core.