- 6.3.3 Disclosure Standards and Guidance
 Sources of guidance as to what may be desirable to include in an OS.
- Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO)
- Credit Rating
- 5.6.1 What Credit Ratings Mean
- 9.4.1 Permitted Investments
 Types of investment vehicles that may be used to invest bond funds.
- C.3.1 Regulatory Oversight
- Negotiated Sale
- Private Sale
- Public Offering
- Bond Purchase Contract or Agreement
- Good Faith Deposit
- i.4.1.1 Pre-Issuance Phase
- 3.8 Joint Exercise of Powers Agencies
 A joint exercise of powers agency or authority (JPA) is a separate governmental entity formed by two or more governmental entities.
- 5.1 What is a public offering?
 Characteristics defining a public sale of debt.
- 5.1.1 Sale Methods – Competitive or Negotiated Sale
- 5.3 Negotiated Public Offerings
 The sale of debt using a negotiated approach to pricing.
- 5.4.2 Underwriting Fees and Expenses
- 5.5 Private Placements
 Private placements are sale transactions in which the issuer sells the entire issue of debt to a single or to a limited number of investors.
- 5.7 How Bonds Are Marketed to Investors
 In an effort to achieve the financing objectives of the issuer, including the lowest interest costs, a public agency issuer may seek to market a debt issuance to investors in a particular market
- 6.2.1 Municipal Advisors and Underwriters
- 6.3 The Official Statement
 The offering document in a public offering of municipal securities.
- Figure 7-1
 Reports that Debt Issuers Must Submit to CDIAC
- 7.1.2 Report of Final Sale
- B.1.3.1.1 Process for Approval of Local School District GO Bonds
- Nongovernmental Borrower
- Conduit Financing
- Private Activity Bonds
- i.3.2.2 Legal Responsibilities Under the IRS Tax Code
- i.4.5.2 Requirement #2 – The debt must finance a qualifying project and satisfy ongoing requirements and limitations regarding the use of the project
- 3.3.9 Conduit Revenue Bonds
 “Conduit financings” involve bonds issued by governmental entities to finance projects for nongovernmental borrowers.
- 4.6 Governmental Bonds/Private Activity Bonds
 The opportunity to use government bonds to finance capital improvements that may generate private activity or benefit.
- 4.6.1 Private Business Use
 One of several tests of private activity or benefit.
- 4.6.2 Private Security or Payment Test
 One of several tests of private activity or benefit.
- 4.6.3 Private Loan Test
 One of several tests of private activity Private benefit.
- 4.7.1.5 Qualified Small-Issue Bonds
 A category of private activity bond
- 4.7.2.2 TEFRA Public Requirements
 Requirements of private activity bonds
- 7.2.1 Local Bond Disclosures
- 8.3.3 Monitoring Use of Bond-Financed Property
- 8.3.6 Recordkeeping and Retention
- 3.1.6 Types of Debt Instruments
 Basic categories of debt instruments: bonds, notes, direct leases, and certificates of participation
- 3.2.1 Direct Debt Obligation
 In a direct debt obligation the issuer is both the recipient of the proceeds and the source of repayment.
- 3.4.2 Long-Term, Variable-Rate Debt
- 3.4.2.2 Tender or Demand Obligations
 Long-term obligations that achieve short-term interest rates by offering a “tender” or “put” feature.
- 3.4.3 Commercial Paper (See “short-term debt”) 
 A debt obligation that involves the issuance and marketing of short-term notes.
- Notice of Sale
- 5.2 Competitive Sales
 The sale of debt using a competitive pricing approach.
- 5.2.2 Disadvantages of a Competitive Sale
- 5.2.3 Documentation for a Competitive Sale