Tom,

Government entities typically use "Fund Accounting" accounting, so that has to be a consideration when choosing the payroll package. During a given pay period, an employee can work for different departments so the different portions have to be charged to each of the funds concerned. It can get pretty complicated if the transactions are not tracked properly. Because of this, I think the initial system should have an integrated General Ledger package.

About 7 years ago I helped a City find a good package that was written in Foxpro. The company I located is the (NEMRC)New England Municipal Resource Center in Vermont. I believe, because I was an intermediary and an FP developer, that they provided me with all the source code. They provide very good support (the City is still using the package and are happy with it).

Their web site is http://www.nemrc.com/company.html

You can also do a search on google using "fund accounting"+foxpro and get a lot of responses to check out.

>Hi All.....
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>I'm putting together a bid for a small county office that wants payroll and inventory programs. They, if they are "happy", will expand to other modules later.
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>Any recommedations on some VFP based programs?
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>Thanks