The scope of the project is the design as well as technical and empirical implementation of a municipal budgetary analysis and information system (GemFin) for the office of the Federal State Government of Styria. The primary objective is to provide tools for effective auditing and monitoring municipal budgetary data and evaluating municipal finances of all local governments by Federal State Government (supervisory authority of local governments). The GemFin system comprises: - a data collecting system, - a financial information system (detailed data on budgeted and closed accounts as well as debt and asset accounts), - a hierarchical system of municipal budgetary indicators, - a reporting and evaluation system for the analysis and controlling of municipal budgetary data and for support in the evaluation of the municipal financial situation. - a pc, server and web application for use in the office of the Federal State Government of Styria for administrative and controlling purposes