Government agencies and private sector corporations tend to approach financial reporting in different ways. Presenting government agency financial information using corporate-style reporting would accomplish two specific goals. First, it might provide a more economically sound picture of the financial status of governmental undertakings. The private sector approaches issues of subsidization, revenue generation, depreciation, inflation, etc., in a different way than governments generally do. Using private sector techniques will, therefore, present a different perspective on the financial status of the state highway system than is currently reported by the Arizona Department of Transportation. Secondly, because legislators, the media and the general public are more familiar with private sector financial reporting, presenting government data in a similar fashion may improve communication between government agencies and these groups.