Public Budgeting Systems,9780763731298

Public Budgeting Systems

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Edition: 7th
ISBN13: 9780763731298
ISBN10: 0763731293
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett
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Summary

This edition emphasizes methods by which financial decisions are reached within a system, as well as ways in which different types of information are used in budgetary decision-making.

Author Biography

Robert D. Lee, Jr.: The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania Ronald W. Johnson: Research Triangle Institute Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Philip G. Joyce: The George Washington University Washington, District of Columbia

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Chapter 1: Introduction 1(28)
Distinctions Regarding Public Budgeting
2(6)
Responsible Government and Budgeting
8(8)
Budgets and Budgeting Systems
16(4)
Information and Decision Making
20(3)
Summary
23(6)
Chapter 2: The Public Sector in Perspective 29(20)
Relative Sizes of the Private and Public Sectors
29(6)
The Magnitude and Growth of Government
35(7)
Sources of Revenue and Purposes of Government Expenditures
42(4)
Summary
46(3)
Chapter 3: Budget Cycles 49(14)
The Budget Cycle
49(7)
Scrambled Budget Cycles
56(4)
Summary
60(3)
Chapter 4: Budget Preparation: The Revenue Side 63(40)
Revenue Sources
63(27)
Special Concerns
90(6)
Summary
96(7)
Chapter 5: Budget Preparation: The Expenditure Side 103(46)
Early Developments
104(2)
Structuring the Request Process
106(9)
Systems of Budgeting
115(22)
Summary
137(12)
Chapter 6: Budget Preparation: The Decision Process 149(44)
Decisions on Budget Requests
149(25)
Budget Documents
174(12)
Summary
186(7)
Chapter 7: Policy and Program Analysis 193(34)
Focus of Analysis
193(7)
Methods and Techniques of Analysis
200(14)
Organizational Locus and Use of Analysis
214(6)
Summary
220(7)
Chapter 8: Budget Approval: The Role of the Legislature 227(30)
Parameters
228(11)
Legislative Roles
239(12)
Summary
251(6)
Chapter 9: Budget Approval: The U.S. Congress 257(42)
Evolution of the Federal Budget Process
258(10)
The Resulting Congressional Timetable
268(6)
From Deficit to Surplus to Deficit, 1991-2003
274(5)
Proposed Reforms and Their Prospects
279(11)
Summary
290(9)
Chapter 10: Budget Execution 299(62)
Budget Office and Agency Relations
299(16)
Tax Administration and Debt Collection
315(9)
Cash Management
324(11)
Procurement
335(13)
Risk Management
348(2)
Summary
350(11)
Chapter 11: Financial Management: Accounting, 361(66)
Auditing, and Information Systems Governmental Accounting
361(29)
Governmental Auditing
390(7)
Information Systems
397(19)
Summary
416(11)
Chapter 12: Financial Management: Capital Budgeting and Debt 427(50)
Capital Planning, Budgeting, and Asset Management
428(16)
State and Local Bond Financing
444(17)
Debt Capacity and Management
461(8)
Summary
469(8)
Chapter 13: Government Personnel and Pensions 477(26)
Personnel Impacts and Pension Plans
477(16)
Personnel Operations
493(5)
Summary
498(5)
Chapter 14: Intergovernmental Relations 503(54)
Structural and Fiscal Features of the Intergovernmental System
503(10)
Patterns of Interaction Among Levels of Government
513(20)
Types of Fiscal Assistance
533(7)
Restructuring Patterns of Intergovernmental Relations
540(10)
Summary
550(7)
Chapter 15: Government, the Economy, and Economic Development 557(48)
The United States and the World Economy
558(3)
Objectives of Economic Policy
561(15)
Anticipating Economic Conditions
576(8)
Tools Available to Affect the Economy
584(13)
Redistributional Effects of Economic Policy
597(2)
Summary
599(6)
Concluding Remarks 605(4)
Bibliographic Note 609(6)
Index 615

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