Understanding Government Budgets
Understanding Government Budgets

Author: R. Mark Musell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-10

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1135855560

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Budgets in the United States follow rules of presentation and use terms that make sense to few outside the world of government finance. Moreover, practices vary widely among the thousands of governments in the country, between federal, state, and local levels. Understanding Government Budgets offers detailed explanations of each of the different types of information found in budgets, featuring annotated examples from both state and local budgets, as well as the budget of the federal government. It stresses that the choices made about format and organization influence the story a budget tells about government. The goal of the book is to make the format of budgets and the information they contain accessible and understandable, helping users make better sense of government and its performance. Perfect for undergraduate or graduate level courses in budgeting and public administration, Understanding Government Budgets also makes a useful guide to budgets for the average citizen with an interest in how government operates or journalists writing about it.

Capital Budgeting and Finance
Capital Budgeting and Finance

Author: A. John Vogt

Publisher: International City/County Management Association(ICMA)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13:

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An up-to-date, comprehensive, and detailed how-to manual for planning and financing successful capital projects, written by a nationally known and award-winning expert on capital budgeting, A. John Vogt. Clearly explains capital budgeting approaches and methods, especially for local jurisdictions under 200,000 in population. Indispensable to managers, assistant managers, finance and budget officials, planning directors, public works administrators, and elected officials for choosing wisely among various approaches, using capital budgeting tools, and analyzing trade-offs during the process. Gathers together and clearly presents the accepted and successful policies, practices, and procedures from across the country and describes in detail every step¿from selecting projects, to planning how to pay for them, to structuring and selling debt. Provides an abundance of local government documents, working papers, charts, checklists, and examples from successful jurisdictions. Approach and recommendations consistent with the National Advisory Council on State and Local Government Budgeting, emphasizing goal setting and planning. Tips on prioritizing projects, winning political support for projects, and selling debt successfully. A book for every manager¿s bookshelf.

Municipal Finances
Municipal Finances

Author: Catherine D. Farvacque-Vitkovic

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2014-06-27

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 0821399144

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This book tells a fascinating story on municipal finances for local government practitioners with rich examples, global practices, and good and bad experiences the authors gained in decades of field work.

Performance Budgeting for State and Local Government
Performance Budgeting for State and Local Government

Author: Janet M. Kelly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13:

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This text describes performance budgeting as the integration of the components of performance management - planning, performance measurement, benchmarking, and evaluation - into the framework of state and local government budgeting. The authors present performance budgeting not as a stand-alone budgeting technique, but as an extension of the traditional budget process that reconciles financial and operational accountability. The authors make frequent references to their original research and personal experiences with performance measurement, citizen satisfaction surveys, and financial management practices. They introduce findings from a nationwide survey of public managers throughout the text to illustrate how managers actually use performance data for decision-making. The book also includes several case studies in performance budgeting as well as interviews with managers and practitioners. Designed for use in undergraduate and graduate level courses in public budgeting/financial management, this practical text will be equally useful for any student or practitioner involved in performance-based management.