Another difference in public budgeting is the fact that the money used for budgets comes directly from taxpayers. The difference in public and individual budgets becomes apparent here. A third difference is the scrutiny placed on public budgets as it is used to show public accountability. Since public budgets are as the words imply, open to the public. In this respect public budgets can be used to keep politicians in check.
Public budgets are susceptible to the environment, sometimes literally.
During a natural disaster public budgets are drastically impacted, depending on the environmental severity of the situation. The environment also refers to elections, public opinion polls, and other more abstract concepts of environment. Lastly, the level of constraint placed on public budgets is also a key issue. Adaptation for public officials is a must in today's modern world. It is this very need for flexible adaptation that can also cause constraints.