Understanding government budgets
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: R. Mark Musell.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415990110; 9780415990127; 9780203892725
Subjects: Budget -- United States; Government spending policy -- United States; United States -- Appropriations and expenditures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The basics of government budgets : coverage, status, and numbers; title: The basics of budget structure; title: Public employment totals in budgets; title: Performance measures in budgets; title: Capital spending in budgets; title: Tax expenditures and tax expenditure budgets; title: The federal budget : an example from the National Archives; title: Small town USA : an example from Avon, Connecticut; title: Performance in budgeting : an example from the state of Texas; title: Program information in budgets : an example from Wichita, Kansas.