Government Budgeting Task
A Government Budgeting Task is an organizational budgeting task for a governmental organization.
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- Example(s):
- U.S. State Budgeting, such as State of Massachusetts budgeting.
- U.S. Municipality Budgeting, such as Palo Alto's budgeting.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Government Accounting, Government Budgeting Terminology, Performance-based Budgeting.
References
2014
- (Mass. Admin. and Finance, 2014) ⇒ Massachussets Executive Office for Administration and Finance. (2014). “Budget Glossary.” In: Proceedings of Massachussets Government.
2011
- (Lewis & Hildreth, 2011) ⇒ Carol W. Lewis, and W. Bartley Hildreth. (2011). “Budgeting: Politics and Power.” OUP.
- QUOTE: In budgetary politics, the true bottom line is a political judgment about political issues and outcomes. Making complex topics accessible and relevant, this book lays out the purposes and processes of budgeting in a democracy and identifies up-to-date problems and directions of change. Changes in budgeting often are political responses to political problems.
1998
- (GFOA, 1998a) ⇒ National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting. (1998). “Recommended Budget Practices: A Framework for Improved State and Local Government Budgeting.” GFOA, Chicago, IL
- BOOK OVERVIEW: Of all of the functional areas of finance, the one most in need of guidance is government budgeting. The release by the National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting of this set of recommended practices represents a milestone in budgeting ---- in one document governments now have a comprehensive set of processes and procedures that define an accepted budget process. The practices advocate a goal-driven approach to budgeting that spans the planning, development, adoption, and execution phases of the budget.
The practices put forward by the the Council take a major step forward in promoting the linkage of the budget process with other activities of the government. Their scope is intentionally broad, recognizing that budgeting has many dimensions ---- political, managerial, planning, communications, as well as financial. Practices encourage the development of organizational goals, establishment of policies and plans to achieve these goals, and allocation of resources through the budget process that are consistent with goals, policies, and plans. There is also a focus on measuring performance to determine what has been accomplished with scarce government resources.
- BOOK OVERVIEW: Of all of the functional areas of finance, the one most in need of guidance is government budgeting. The release by the National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting of this set of recommended practices represents a milestone in budgeting ---- in one document governments now have a comprehensive set of processes and procedures that define an accepted budget process. The practices advocate a goal-driven approach to budgeting that spans the planning, development, adoption, and execution phases of the budget.