Memos to the governor : an introduction to state budgeting / Dall W. Forsythe and Donald J. Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forsythe, Dall W., 1943-

Contributor:

Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

Boyd, Donald J.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States--States.

Budget.

United States.

Finance, Public--United States--States.

Finance, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 118 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This revised and updated edition of Memos to the Governor is a concise and highly readable guidebook that explains in clear, understandable prose the economic, political, and technical dynamics of budget making. Through a series of memos from a budget director to a newly elected governor-a format that assists readers' understanding of complicated financial issues-the authors clarify budget preparation from strategy to execution. Updated with numerous new examples of recent budget quandaries, this third edition helps current and future public administrators untangle the knotty processes of budget preparation and implementation. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword to the second edition / by Governor Mario Cuomo

Preface

Introduction

Memo 1: You and your budget officer

Memo 2: Budget strategy

Memo 3: Preparing the executive budget; the technical underpinnings

Memo 4: Choices in the final phase of budget preparation

Memo 5: Budget tactics : laying the groundwork for adoption

Memo 6: Going public with the budget

Memo 7: The legislative phase of the budget process

Memo 8: Budget execution

A final word on strategy and tactics

Appendix: budget vocabulary

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Forsythe, Dall W., 1943- Memos to the governor.

ISBN:

9781589019256

1589019253

Publisher Number:

99977569576

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.