Memos to the Governor - An Introduction to State Budgeting, Third Edition

Informationen zum Autor Dall W. Forsythe is a senior fellow at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University and is a member of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. He has served as budget director for the State of New York and chief financial officer of the Atlantic Philanthropies. Donald J. Boyd is a senior fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. He recently served as executive director of the Task Force on the State Budget Crisis! co-chaired by Richard Ravitch and Paul Volcker. Klappentext Outlines the budgeting process through a series of memos from a budget director to a freshly elected governor. This title covers the steps of budget preparation! from strategy to execution! explaining technical vocabulary! and discussing key topics including baseline budgeting! revenue forecasting! and gap-closing options. Zusammenfassung Outlines the budgeting process through a series of memos from a budget director to a freshly elected governor. This title covers the steps of budget preparation! from strategy to execution! explaining technical vocabulary! and discussing key topics including baseline budgeting! revenue forecasting! and gap-closing options. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword to the Second Edition 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

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• Authors: Donald J. Boyd, Dall W. Forsythe, Dall W. Forsythe, Dall W. Boyd Forsythe, Dall W./ Boyd Forsythe, David P. Forsythe
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781589019249
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-924-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Memos to the Governor; Memos to the Governor
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration