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State and Federal Budget Organization

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I am reading The Politics of Public Budgeting: Getting and Spending, Borrowing and Balancing. I like this book because of how it combines theory and practice and would encourage to anyone interested to take a read.

I enjoy reading public budgets because they are crafted by a publicly, democratically elected body in a generally open, accessible and transparent process. Since 2004, starting with my community colleges budget when I served as a Student Trustee on the Board, I’ve been reading public budgets.

The organization of a budget shows how a budget viewed by the public.

California’s State Budget Proposal will be released by Governor Brown by January 10 (http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/Enacted/agencies.html). The state budget has been organized by agencies and general category:

  • K thru 12 Education
  • Higher Education
  • Health and Human Services
  • Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • Business, Transportation & Housing
  • Natural Resources
  • Environmental Protection
  • State and Consumer Services
  • Labor and Workforce Development
  • General Government
  • Legislative, Judicial, and Executive

United States Federal Government Budget Proposal will be released by President Obama no later than the 1st Monday in February (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget). The federal budget was organized by departments and agencies:

  • The Budget Message of the President
  • Rescuing the Economy
  • Reviving Job Creation and Laying a New Foundation for Economic Growth
  • Restoring Responsibility
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense
  • National Intelligence Program
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of the Interior
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of State and Other International Programs
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Corps of Engineers – Civil Works
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • National Science Foundation
  • Small Business Administration
  • Social Security Administration
  • Corporation for National Community Service

Question: Which organization of a budget do you prefer and why?

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