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What budget changes can we expect from the next
President? What will the budget and appropriatiosn process be
like with a President Gore or a President Bush? |
September 4, 2000 |
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Is the tide turning on oversight? Will congress and the Administration focus on performance management and
on what is being accomplished by Federal programs? |
July 28, 2000 |
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Stress and budgeting - personal considerations
on what budgeting involves. Communication, power
relationships, and documentation as factors that contribute to the stresses involved in
budgeting. |
July 6, 2000 |
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Transition Budget - opportunity to test
biennial budgeting? Foregoing some of the processes
involved in preparing the annual budget may provide insights as to how a biennial budget
process may work at the Federal level. |
June 22, 2000 |
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Control - out with the new, in with the old. How the Presidential elections process affects agency and operating
component budget work. |
June 5, 2000 |
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Broken Process - a reason. One of the reasons for a broken budget process and gridlock is a change in the
social interactions of members of Congress. |
May 22, 2000 |
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By the Book.
Budget process is unfolding as spelled out in the standard script. |
May 8, 2000 |
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How to sell your budget request. Steps you should follow in preparing your budget request for FY 2002. |
April 5, 2000 |
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Status of the Budget - Has anything changed? Where things stand, without much changed from last year. Where to
look for updates. |
March 22, 2000 |
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What is Performance Management? It is about institutional focus. Discussion of what is involved in having a
good performance management system in place. |
March 6, 2000 |
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There was no opinion page on February 28, 2000. Links to agency
budget material were updated. |
February 28, 2000 |
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Definition of Waste - from the Majority. The House Budget Committee majority staff report on wasteful programs, REVIVING
THE REFORM AGENDA, raises questions as to what the agenda will be. |
February 22, 2000 |
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Review of performance measures information.
Internet sites with information applicable to performance
management. |
February 14, 2000 |
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It's Arrived!
The President's FY 2001 budget request is sent to Congress. Links to the available
documents. |
February 7, 2000 |
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Appropriations
hearings started. Stay on top of hearings scheduling - timeframe
compressed due to need to complete work early. |
January 24, 2000 |
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Workloads imposed by
the budget process. Remedy: Be aware of
requirements, and plan for them. |
January 18, 2000 |
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What is developing
for the process, and a remedy for the problems presented by an extremely political
process. Recommendation: Use the GPRA required
elements to defend yourself. |
January 10, 2000 |
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New Meaning of Y2K
for the Budget Community: Main issues related to the
Federal budget process that will affect budget analysis in 2000. |
January 3, 2000 |
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