Balancing the federal budget : eating the seed corn or trimming the herds?
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Balancing the federal budget : eating the seed corn or trimming the herds?
Chatham House Publishers/Seven Bridges Press, c2003
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In this timely book Irene Rubin focuses on how government tried and eventually succeeded in balancing the U.S. federal budget in 1998. With characteristic insight and a lively narrative, Rubin describes the successive efforts of Congress and the administration over seventeen years to shape a process that would encourage balance, as well as the reactions of federal agencies to the pressure.
Table of Contents
1. 1981-1998: Balancing the Budget: What Have We Learned?: Why Balance the Budget: Defining the Problem. Learning How to Balance the Budget. Design of the Study. Organization of the Book. References. 2. What Happened and What Was Learned: What Have We Learned: The Lessons of the late 1970s and Early 1980s. Avoid Reductions in Force to Slim the Workforce. Finding a Budget Process that Discourages Deficits. Gramm-Rudman-Hollings. The Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. Conclusion. 3. Information Agencies: Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of the Census: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Conclusions. 4. Budget Offices: Congressional Budget Office. OMB. 5. The General Accounting Office: Vulnerability. Criticisms of the agency's performance. Budget History. Agency Responses. Agency Strategies. Summary and Conclusions. 6. The Departments' Response: Agriculture: Overview of Themes. The USDA. Conclusions. 7. Department of Commerce: Introduction and Background. Budget Cuts, Threats of Termination, and Response. Department wide responses. Resistance and Triage. Winning Support. EDA: Cuts, Threats of Termination, and Adaptation. The PTO, User Fees and Deficit Reduction. NOAA. Conclusions. 8. The Department of Housing and Urban Development: Introduction. The Reagan Years. The Scandals. Clinton Administration. Consequences. Earmarking and Boutique Programs. Monitoring and Evaluation. Constituencies and advocacy. Conclusions. 9. Office of Personnel Management: Introduction. The Reagan Years. The National Performance Review: Phases One and Two. Reorganization. Assessment. Themes. 10. Eating the Seed Corn and Trimming the Herds: Budget Process and Tradeoffs. Defining Core Functions. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Census Bureau. Office of Personnel Management. HUD. Responding to Staffing Reductions: Increased Efficiency and Contracting Out. Duration. Strategies. Learning.
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