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November 4, 2008 DOL Home > OASAM > Wirtz Labor Library > Labor Law Library > Law Tips Archive > Budget of the United States Government |
Budget of the United States Government The Budget of the United States Government can be obtained through GPO Access and the Office of Management and Budget. OMB contains Budget documents from the current fiscal year. GPO Access contains Budget documents from 1996 through the current fiscal year. THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS The Budget of the United States Government "contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President’s budget and management priorities, and budget overviews organized by agency, including assessments of their performance." Some other budget documents are:
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS Some of the supporting documents are the Federal Credit Supplement, Budget System and Concepts, and Budget Amendments and Supplementals. The Budget Amendments and Supplementals are modifications to the budget due to special circumstances that could not be foreseen when the Budget was transmitted to Congress. Changes can only be made by the President and these changes are called supplementals (for the current year) and amendments (for the next, or budget year). ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF BUDGET INFORMATION Additional sources of budget information include spreadsheets from the Analytical Perspectives and Historical Tables as well as the Public Budget Database, which provides account level detail for budget authority, outlays and receipts. Thomas provides the status of appropriations legislation from 1998 through the current fiscal year, and includes links to corresponding house and senate documents. |
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