Circular Letter No. 417

December 23, 1996

TO: Printing and Publishing Officials of the Federal Government

SUBJECT: Rider Requisitions for the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1998 and CD-ROM

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1998 contains the Budget Message of the President and an overview of the President's budget proposals. It includes summary information on the economic assumptions used in the FY 1998 budget, Federal receipts, and Federal spending.

(Casebound $6.80; Paper $1.80) Jacket No. 171-723

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1998 -- Appendix presents detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that constitute the budget. It includes for each Government department and agency the text of proposed appropriations language, budget schedules for each account, new legislative proposals, explanations of the work to be performed and the funds needed, and proposed general provisions applicable to the appropriations of entire agencies or groups of agencies.

(Casebound $17.70; Paper $6.85) Jacket No. 171-720

Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1998 provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or deficits, and Federal debt over a time period extending from FY 1940 to FY 2001. To the extent feasible, the data has been adjusted to provide consistency with the FY 1998 Budget and to provide comparability over time.

(Paper $2.40) Jacket No. 171-725

The Budget Systems and Concepts, FY 1998 explains the system and concepts used to formulate the President's budget proposal.

(Paper $.55) Jacket No. 171-721

Analytical Perspectives, Fiscal Year 1998 contains analyses that are designed to highlight specific program areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective.

(Paper $3.90) Jacket No. 171-722

A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget is an overview of the President's budget proposal. It also includes explanations of spending programs and estimated receipts and contains a description of the budget system and various summary tables on the budget as a whole. (Process color, 6" x 9", paper only.)

(Paper $1.45) Jacket No. 171-724

Availability of CD-ROM--Budget publications listed above will be available on CD-ROM for agencies to ride. For last year's budget, the first issue CD-ROM was distributed when the budget was released and contained all five budget books. A second CD-ROM was distributed approximately 3 weeks later that contained the same initial publications, plus supporting budget documents, and The Economic Report of the President. The Office of Management and Budget plans a similar release for this year's budget, but cautions that there are uncertainties about the production of this year's budget. The budget CD-ROM will include a combination of ASCII text, Lotus spreadsheets, and Adobe Acrobat files suitable for full-text search. Please specify first or second issue. If not specified, second issue will be furnished.

(CD-ROM per disk $11.30) Jacket No. 421-525

The planned release day for the FY 1998 budget is February 3, 1997. The number of pages will not be known until the last moment and the actual rider rate is impossible to forecast. However, the approximate costs shown should be sufficient for budgeting purposes. Rider requisitions WILL NOT be accepted after January 15, 1997. Please specify paper or casebound copies. If not specified, paper copies will be furnished. Requests for advance copies cannot be honored.

NOTE: Field or regional activities should coordinate their requirements with their Washington, DC, area headquarters' printing officers before submitting any paperwork.

Sincerely,

ROBERT G. COX
Superintendent,
Departmental Account Representative Division

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