The anatomy of a budget recommendation

The anatomy of a budget recommendation

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Article ID: iaor20013739
Country: United States
Volume: 12
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 569
End Page Number: 597
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Journal: Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management
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Keywords: government, management, planning
Abstract:

How analysts make recommendations to the budget director and governor depends partly on the nature of the state budget office (SBO). This paper contrasts the development of a budget recommendation in an office with a strong policy orientation with recommendations fashioned in an office with a strong control orientation. One important difference is that control oriented analysts focus almost exclusively on the technical and legal facets of budget problems, whereas their policy oriented counterparts spend considerable time on the social, legal, and political (SLP) facets. The SLP framework enables the policy-oriented analysts to apply economic rationality to evaluate requests and make recommendations that are consonant with the governor's policy agenda.

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