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Agency Budget Success: How It is Defined by Budget Officials in Five Western States
Author(s) -
Duncombe Sydney,
Kinney Richard
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5850.00733
Subject(s) - citation , politics , agency (philosophy) , state (computer science) , library science , political science , state agency , public administration , sociology , computer science , law , social science , algorithm , regulatory agency
What is \u22budget success\u22 for a state agency? Is it maximizing an agency\u27s increase in appropriations above a prior year (or biennium) appropriations base? Is it best measured by the percentage of an agency\u27s request that is approved by the governor or funded by the legislature? Or are there other components of agency budget success, such as keeping good legislative relations, flexibility in the use of funds, and avoiding spending agency appropriations