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The Reiterative Nature of Budget Reform: Is There Anything New in Federal Budgeting?
Author(s) -
Joyce Philip G.
Publication year - 1993
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 - 10.1111/1540-5850.00981
Subject(s) - veto , budget process , federal budget , power (physics) , economics , executive branch , process (computing) , public administration , political science , finance , computer science , law , legislature , politics , physics , quantum mechanics , fiscal year , operating system
This article will attempt to demonstrate the limitations of budget reforms to bring about fundamental change in budget outcomes. In an effort to determine the extent to which these reforms have had any lasting effect, the author first discusses the history of federal budgeting since the advent of the executive budget in 1921. Second, the author reviews three reforms that are prominent in the U.S. Congress current budget debate—enacting fixed budget targets, granting the president increased power in the budget process through enacting a line item veto, or implementing a performance‐based budget. Lastly, the author will cite the limitations of each to bring about lasting changes in budget outcomes or decision processes.