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Jesse Burkhead and the Multiple Uses of Federal Budgets: A Contemporary Perspective
Author(s) -
Joyce Philip G.
Publication year - 1996
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 - 10.1111/1540-5850.01068
Subject(s) - indictment , relevance (law) , perspective (graphical) , work (physics) , government (linguistics) , federal budget , political science , public administration , management , economics , law , engineering , computer science , fiscal year , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence
The work of Jesse Burkhead continues to have great relevance today. Its germaneness could be taken as an indictment of how little progress has been made in federal budgeting in the past half century, but it also says a great deal about Burkhead's insights and the lasting legacy of his work. This article discusses some of Burkhead's ideas on the use of the federal budget and their pertinence to the budget issues of today, including the role of the federal government in the economy, budgetary relations between presidents and Congresses, and the role of performance information in budgeting.