Analytical Perspectives

Abstract

Budget of the United States Government, FiscalYear 2011 contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, budget overviews organized by agency, and summary tables. Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the UnitedStates Government, Fiscal Year 2011 contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume includes economic and accounting analyses; information on Federal receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending; information on Federal borrowing and debt; baseline or current services estimates; and other technical presentations.The Analytical Perspectives volume also contains supplemental material with several detailed tables, including tables showing the budget by agency and account and by function, subfunction, and program, that is available on the Internet and as a CD-ROM in the printed document. Historical Tables, Budget of the United StatesGovernment, Fiscal Year 2011 provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or deficits, Federal debt, and Federal employment over an extended time period, generally from 1940 or earlier to 2011 or 2015.To the extent feasible, the data have been adjusted to provide consistency with the 2011 Budget and to provide comparability over time. Appendix, Budget of the United StatesGovernment, Fiscal Year 2011 contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that constitute the budget and is designed primarily for the use of the Appropriations Committees. The Appendix contains more detailed financial information on individual programs and appropriation accounts than any of the other budget documents. It includes for each agency: the proposed text of appropriations language; budget schedules for each account; 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 group of agencies. Information is also provided on certain activities whose transactions are not part of the budget totals. AUTOMATED SOURCES OF BUDGET INFORMATIONThe information contained in these documents is available in electronic format from the following sources:Internet. All budget documents, including documents that are released at a future date, spreadsheets of many of the budget tables, and a public use budget database are available for downloading in several formats from the Internet at www.budget.gov/budget. Links to documents and materials from budgets of prior years are also provided.Budget CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains all of the budget documents in fully indexed PDF format along with the software required for viewing the documents. The CD-ROM has many of the budget tables in spreadsheet format and also contains the materials that are included on the separate Analytical Perspectives CD-ROM.For more information on access to electronic versions of the budget documents (except CD-ROMs), call (202) 512-153...

Anticipation and Design Inquiry

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