Federal Budget - Research Tools   Tags: budget_watchdog_groups, defense_budget, federal_budget  

From the Office of Management and Budget. (This link covers the difference between the President's Budget Request and the Congressional Budget Resolution.)

From the Government Printing Office.

Provides analyses for economic and budget decisions plus information and estimates needed for Congressional budget process. Publications back to 1975 and a cost-estimates database available at this site.

Documents provided include Army, Navy, Air Force and Defense Wide budgets. See also Defense Budget Information from the Naval Postgraduate School Dudley Knox Library

"The mission of the FASAB is to promulgate federal accounting standards after considering the financial and budgetary information needs of citizens, congressional oversight groups, executive agencies, and the needs of other users of federal financial information."

Provides central payment services to federal program agencies, operates the federal government's collections and deposit systems... its many publications include the annual Combined Statement of Receipts, Outlays, and Balances report.

Links to schedule, hearings and markups, reports, Congressional Budget and Presidents's Budget.

OMB assists the President in overseeing the preparation of the federal budget and supervises its administration in Executive Branch agencies. OMB evaluates the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures, assesses competing funding demands among agencies, and sets funding priorities.

Links to to the Democratic and Republican Committee Members websites.