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Budget Process: Biennial Budgeting for the Federal Government

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 10, 2000
Report No. T-AIMD-00-121
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Summary:

Proposals have been made to move the federal budget process from an annual to a biennial cycle. The goal would be (1) to streamline the congressional budget and reduce the time that Members of Congress must spend casting seemingly repetitive votes, (2) to allow agency officials to spend more time on financial management and analyses of program effectiveness rather than on budget preparations and justifications, and (3) to help agencies better manage their operations by providing funding certainty over a two-year period. This testimony discusses state experiences with biennial budgeting, the questions of periodicity and availability of funds, and technical and implementation issues that must be considered if the federal budget is switched to a biennial cycle.

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