Week 4

(WEEKS 4-6 FEDERAL BUDGET UNIT: For this unit please read Greenberg, D. 2001. Science, Money, and Politics, University of Chicago Press.)

February 12 -  Federal Budget Process I

Federal Budget Process

AAAS, 2006. Defense Congress Caps Another Disappointing Year for R&D Funding in 2006.

AAAS, 2006. Congressional Action on Research and Development in the FY 2006 Budget.

General readings on the budget:

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Budget, 1995. The Congressional Budget Process: An Explanation, 105-67.

Bush, G. W. 2006.  The FY 2008 Budget of the United States (WHEN AVAILABLE WILL BE LINKED. FY 2007 is also available). 

GAO, 1996: Managing for Results: Key Steps and Challenges in Implementing GPRA in Science Agencies, GAO/T-GGD/RCED-96-214 z. Washington, DC: US GPO.

Budget-related WWW sites:

• http://www.cbo.gov/ 
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ 
• http://www.senate.gov/~budget/democratic/budprocess.html  
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2004/ 
• http://www.house.gov./budget/ 
• http://www.house.gov/budget_democrats/ 
• http://www.senate.gov/~budget/democratic/ 
• http://www.senate.gov/~budget/republican/