Topic: Government Budgeting and Financial Management, writing homework help

Topic: Government Budgeting and Financial Management

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1. Describe the process through which the federal government makes its

budget. Who are the major actors in the process? What strategies and

tactics do they use 11 during the budget-making process? What are the

significant strategies, problems, and constraints that influence and

shape the process?

2. Compare and contrast, in as many discrete ways as you can, the US federal budget process and state/local budgeting.

3. Aaron Wildavsky famously asserted “a normative theory of budgeting

would be a comprehensive and specific political theory detailing what

the government’s activities ought to be at a particular time.” That is, a

theory of budgeting is a theory of politics. Discuss in detail the

point of Wildavsky’s assertion. Do you agree or disagree? (Whether you

agree or disagree with Wildavsky is not the issue.) Be clear about your

logic and take a stand on the issue. Fully explain and logically justify

your position.

4. Define – then compare and contrast – line-item budgeting, performance

budgeting, planning programming budgeting system (PPBS), and zero-base

budgeting (ZBB). What are the features, advantages, and disadvantages

of each? Which do you think should be used today? Defend your answer.