Government Documents on Budgets

Preparing annual budgets is a vitally important activity for local, state, national, and foreign governments and agencies within these governments. Once such budgets are approved into law they must be administered by various agencies and oversight provided by legislative or parliamentary organizations responsible for funding these budgets and individual budget items. Determining how to handle budget deficits or surpluses is an important part of this process, as is determining the effect of prevailing economic conditions on governmental budget and tax priorities. Purdue libraries have many publications on governmental budgeting. Most of these are located in the HSSE or MEL Libraries. Examples of Library Catalog subject headings you can use to search for such materials includes:

Budget Indiana Statistics Periodicals
Budget United States
Government Spending Policy United States
United States Appropriations and Expenditures
United States Appropriations and Expenditures, 2001

The principal index for U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36 and is available online from 1994-present. The GPO Index covers this material from 1976-present. Another similiar index is Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76. Useful indexes for additional historical U.S. Government budget information include the CIS U.S. Serial Set Index HSSE REF 328.73 C761c and CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990.

The principal U.S. government agency responsible for preparing the federal budget is the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Located within the Executive Office of the President, OMB issues a number of publications pertaining to the federal budget. Examples include:

Circulars	HSSE DOC PREX 2.4:
Budget of the United States Government - (Current issue in HSSE REF. Also available in CD-ROM)	HSSE DOC PREX 2.8:
Budget of the United States Government: Analytical Perspectives	HSSE DOC PREX 2.8/5:

Congressional Budget Resources

The U.S. Congress must approve all federal budgetary expenditures before they become law. Congressional committees and support agencies issue numerous publications on various aspects of the federal budget. Examples of such materials include:

Congressional Record (Online 1994-present)	HSSE DOC X/A:
Senate Documents (Online 1995-present)	HSSE DOC Y 1.1/3:
Senate Reports (Online 1995-present)	HSSE DOC Y 1.1/5:
House Documents (Online 1995-present)	HSSE DOC Y 1.1/7:
House Reports	HSSE DOC Y 1.1/8:
House Appropriations Committee - Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee.	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:
House Budget Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.B 85/3:
Compilation of Laws & Rules Relating to the Congressional Budget Process	HSSE DOC Y 4.B 85/3:106-CP 4
House Ways & Means Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.W 36:
Senate Appropriations Committee - Appropriations committee publications are excellent sources of project expenditure information.	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2
Senate Budget Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.B 85/2:
Senate Finance Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.F 49:
Joint Committee on Taxation	HSSE DOC Y 4.T 19/4:
Joint Economic Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.EC 7:
Government Accountability Office Reports	MEL MF GA 1.13:
Congressional Budget Office Reports	HSSE DOC Y 10.2:
Analysis of the President´s Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year...	HSSE DOC Y 10.19:

Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Indiana State Publications

State of Indiana Budget Report -
Older issues are in HSSE periodical stacks

HSSE REF 353.9772 In2b

Internet Resources

Increasing amounts of government information on the Internet. The Purdue Libraries Government Documents Department homepage www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/ Another useful source is GPO Access www.gpoaccess.gov/ containing the full text of major U.S. Government legal, legislative, and regulatory information sources such as Budget of the U.S. Government, Congressional Record, congressional bills and committee reports, and the Code of Federal Regulations.

Other U.S. Government websites with budget information:

Office of Management and Budget & OMB Earmark Database

Bureau of Public Debt

Financial Management Service

Agriculture Dept. Budget

Commerce Dept. Budget

Defense Dept. Budget (Includes individual armed services budgets)

Education Dept. Budget

Energy Dept. Budget

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Budget

Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS) Budget

Dept. of Homeland Security Budget