H7 State and Local Government • Intergovernmental Relations

摘要

Forsythe, Dall W. and Boyd, Donald J. Memos to the Governor: An Introduction to State Budgeting. Third edition. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2012. Pp. xiv, 118. $19.95, paper. ISBN 978-1-58901-924-9. Revised and updated third edition presents new governors with an introduction to the basics of the state budgeting process in memo format. Discusses governors and their budget officers; budget strategy; preparing the executive budget-the technical underpinnings; choices in the final phase of budget preparation; budget tactics-laying the groundwork for adoption; going public with the budget; the legislative phase of the budget process; and budget execution. Forsythe is Senior Fellow with the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University and a member of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. Boyd is Senior Fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. Index.