The authors examine the enduring difficulties of reforming the budgetary process, explain some of the causes of these difficulties and recommend budget reforms as starting points to improve U. S. federal government budgeting. They also report on initiatives of the Bush Administration and Congress to implement performance measurement in federal management and budgeting.
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