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The budget analyst: skills, training, and compensation.(changes in budget analyst skills for public administration)
To be effective in modern government organizations, budget analysts need to possess the right combination of personality traits, analytical and communication skills, and knowledge of government finance and operations.
Increasing demand for public safety and social services, the weak economy, and a "no new taxes" political environment have placed many governments between a rock and hard place. Although elected officials are ultimately responsible for making difficult budget balancing decisions, they could not make informed decisions without the analytical skills, political savvy, and creativity of the budget analysts working behind the scenes. Fortunately, budget ...
- Budget analysts: Romney cuts 'premature'.
- Newspaper article from: Sun (Lowell, MA) November 22, 2006 700+ words
...Widmer said. "The question is, should the state really be paying for these things or are they the responsibility of local government?" he said. Those angered by the cuts claim Romney is simply playing up his fiscal conservatism in anticipation of a...
- Local government finance and budgeting 101: encouraging meaningful citizen...
- Magazine article from: Government Finance Review Lun, Nicole April 1, 2004 700+ words
...knowledge about local government budgeting and its...trust in state and local government has declined in...finance officers, and budget analysts, many of whom believed...chart or overview of local government structure * Statement...
- Budget analysts: so much to do, so little to do it with.
- Magazine article from: Occupational Outlook Quarterly McGregor, Elizabeth March 22, 1989 700+ words
...agencies (and a few families). Budget analysts play a primary role in the research...proposed operating and financial plans to budget analysts for review These plans outline expected...with procedures and regulations. Budget analysts critically review these requests by...
- Tax cut puts school construction on hold: Budget analysts say prison programs...
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 22, 2006 700+ words
...school construction projects across the state, legislative budget analysts said yesterday. The projects include $1.8 million for...sells bonds -- remains in a holding pattern. Legislative budget analysts say that up to $13.5 million of it must be used in the...
- Budget analysts skeptical of long-term return of federal surplus.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Moritsugu, Ken March 20, 2002 700+ words
WASHINGTON _ Some independent budget analysts question White House and congressional projections that today's federal budget deficits will be short-lived. These analysts...
- Anadarko Ups Budget; Analysts Rethink Results.(Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily February 5, 2001 700+ words
Anadarko Ups Budget; Analysts Rethink Results After reporting seemingly stellar earnings Thursday - that by day 's end left analysts unimpressed - Anadarko...
- Md. Science School Held Too Costly;Budget Analysts Assail Schaefer Plan
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Amy Goldstein January 27, 1988 700+ words
State budget analysts told Maryland legislators today that they should kill Gov. William Donald Schaefer's cherished proposal for a mathematics and...
- LOTTERY DIRECTOR DEFENDS BONUS SYSTEM AUDITORS, STATE BUDGET ANALYSTS STUDY...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Sanko, John December 12, 1997 700+ words
...reason for higher ticket sales. Mark Zamarripa's comments stemmed from complaints by both state auditors and legislative budget analysts who question the value of paying bonuses of more than $330,000 to lottery sales agents over the past five years. The...
