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Are All Public Spending Programs Equal? Priority Setting Approaches for Government Budgeting.(Statistical Data Included)
Governments are using formal priority-setting systems in lieu of ad hoc methods to make better operating and capital budgeting decisions. This article presents highlights from the new GFOA publication Priority-Setting Models for Public Budgeting.
Priority setting is a process by which a government articulates the functions or programs considered most important to the attainment of service goals and objectives to be pursued in the forthcoming fiscal year. [1] Simply put, priority setting helps determine what goods and services will be delivered to which persons and at what cost.
Why set priorities? Because there are far too many activities to fund with ...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Coates, James September 14, 2005 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Australian Health Review Gallego, Gisselle; Fowler, Sandra; van Gool, Kees August 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Lack of priority setting in pandemic-influenza plans worldwide.(EH Update)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Environmental Health January 1, 2007 700+ words
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- The Oregon priority-setting exercise: quality of life and public policy....
- Magazine article from: The Hastings Center Report Hadorn, David C. May 1, 1991 700+ words
...plan is to proceed. Role of Quality of Life The Oregon priority-setting process is significant in many ways, particularly with...priorities. [6] Another important story concerning the Oregon priority-setting exercise remains to be told, however. This story concerns...
- Congress takes a hard look at health research priority setting.
- Magazine article from: Issues in Science and Technology June 22, 1998 700+ words
...The 105th Congress, which has held several hearings on priority setting, has directed the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to assess...committee is expected to issue its report this summer. The priority-setting process is complex and multitiered, possessing formal...
Source: HighBeam Research, Are All Public Spending Programs Equal? Priority Setting Approaches...