Description
Public Budgeting Systems, Tenth Edition is the most comprehensive and balanced treatment of the current state of budgeting throughout all levels of the United States government. Current and prospective public managers, accordingly, often succeed or fail in their careers based in large part on whether they are intelligent consumers of financial data and have an adequate understanding of the budget process. By providing a detailed overview of all budget ing and financial management, the book enables students to gain an appropriate understanding of a complex topic. Significantly updated, the Tenth Edition has been revised to include: - Updated data, references and more timely examples throughout - Impact on tax revenues by online sales, cannabis sales, and legalization of sports betting in some states - Significantly revised chapter on the Congressional budget approval - Recent developments in information technology security, including both security breaches and new cybersecurity protocols - New developments by the GAO as well as developments in state and local pensions - Updated Discussion of Medicaid, with a focus on contemporary issues and data
About the Author
Robert D. Lee, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus from Penn State University, where he taught courses in public budgeting and public personnel management for 37 years. He was the 2004 recipient of the Aaron Wildavsky Award, which honors lifetime scholarship on public budgeting and financial management. Ronald W. Johnson, PhD retired in 2014 after a forty (40) year career with RTI International. He led RTI's International Development Group, first as vice president, then executive vice president. He is an expert in local government, municipal service delivery, decentralization, urban infrastructure financing, and post-conflict governance. He also taught public budgeting and public policy during seven years on the faculties of the Institute of Public Administration and the Political Science Department at Penn State University prior to moving to RTI International. Philip G. Joyce is Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He has extensive experience in budget at both the state and national levels, having worked both for the Illinois Bureau of the Budget and the Congressional Budget Office. He was the 2012 recipient of the Aaron Wildavsky Award.
Book Information
ISBN 9781284198980
Author Robert D. Lee Jr.
Format Hardback
Page Count 575
Imprint Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
About the Author
Robert D. Lee, Jr., PhD, is Professor Emeritus from Penn State University, where he taught courses in public budgeting and public personnel management for 37 years. He was the 2004 recipient of the Aaron Wildavsky Award, which honors lifetime scholarship on public budgeting and financial management. Ronald W. Johnson, PhD retired in 2014 after a forty (40) year career with RTI International. He led RTI's International Development Group, first as vice president, then executive vice president. He is an expert in local government, municipal service delivery, decentralization, urban infrastructure financing, and post-conflict governance. He also taught public budgeting and public policy during seven years on the faculties of the Institute of Public Administration and the Political Science Department at Penn State University prior to moving to RTI International. Philip G. Joyce is Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He has extensive experience in budget at both the state and national levels, having worked both for the Illinois Bureau of the Budget and the Congressional Budget Office. He was the 2012 recipient of the Aaron Wildavsky Award.
Book Information
ISBN 9781284198980
Author Robert D. Lee Jr.
Format Hardback
Page Count 575
Imprint Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
