Report[s] to the Congress, Volume 1

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Halaman 73 - ... (2) eliminating duplication and overlapping of services, activities, and functions; (3) consolidating services, activities, and functions of a similar nature; (4) abolishing services, activities, and functions not necessary to the efficient conduct of government...
Halaman 15 - Senate. (2) If the Foreign Economic Administration ceases to exist in the Office for Emergency Management in the Executive Office of the President...
Halaman 47 - The Comptroller General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget...
Halaman 35 - All claims and demands whatever by the Government of the United States or against it, and all accounts whatever in which the Govern- • ment of the United States is concerned, either as debtor or creditor, shall be settled and adjusted in the General Accounting Office.
Halaman 10 - Performance budgeting gives more comprehensive and reliable information to the President, the Congress, and the general public, and helps the individual congressman to understand what the Government is doing, how much it is doing, and what the costs are.
Halaman 24 - compromise'' consisted for the most part in a division of projects, each agency agreeing to forego the privilege of criticizing projects assigned by the agreement to the other. The result is in no sense an integrated development plan for the basin, and there is serious question in this case whether agreement between the two agencies is not more costly to the public than disagreement.
Halaman 15 - Direct lending by' the Government to persons or enterprises opens up dangerous possibilities of waste and favoritism to individuals or enterprises. It invites political and private pressure, or even corruption.
Halaman 85 - In a word, control processes vary with use; they are a means to an end, not an end in themselves.
Halaman 15 - There is, at present, constant confusion in Federal budgeting and accounting because current expenditures and capital outlays are intermingled. These two types of expenditures are essentially different in character, and should, therefore, be shown separately under each major function or activity in the budget. This is an important feature of performance budgeting. The appropriations for capital purposes, provided each year, are usually only a part of the total cost of the numerous projects which...