    [Budget of the United States Government]
    [The Budget Documents]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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                              THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS

      Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2001 contains the
    Budget Message of the President and information on the President's 2001
    budget proposals. In addition, the Budget includes the Nation's third
    comprehensive Government-wide Performance Plan.

      Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government,
    Fiscal Year 2001 contains analyses that are designed to highlight
    specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of
    budget data that place the budget in perspective.

      The Analytical Perspectives volume includes economic and accounting
    analyses; information on Federal receipts and collections; analyses of
    Federal spending; detailed information on Federal borrowing and debt;
    the Budget Enforcement Act preview report; current services estimates;
    and other technical presentations. It also includes information on the
    budget system and concepts and a listing of the Federal programs by
    agency and account.

        Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal
    Year 2001 provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or
    deficits, Federal debt, and Federal employment covering an extended time
    period--in most cases beginning in fiscal year 1940 or earlier and
    ending in fiscal year 2005. These are much longer time periods than
    those covered by similar tables in other budget documents. As much as
    possible, the data in this volume and all other historical data in the
    budget documents have been made consistent with the concepts and
    presentation used in the 2001 Budget, so the data series are comparable
    over time.

      Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2001--Appendix
    contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds
    that constitute the budget and is designed primarily for the use of the
    Appropriations Committee. The Appendix contains more detailed financial
    information on individual programs and appropriation accounts than any
    of the other budget documents. It includes for each agency: the proposed
    text of appropriations language, budget schedules for each account, new
    legislative proposals, explanations of the work to be performed and the
    funds needed, and proposed general provisions applicable to the
    appropriations of entire agencies or group of agencies. Information is
    also provided on certain activities whose outlays are not part of the
    budget totals.

        A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget, Budget of the United States
    Government, Fiscal Year 2001 provides general information about the
    budget and the budget process for the general public.

      Budget System and Concepts, Fiscal Year 2001 contains an explanation
    of the system and concepts used to formulate the President's budget
    proposals.

      Budget Information for States, Fiscal Year 2001 is an Office of
    Management and Budget (OMB) publication that provides proposed State-by-
    State obligations for the major Federal formula grant programs to State
    and local governments. The allocations are based on the proposals in the
    President's budget. The report is released after the budget and can be
    obtained from the Publications Office of the Executive Office of the
    President, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395-7332.

                      AUTOMATED SOURCES OF BUDGET INFORMATION

      The information contained in these documents is available in
    electronic format from the following sources:

      CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains all of the budget documents and software
    to support reading, printing, and searching the documents. The CD-ROM
    also has many of the tables in the budget in spreadsheet format.

      Internet. All budget documents, including documents that are released
    at a future date, will be available for downloading in several formats
    from the Internet. To access documents through the World Wide Web, use
    the following address:

                            http://www.gpo.gov/usbudget

      For more information on access to the budget documents, call (202)
    512-1530 in the D.C. area or toll-free (888) 293-6498.

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                                                                          GENERAL NOTES

         1.      All years referred to are fiscal years, unless otherwise noted.

         2.      Detail in this document may not add to the totals due to rounding.

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