[Analytical Perspectives]
[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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