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      Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004 contains the
    Budget Message of the President and information on the President's
    budget and management priorities, including assessments of agencies'
    performance.

      Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government,
    Fiscal Year 2004 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;
    baseline or current services estimates; and other technical
    presentations. It also includes information on the budget system and
    concepts and a list of Federal programs by agency and account, as well
    as by budget function.

        Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal
    Year 2004 provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or
    deficits, Federal debt, and Federal employment over an extended time
    period, generally from 1940 or earlier to 2008. To the extent feasible,
    the data have been adjusted to provide consistency with the 2004 Budget
    and to provide comparability over time.

      Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004--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.

      Performance and Management Assessments, Budget of the United States
    Government, Fiscal Year 2004 contains evaluations and analyses of
    programs and management at federal departments and agencies.

                      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.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget

      For more information on access to electronic versions of the budget
    documents (except CD-ROMs), call (202) 512-1530 in the D.C. area or
    toll-free (888) 293-6498. To purchase a CD-ROM or printed documents call
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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.

         3.      At the time of this writing, 11 of the 13 appropriations bills for 2003 were not enacted, and the programs covered by them were operating under a continuing resolution. For these
                  programs, references to 2003 spending, excluding current services or baseline estimates, in the text and tables reflect the Administration's 2003 policy proposals. The baseline
                  estimates for the programs covered by the unenacted bills reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

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