[Analytical Perspectives]
[The Budget Documents]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


  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 
(202) 512-1800.

                                     

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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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