United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-03-10 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:T-AIMD-00-121 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-00-121 P0b002ee180384e88 f:ai00121t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-00-121 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-00-121 T-AIMD-00-121 Balanced budgets Congressional oversight Appropriations Proposed legislation Fiscal policies Future budget projections Presidential budgets Budget administration Ohio Connecticut Arizona Testimony AIMD Proposals have been made to move the federal budget process from an annual to a biennial cycle. The goal would be (1) to streamline the congressional budget and reduce the time that Members of Congress must spend casting seemingly repetitive votes, (2) to allow agency officials to spend more time on financial management and analyses of program effectiveness rather than on budget preparations and justifications, and (3) to help agencies better manage their operations by providing funding certainty over a two-year period. This testimony discusses state experiences with biennial budgeting, the questions of periodicity and availability of funds, and technical and implementation issues that must be considered if the federal budget is switched to a biennial cycle. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-00-121/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-00-121.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-00-121/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-00-121.pdf GAO/T-AIMD-00-121 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-00-121 Testimony GAO/T-AIMD-00-121; Budget Process: Biennial Budgeting for the Federal; Balanced budgets Congressional oversight Appropriations Proposed legislation Fiscal policies Future budget projections Presidential budgets Budget administration Ohio Connecticut Arizona