Monday, February 06, 2006

Budget of the United States of America The President's Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2007 is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. It was transmitted to Congress on February 6, 2006, and covers the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2006. GPO will sell copies to the press between 8:30 and 10:00 a.m., and to the public beginning at 12:00 noon. According to the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the president must annually submit a budget to Congress by the first Monday in February. As the proposed spending plan for the U.S. Government, the president's budget must show: 1. The condition of the Treasury at the end of the last completed fiscal year. 2. The estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the current fiscal year. 3. The estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the next fiscal year if the budget proposals are carried out. 4. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) assists the president in the creation of the president's budget by gathering data from agencies and compiling it into the final plan to be approved by the president. The totals for the current and upcoming fiscal years are only projected amounts. Annual budget documents provide Congress, state and local governments, and the public with a complete description of the president's budget plans for the coming fiscal year. Other related and supporting budget publications, such as the Economic Report of the President, are included and may vary from year to year. The President's Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2007 is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy07/index.html. Documents are available in ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), with many of the tables also available for separate viewing and downloading as spreadsheets in xls and comma delimited formats. Hackley Public Library, as a Federal Depository Library, will be receiving print and cd-rom versions of the Budget. We also keep the last 4 years of the Budget. 2:46:28 PM

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