Jesse Burkhead and the Multiple Uses of Federal Budgets: A Contemporary Perspective |
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| Authors: | Philip G. Joyce |
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| Affiliation: | Assistant professor of public administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13224-1090. From 1991 through 1995 he was on the staff of the Congressional Budget Office. |
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| Abstract: | The work of Jesse Burkhead continues to have great relevance today. Its germaneness could be taken as an indictment of how little progress has been made in federal budgeting in the past half century, but it also says a great deal about Burkhead's insights and the lasting legacy of his work. This article discusses some of Burkhead's ideas on the use of the federal budget and their pertinence to the budget issues of today, including the role of the federal government in the economy, budgetary relations between presidents and Congresses, and the role of performance information in budgeting. |
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