Commentary (invited), on Fred Thompson and Bruce L. Gates, “Betting on the Future with a Cloudy Crystal Ball? Revenue Forecasting, Financial Theory, and Budgets--An Expanded Treatment,” Public Administration Review, Theory to Practice, September/October 2007, pp. 74-80.
Addressing Maryland’s Structural Deficit through Better Performance Budgeting and Priority-Setting, UMBC Policy Brief 5, June 2007.
"European Budget Institutions", Public Administration Review, 2006, 66:6, November, 935-938. Copyright American Society for Public Administration, published by Blackwell Publishing.
“The Return of Budget Deficits in the United States”, Public Administration Review, 2006, 66: 2, March, pp. 294-7. Copyright American Society for Public Administration, published by Blackwell Publishing.
Congressional Budgeting at Age 30: Is It Worth Saving?", with Philip G. Joyce. Public Budgeting and Finance, 2005, Silver Anniversary Issue, pp. 68-82. Copyright Public Financial Publications, Inc., published by Blackwell Publishing.
See also at original source book review essay: Jerry L. McCaffery and L.R. Jones, Budgeting and Financial Management for National Defense, Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2004; and ibid, Budgeting and Financial Management in the Federal Government, 2001; for International Public Management Journal, 8: 2, pp. 289-292.
PDF files of remarks and slides for "It's Time for a Second Commission on Budget Concepts," presented
at the Third Annual Congressional Budget Office Director's Conference,
Russell Senate Caucus Room, September 14, 2004
PDF file of testimony on SB 381, sponsor Senator Jones, Managing for Results and the budget
prioritization process in Maryland, March 23, 2004
HTM file of testimony on HB 1247, sponsor Delegate Branch (crossfile SB 370, sponsor Senator
Hogan), Constitutional Amendment on Additions to the Operating Budget,
House Appropriations Committee, Maryland General Assembly, March 9, 2004
PDF file of How
Can Maryland's Budget Process Be Improved?, coauthored with Thomas
S. Pilkerton, September 2003, Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis
and Research. Accompanying spreadsheet of Oregon-Style
Measures for Maryland.
PDF file of Budgeting
during the Clinton Presidency, coauthored with Philip G. Joyce, Public
Budgeting and Finance, 21: Spring 2001, pp. 1-21. (Posted to this
page
with the permission of Blackwell Publishers)
PDF file of testimony before the House Rules Committee on biennial budgeting, March 16, 2000.
PDF file of paper “Legislative Budgeting in Mexico: Aspirations and Choices” for the Conference on Reform of the State: Budgeting and Public Spending in Mexico, January 27, 2000, sponsored by Centro de Investigatión y Docencia Económicas and Camara de Diputados, Government of Mexico.
PDF file of comments at the Opening Plenary of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, October 7, 1999, Washington, D.C., on the topic of "Federal Budget Structure and Concepts for a New Millenium: Revolt, Reform, or Renewal?"
PDF file of paper written for the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Mary Lasker Trust: "Federal Financing for Medical Research Through Trust Funds and Entitlements", February 15, 1999.
PDF file of page proofs for article in Policy Sciences, "Regulatory
Budgeting: A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come?"
31: December 1998, pp. 371-384.
Handbook of
Government Budgeting
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