Genie Stowers		Public Administration Program San Francisco State University

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PA 730 Spring 2006: Public and Nonprofit Budgeting

• Dropkin, Murray and LaTouche, Bill. 1998. The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits : A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (DL)
• Lee, Robert D., Jr.; Johnson, Ronald W.; and Joyce, Philip G. 2004. Public Budgeting Systems (7th Edition) Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. (LJJ)
• Simon, Jinjer. 2003. Excel Data Analysis (2nd Edition) Wiley Publishing. (Excel)
• Stowers, Genie N.L. 2006. Budget Exercise Workbook. Unpublished mimeograph. Available at SFSU Franciscan Shop. (WB)
• Tufte, Edward R. 2003. The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press. (T)
• Case C16-91-1090.0: Implementing Budget Reform in the Boston School Department. Kennedy School of Government CaseWeb, Harvard University Students order directly online from http://www.ksgcase.harvard.edu/. (Case)

• Exercise 1: Case Analysis

Budgeting and Finance Web Resources

Federal / National Resources

• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Congressional Budget Office
• U.S. Council of Economic Advisors
• U.S. Joint Economic Committee
• U.S. Office of Management and Budget
  • President's Proposed 2006 Budget

State Resources

• California Budget Challenge
• California Budget Project
  
• California Connected
• California Legislative Analyst Office (LAO)
• State of California
  • Department of Finance
    • Governor's Proposed Budget 2005-2006
    • Other Budget Documents

Local Resources

• Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
  • Listing of Cities
  • Listing of Counties
• San Francisco Controller's Office
  

Nonprofit Resources

• Alliance for Nonprofit Management
  
• Basic Overview of  U.S. Nonprofit Financial Management
• Nonprofit Financial Center
• Nonprofit Genie

Professional Associations

• American Society for Public Administration
• Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
• Government Finance Officers Association
  • Digital Library on Budgeting and Financial Management
  • Government Services
    

• National Academy of Public Administration
  • Center for Improving Government Performance
  • Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) Knowledge Center

Accounting and Performance Resources

• Financial Accounting Standards Board
  
• Government Accounting Standards Board
  • Reporting Performance Information: Suggested Criteria for Effective Communication
• Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) Knowledge Center
• The Performance Institute
• Internal Revenue Service Balanced Measurement System
  
• Kennedy School of Government Management Through Performance Measurement
• Performance Measurement for Government
• President's Management Agenda
• Rating the Performance of Government (U.S. OMB)
  

Budgeting Skills

• Budget Development and Sample Budgets
  
• Budget Justification
  
• Budget Justifications-- U.S. AID
• Examples of Grant / Budget Processes
• Budget Office, Bowling Green State
• University of Washington Recharge Budget Examples
  

• How the Economy Works
• Strategic Planning Society
• TQM and Organizational Development