Strategic planning and budgeting in the new Texas : putting service efforts and accomplishments to work
By: RICHARDS, Ann W
.
Material type: 
ArticlePublisher: New York : Marcel Dekker, 1995International Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 18, 2-3, p. 409-441Abstract: Texas implemented a new strategic budgeting system to craft the state's 1994-95 biennial budget. This performance-based budgeting system combines strategic planning, service efforts and accomplishments (SEA) indicators and reporting, and line-item appropriations. This article reviews the ideas and process behind linking strategic planning and line-item budgeting and describes the key role of SEA indicators. Interviews with agency practitioners and the experiences of the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning are used to evaluate the system.
Texas implemented a new strategic budgeting system to craft the state's 1994-95 biennial budget. This performance-based budgeting system combines strategic planning, service efforts and accomplishments (SEA) indicators and reporting, and line-item appropriations. This article reviews the ideas and process behind linking strategic planning and line-item budgeting and describes the key role of SEA indicators. Interviews with agency practitioners and the experiences of the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning are used to evaluate the system.
Volume 18
Numbers 2-3
Click on an image to view it in the image viewer
There are no comments for this item.