Budgeteers

Just updated this week’s Top 10 budget jobs this week – Defense Media, DHS, FBI, ATF -GS 11 to 15 gigs- check ’em out http://jobs.govloop.com/government_budget_analyst_jobs

Just updated this week’s Top 10 budget jobs this week – Deputy Budget Director at BBG , NASA in Cleveland, TSP, DIA – check ’em out http://jobs.govloop.com/government_budget_analyst_jobs

How would your agency fare under the FY 2013 budget? Find the answers at AABPA’s one-stop shop for agency budget documents and congressional justifications.

Just updated this week’s top 10 budget jobs – SBA, CDC, State – DC, Afghanistan, Huntsville – check out & sign up at http://jobs.govloop.com/government_budget_analyst_jobs

Just updated this week’s top 10 budget jobs – good openings at ICE, USGS -Ann Arbor to DC – sign up at http://jobs.govloop.com/government_budget_analyst_jobs

Check out this article that mentions AABPA’s first survey of budget professionals. What do you think about the cuts agencies are facing? http://www.govexec.com/magazine/features/2012/02/going-cash-diet/41022/

Just updates this week’s top 10 budget jobs – openings from DHS, CIS, SEC, VBA and more – check ’em out and make sure to sign up for our weekly update – http://jobs.govloop.com/government_budget_analyst_jobs

Happy New Year, Budgeteers!
I might venture to say that this blog post from John Kamensky is a must-read for budget professionals in government – it summarizes the recommendations from the Peterson-Pew Commission:
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/fixing-the-rules-of-the-game
If we want to fix the budget process, these rules might be the…[Read more]

Check out http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=49366&dcn=e_gvet for more information on the survey!

Thad Juszczak, director in Grant Thornton’s Global Public Sector practice, tells In Depth with Francis Rose all about the AABPA survey see:

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=741&sid=2637708

Wow – want a fantastic quick perspective on the EOs, Directives, legislation on budget cuts / austerity measures? Look no further:
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/a-thousand-cuts

What are your budgeting challenges these days? Feel free to commiserate here:
https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/what-are-your-budgeting-challenges

American Association for Budget and Program Analysis Fall Symposium:Austerity: Budget, Analysis, and the Great RecessionWednesday, November 16, 2011; 8AM – 4:30PMCapital Hilton HotelEntrance to Hotel will be on the corner of K Street16th and K Streets, NW, Washington, DCFarragut North Metro, Red LineMcPherson Square, Orange/Blue LineLast minute…[Read more]

Interesting article on Budget cuts that increase cuts on Census Stats program http://blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-johnston/2011/08/30/budget-cuts-that-raise-costs/

For the fed folks…budget cuts continue
Citing fiscal pressures and the recently enacted deficit reduction package that raised the debt limit, Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew sent a memo Aug. 17 to agencies instructing them to plan a 2013 budget that is at least 5 percent below their 2011 spending levels. Agencies also should…[Read more]

Share your ideas for how to solve the debt crisis here: https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/tweet-your-solution-to-the

Someone shared a link to this Budget Hero 2.0 game and I thought this group would get a kick out of it. Balance the budget and save the world – https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/budget-hero-20-get-your-game.

Yes! Data visualization, I think, would make a big difference. Most people in office aren’t accountants or economists or data gurus, but if we can at least make the information intelligible, we stand a better shot at being on the same page.

One of our members in Linkedin shared this with the group and I thought it was interesting…

Would data visualization of the budget change the budget preparation process?
Boring bar charts, graphs, trend lines, and tables are the standard tools for presenting a budget. What if federal, state and local budgets began utilizing data visualization…[Read more]

Find yourself asking “What’s all this debt limit talk about and how does it work?”

Here are some excellent resources on debt and interest, and the specific issue of the debt ceiling (also known as “debt subject to limit”).

The US Treasury Department has these graphics that show Debt to the Penny, charts that show Public Debt Outstanding and…[Read more]