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Budget of the United States Government
Author: Office of Management and Budget

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The Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other related and supporting budget publications are included, which may vary from year to year. According to the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the president must annually submit a budget to Congress by the first Monday in February. The proposed spending plan, the president's budget must show:
•    The condition of the Treasury at the end of the last completed fiscal year.
•    The estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the current fiscal year.
•    The estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the next fiscal year if the budget proposals are carried out.
OMB assists the president in the creation of the president's budget by gathering data from agencies and compiling it into the final plan to be approved by the president.
The totals for the current and upcoming fiscal years are only projected amounts.
The “other related and supporting budget publications” are available with the online version of the budget at GovInfo.gov.  They can include the Appendix, Historical Tables, Federal Credit Supplement, Object Class Analysis, Balances of the Budget Authority, Public Budget Database, Climate Risk Analysis, Long Range Budget Projections, Mid-Session Review, and/or Major Savings and Reforms. 
 

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Analytical Perspectives
Budget of the United States Government
Author: Office of Management and Budget
 

About:  They contain analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume includes economic and accounting analyses; information on Federal receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending; information on Federal borrowing and debt; baseline or current services estimates; and other technical presentations. Publication of Analytical Perspectives along with the budget began with the 1995 Fiscal Year, and it is included every year.  

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Major Savings and Reforms
Budget of the United States Government
Author: Office of Management and Budget

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Major Savings and Reforms is a supplemental document to the Budget of the United States that is not published every year.  It contains detailed information on major savings and reform proposals. The volume describes both major discretionary program eliminations and reductions and mandatory savings proposals. Other titles for the document are American budget. Major savings and reforms, Budget for a better America. Major savings and reforms, and Major savings and reforms in the President's ... budget.

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