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1 Zero-Base Budgeting 1 (1978)

handle is hein.tera/zerbaseb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TA FOUNDAT iN 1 NUMBER 68 March 197 ZERO-BASE BUDGETING Anthony, Robert N. Zero-Base Budgeting Is a Fraud, Wall Street Journal, April 27, 1977, p. 26. Criticizes the technique explaining the false impressions which have been drawn from Texas Instruments to the Georgia Experience. Author suggests an alternative approach. Burns, Arthur F., Reform of the Federal Budget, Tax Foundation's Tax Review, Vol. XXXIV, No. 6, June 1973. Discusses zero-base budgeting as an element of Federal budget reform. Cameron, Juan. Carter Takes on the Budget Monster, Fortune, January 1977, pp. 83-92. Discusses the runaway upsurge in public spending and suggests real cost- saving under ZEBB is but a mirage. Cites administrative drawbacks in Georgia and bypassing of the system by state budget officials as simply unworkable. Cohn, Samuel M., Needed Disciplines in Federal Budget Policy, Tax Foundation's Tax Review, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, January 1977. Article on the present economy. Points out that the ingredients for zero-based budgeting are not new. Dooskin, Herbert P. Zero-Base Budgeting: A Plus for Government, National Civic Review Vol. 66, No. 3, March 1977, pp. 118-121, 144. Author's viewpoint on the subject. Describes this technique as a tool through which the public official can identify and evaluate activities in order to rate priorities and make decisions which he can more readily persuade a legislative body and the public to accept. LaFaver, John D. Zero-Base Budgeting in New Mexico, State Government, Vol. XLVII, No. 2, Spring 1974, pp. 108-112. Discusses potential problem areas for other states considering such budgeting technqiues. Management Information Service. Zero-Base Budgeting in Garland, Texas, Report, Vol. 8, No. 4A, April 1976, 6pp. Illustrates the flexibility of the process in a situation where the groundwork has been well established. ALL REQUESTS FOR MATERIALS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE PUBLISHERS TAX FOUNDATION, INCORPORATEDu 50 OCKFLE L7 NEY ORK.' o, Y 100,J0